How to Improvise When You Don’t Have a Cocktail Strainer

Published on Wednesday, June 17, 2009, by CHOW Video Team / Edit Post

How to Improvise When You Don’t Have a Cocktail Strainer

Michael Cecconi is the mixologist at New York’s Back Forty; he also works at the Savoy and teaches at the Institute of Culinary Education. He uses two glasses as a workaround when he’s without a strainer.

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  • uh... sorry. NEVER use the butt end of a glass as a strainer... often the bottom portions of glasses contain unseen chips that flake.

    ALSO, never use the butt end of your small shaker to strain cocktails at work- you should try to minimize visible hand contact as must as possible, especially when the customer is looking.