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Ryan’s B1 Adventures..

By BartenderOne | Published: June 27, 2011

Just an average Thursday for our buddy Ryan here at BartenderOne. Join him on his rounds at a Diageo event and later on at our Mojito Madness workshop.

Diageo Vlog from Ryan Desjardins on Vimeo.

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BartenderOne Cocktails on ET Canada

By BartenderOne | Published: January 20, 2010

Recently, BartenderOne teamed up with Fastlife,  Canada’s most stylish speed dating and singles’ events service, for a featured piece on Entertainment Tonight Canada.

The event, named Cocktail Creations, took place at one of Toronto’s elite Nightclub venues, Shmooze.

The evening began as ten single women, and ten single men arrived with hopes of meeting that special someone.   The idea was that the ladies would be behind the bar, making cocktails for their dates.  Every eight minutes the gong would sound signifying the men on the outside of the bar to grab their freshly made cocktail, and rotate to the next date. Every other date would have the ladies creating drinks using fresh ingredients.

To start off, the ladies would receive proper instruction on how to create the cocktail with a little flair from Gavin MacMillan and the BartenderOne team.  They would then recreate two of each drink. One for themselves, and one for their date.

On the menu for the event were drinks such as the Mojito, Cosmopolitan, Margarita, Orgasm, and a Slippery Nipple shooter.

All of the recipes were a huge success, but the biggest reaction was definitely  for the Slippery Nipple. Not for the name or the recipe, but because of how the shooters were to be taken.

The event planners set up a row of ten chairs and asked the men to take a seat.  Then, the shooters were handed out and the men were instructed to hold them between their knees.  The ladies were then told to take back the shooters but were not allowed to use their hands.  Not bad for a first date!

The evening continued on and it was obvious that the singles were loosening up and having a great time.

Some sparks were flying around the room, and a few couples were really hitting it off.

The Entertainment Tonight Canada cameras were there to capture the event in its entirety, including the shooter portion, which for some reason didn’t make it to air.

The episode aired on Friday January 8th, and both FastLife, and BartenderOne gained great exposure.

Thanks to Fastlife and ET Canada for another fantastic event!

 

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How to Muddle a Cocktail

By BartenderOne | Published: December 30, 2009

A muddler is a bartenders equivalent to a pharmacists mortar and pestle.  It is a tool that is used to muddle or mash fruit or herbs to release their flavour.

It’s important when preparing a muddled cocktail such as the Mojito, to cut up the fruit into small pieces.  Normally you would use an eighth of a lime as a squeeze or to garnish a cocktail, however for muddling we want to cut the fruit into sixteenths.  This will facilitate the easy extraction of the juice from not only the flesh of the fruit, but also the bitter oils of the peels which are going to add flavour and depth to the cocktail.

Once you have all of your ingredients in the mixing glass, take the muddler and press down firmly, and do a quarter turn on top of the fruit or herbs that are in the cocktail.  Repeat this step over and over again.  Essentially what your trying to complete is a nice evenly flavoured paste at the bottom of the glass.  Now with the addition of ice, and your spirit of choice, your cocktail is almost complete.

The last step is to actually extract all of the muddled goodness from the bottom of the glass, and evenly distribute it throughout the cocktail.  Once all of the ingredients are evenly distributed and you have creatively garnished your cocktail, it is ready to be served.

It is important to be sure that the cocktail is muddled properly which will ensure a balanced taste to the drink.  Some bartenders will speed through the muddling process to speed up service, but this will only depreciate the overall taste and experience of the cocktail.

For a refreshing twist on the traditional Mojito, try adding fresh raspberries, or blueberries to enhance the flavour.

The Caipirinha is another popular muddled cocktail which uses Cachaca as the main spirit.

Don’t be afraid to experiment with all kinds of fresh herbs and fruit when creating muddled drinks.

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