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Tools and ice
Shakers, jiggers, strainers and mixing glasses, clear ice at home and cocktail smoker kits, each with a premium pick and an accessible one.
Tools and ice guides
Bar Tools Worth Buying: Jiggers, Spoons, Strainers, Mixing Glasses
The five bar tools to buy first and what to look for in each: jigger markings, bar spoon length, Hawthorne and julep strainers, and mixing glass size.
Clear Ice at Home: Molds, Spheres, Ice Buckets and Whiskey Stones
How to make clear ice with directional freezing, which molds make 2 inch cubes and spheres, what an ice bucket needs, and what whiskey stones cannot do.
Cocktail Shakers: Boston vs Cobbler vs Parisian, Which to Buy
The three cocktail shaker types compared by parts, seal, strainer and capacity from maker pages, with a bartender-grade pick and an accessible one for each.
Cocktail Smoker Kits: How They Work, Wood Chips and Torch Safety
The four kinds of cocktail smoker (top, dome, smoking gun, flameless), which wood chips they use, and the fire and ventilation rules from maker manuals.