| Alasted said: Good point. Would storing the vodka in the freezer negate the need to shake? Yet another argument against shaking is that doing so would chip the ice and dilute the cocktail. There was an amusing line from the West Wing about this: "James [Bond] is ordering a weak martini and being snooty about it." I guess martini drinkers of the world will never be united on this issue. (Just for the record, I don't even drink anymore. EDIT: Another 'just for the record': I don't even like The West Wing; I just think that line is rather cute. |
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Well, the ice would melt anyways in a cocktail. It's the melting of the ice that cools the drink. The West Wing gives bad politicol advice, so I'm not surprised it seeps out to other things. Hard liquer is mixed with water anyways to reach the desired proof. No one calls 80 proof vodka watered down even though it is about 60% water.
Chilled vodka is slightly syrupy, so depending on what you were mixing with it you might need to do it more vigourously then a stir.
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