Bon Appetit gives a shout out to two of our favorite bitters. Dr. E’s Boker’s and Scrappy’s Celery. Continue
Thanks again for thinking of us, Bon Appetit!
BTW BA, we love the Scrappy’s Celery in gin, too! (A few dashes are also great in soda water)
Via The Best Ingredients for Your Home Bar: Spirits, Bitters, and Mixers: BA Daily: bonappetit.com.
Thanks Bon Appetit for the mention and the great photo! Continue
The Nick & Nora glass looks lovely! They’re one of our favorite glasses too. Anything that’s served “up” or in a “martini glass” is extra elegant in a Nick & Nora.
We’re psyched to see that the Barker & Mills Cherries were so well received! (And sorry to run out of them so quickly.)
Ryan pits each cherry by hand, and hand-numbers each jar, so there’s only so many available each year. We’ve already started a waiting list for the ones we’re expecting near the end of 2013, so if you’re interested please contact us and we’ll put some aside for you.
Great mention of the Barker & Mills cherries in Boston Magazine. Continue
The Boston Shaker is the exclusive purveyor of these handpitted, small-batch bourbon-vanilla cherries, perfect for classing up a homemade Manhattan or a simple scoop of vanilla Häagen-Dazs.
Pick up a copy on the stands or check out the link below to view it only.
via The Goods: Three Boston Treats We Love Right Now.
Wanna grab some now? Here’s a link to Barker & Mills Cherries on our webstore.
Please note: These are very small batch and each cherry is pitted by hand, then jarred and labeled by hand. We’ll continually get stock in over the next few weeks so feel free to check back or drop us a line at info@thebostonshaker.com to ask us to hold a jar out of the next batch. We should be getting stock through October, but will likely start to run low in November so if you want ‘em get ‘em early!
Great article about bitters and the Hella Bitters gang. Congrats guys! Wish I could have been at that cocktail workshop. Continue
I’ll admit to being a little overwhelmed. But, lucky for me, the offices of Martha Stewart are home to hundreds of multi-talented individuals, and I only had to walk down the hall to get an education in bitters. Our very own Eddie Simeon, a project manager on the digital ops team by day, moonlights as a bitters baron. Along with three longtime friends, Eddie runs Hella Bitter, a small-batch bitters company.
Check out the whole article at Bitters, Bitters Everywhere | Living Blogs | Martha Stewart. (And you can pick up their bitters @ the shop or via the webstore.)
Note: As much as I love bitters and soda water as a stomach settler, and a great non-cocktail beverage option for pregnant women, I wanted to point out that most bitters are high in alcohol. That being said, so little of it is used in a glass of soda water I feel it likely doesn’t matter. But for those strictly abstaining, definitely mention it before offering it as a non-alcoholic alternative.
Want to make your own at home? Stop by The Boston Shaker to pick up a traditionally made shrub from Tait Farm in Pennsylvania, ready to mix with sparkling water. Continue
Nice mention of Shrubs for summer sipping on Boston Magazine’s blog. Here’s a section mentioning the Tait Farm Shrubs we carry here at the store.
Want to make your own at home? Stop by The Boston Shaker to pick up a traditionally made shrub from Tait Farm in Pennsylvania, ready to mix with sparkling water. Owner Adam Lantheaume assures apprehensive customers that the vinegar flavor is not as strong as what might be expected. “The same way you would have lemon or lime – that sharp flavor – vinegar falls in that category. You get this something strong on the back of your palate,” he said. “If you’re craving something different, this is a great something different to experiment with.”
Great looking beverages from ArtBar, West Side Lounge, Backbar, and Clover Food Lab as well. Check out the whole thing at Shrubs: The Reason You Should Be Drinking Vinegar This Summer. | Chowder.
The cubes look impressive, but more importantly, they kept our drinks from tasting watered-down. Continue
As always, a thorough test and write up from ATK. This is one of the author’s (and our) favorite parts:
The cubes look impressive, but more importantly, they kept our drinks from tasting watered-down. Over the course of 30 minutes, the Tovolo’s cubes only added 36 percent more liquid to our drink, less than any other ice cube tray we’ve tested.
Please check out the whole review here – Chill Out with Tovolo’s King Cube Silicone Ice Cube Tray | The Feed.
Check out the Tovolo King Cube Trays – at our online shop.
It’s easy, safe, fast, compact, and cheap enough to be worth adding to the gadget drawer. Continue
A strawberry huller may be just the cure for the paring knife blues when it comes to prepping strawberries.
We agree! So happy to hear our friends over at Cook’s like the StemGem too. Pick one up and make some Tequila Por Mi Amante (Tequila infused with fresh strawberries)
Check out the StemGem Strawberry Hull Remover by Chef’n
It’s easy, safe, fast, compact, and cheap enough to be worth adding to the gadget drawer. (It cores tomatoes as well.)
Hey! We’re mentioned as a source for the Endurance Metal Drinking Straws in the Boston Globe! Continue
The Boston Globe recently referred customers to The Boston Shaker as a source for the Endurance Metal Drinking Straws!
In an effort to reduce our plastic footprint, RSVP Endurance makes Drink Straws from polished, stainless steel. The straws 4 for about $11 are 8½ 1/2 inches long and made with a bend for easy sipping.
via Stainless straws to reduce our plastic footprint – The Boston Globe.
Worth watching if you’re looking for a “How to”. Get your Boston Shaker here now that you know how to use it. Continue
This is a really well done video on how to use a Boston Shaker. It’s well explained and he takes his time to go over the details. Worth watching if you’re looking for a “How to”
Need a Boston Shaker? Pick one up here: Boston Shakers
And surprise, you don’t need to drop a fortune to build an impressive home bar. Continue
Congrats to Dave Stolte on the great writeup in LAist on one of our favorite books, Home Bar Basics (and Not So Basics).
Fortunately, local cocktail author/longtime cocktail geek Dave Stolte took it upon himself to write, illustrate and publish Home Bar Basics (and Not So Basics), a handy-dandy guide on how to stock your home bar and which 25 cocktails to begin with. And surprise, you don’t need to drop a fortune to build an impressive home bar.
Check out the whole article here: How To Up Your Game via "Home Bar Basics" Cocktail Book: LAist.
And pick up a copy in the store or on our webstore