Flair Bartending Lesson 87: Tin Garnish #2
Bottle and tin flair is great fun, but garnish flair can be really effective 1) when you don’t have lots of extra time to flair bottles but still want to give your guests a little something extra, 2) as a perfect way to end a longer sequence or flair routine, either for your guests or at a competition, or 3) when you’re new to flair bartending and need some easier-to-learn moves.
I’m using a 28 oz. weighted cocktail shaker in this video, like I use for nearly all of my videos. The weight on the bottom helps smooth out the rotation of the shaker.
The key to getting this particular move down is making sure you are comfortable with the Double Over the Shoulder and the Double Over Shoulder to Stall. The videos in those lessons use a bottle, but as I explain at the end of the first video, the technique is the same for doing this with a tin. Once you are comfortable doing the Double Over the Shoulder to Stall with a tin, today’s lesson is simply doing that – but starting by tossing a lime in the air and swiping down to catch it in the tin.
The Tin Garnish #2 works with just about any fruit garnish: cherry, lime, lemon, orange . You can even do this with an ice cube – which is actually a cheaper/easier thing to practice at home with.
Practice, practice – more garnish flair to come tomorrow!
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