Best Blender - Tiki Drinks and Food

B Bargoyle Member Tolland, CT Joined: Mar 18, 2004 Posts: 1032	B Bargoyle Posted posted on Fri, Jan 18, 2008 8:37 AM I have both. We do cocktails in the blender, never an issue. Milkshakes & the like with the top mixer. Perhaps its because the top mixer is a better choice for malt-shop type goodies and the blender is better for cocktails.....or maybe its because the blender is downstairs at the bar, and the mixer is upstairs in the kitchen (where the ice cream is). If you've got to crush a lot of ice in the cocktail, the blender wins, hands down. I say go with blender. Biggest & badest you can afford. I'm just now starting to burn out the Warring beehive that was my grandmothers....gotta be 40 to 50 years old. If you've got a restaurant supply shop nearby, go in & kick the tires. You might be able to get a reutrned one on the cheap there as well. my 2 cents

I have both. We do cocktails in the blender, never an issue.

Milkshakes & the like with the top mixer.

Perhaps its because the top mixer is a better choice for malt-shop type goodies and the blender is better for cocktails.....or maybe its because the blender is downstairs at the bar, and the mixer is upstairs in the kitchen (where the ice cream is).

If you've got to crush a lot of ice in the cocktail, the blender wins, hands down. I say go with blender. Biggest & badest you can afford. I'm just now starting to burn out the Warring beehive that was my grandmothers....gotta be 40 to 50 years old.

If you've got a restaurant supply shop nearby, go in & kick the tires. You might be able to get a reutrned one on the cheap there as well.

my 2 cents

Post #355753 by Bargoyle on Fri, Jan 18, 2008 8:37 AM