Post #757153 by JenTiki on Tue, Jan 12, 2016 9:26 AM

On 2016-01-12 07:55, Loki-Tiki wrote:
RE: Blending drinks. Because a recipe says to blend, do not feel you HAVE to do so. I rarely blend, I prefer them shaken and on the rocks.

Ditto what Loki said. One of my favorite "lighter" cocktails is the Saturn. The Beachbum version is blended, but I prefer Martin Cate's shaken/strained version. In most cases, if the original is blended, you'll want to shake the non-blended one a bit longer than normal to get the proper dilution ratio.