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I know nothing about cocktails, or what you need!*
There are plenty on Amazon, but all seem to have mixed reviews. And some come with a glass and some are an all metal shaker.
[baffled]*neither does the wife really, but out of the blue, this is what she wants![/baffled]
Cocktail shaker, glasses, 47 bottles of booze. And some lemonade, we're not animals.
And ice, lots of it, and some ice balls too.
[url= https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B010UVQRFK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ]I got this one[/url] - you have to whack the glass hard (which made me nervous at first) to make it seal, but it makes you look/sound more like a real cocktail bartender.
100 cocktail umbrellas
Olives
Pickled onions
Food colouring
Are you sure you heard her correctly ? 😀
Shaker is the main thing. Get a proper one with a filter which allows the ice to be kept in tye shaker while you pour the liquid out. Next maybe a good recipe book.
A good cocktail starts with good gin
I got this one - you have to whack the glass hard
AIUI, the ones with the glass are really for making individual long cocktails. I'd rather have a regular lid to make multiple short ones.
A good cocktail starts with good gin
Gin isn't a drink, it's mascara thinner.
I wouldn't agree with Jamb. The shaker [i]is[/i] the main thing but those caps get stuck on as the metal gets colder. That's why we use strainers and the shakers which are a glass and a metal 'glass'.
Get a couple of pouring spouts.
Cocktail spoon
muddler
double sided jigger
nice sharp zester / knife
This one looks good.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005PW29MK?psc=1
Also a nice ice bucket, couple of highballs / collins, couple of martini glasses, tumblers, 35mm shooters and, of course, the ingredients for your favourite drink.
We always had staff perfect a gin martini before moving on.
The wife wants a cocktail making set for crimbo - any recommendations!...
Alka-Seltzer x2
Dioralyte X1
Berocca x1
Mix in a large glass of water. Then drink with the following.
Paracetamol x2
Ibuprofen x2
Pro plus x2
Never fails.
For the salad
650g prawns
in their shells, cooked (to give 200g/8oz cooked, peeled prawns)
2 tbsp lime juice
100g/4oz cucumber
1 tbsp white wine vinegar
1 tbsp snipped dill
1 small ripe avocado
50g watercress
pinch cayenne pepper, for sprinkling
For the sauce
2 tbsp mayonnaise
5 tbsp fromage frais
1½ tbsp tomato ketchup
splash Tabasco sauce
splash Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp brandy
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Gin isn't a drink, it's mascara thinner
That's why you have to add other stuff to it to mask its vileness 🙂
Buy a copy of "how to drink" by Victoria Moore. A good lemon juicer, some good thick tumblers so you can muddle your lime (with a muddler) for caiparinhas. An ice crusher for margaritas. A good shaker with strainer.
I've always found that a couple of nights away at a boutique hotel does the world of good.
Ensure that they know how to mix a cocktail.
I'd apply the charm bracelet principle where you buy the Mrs a bracelet one year then never have to think again, just another bauble to go on it twice a year.
Start her off with a bottle of voddy
Pop to Nisbets and get a Boston glass and tin, a Hawthorne strainer, a fine/tea strainer and some decent glasses. A recipe book (there's some Gifford's ones in my local tkmax,) and a proper measure to ensure you get the balance right and you're away.