JBird Cocktails' Marshall Altier, shows us the ropes on what to do and what not do with cocktails during the mixing process. The steps taken to create and make an alcoholic beverage is more than you would think. It takes just as much love and passion to make a drink that will go with your meal or get your night started, as it does to make a dish. The components have to be thought of separately but brought together as a whole, and Altier certainly shows us when it is best to shake and stir our drinks, along with how to stock our bar at home. 

Read how you to can make the perfect mix drink blend in Marshall Altier’s book, “How to Booze: Exquisite Cocktails and Unsound Advice.”

Feel free to visit him on the Upper East Side at JBird Cocktails

Hours of Operation:

Mon – Wed – 5:30pm – 2am

Thu – Sat – 5:30pm – 4am

Now serving Brunch. 

Here are the recipes for the cocktails in the video below:

Daiquiri 

An adaptation of a stirred Cuban classic.

 2 oz. Denizen Rum

¾ oz. Lime Juice

¾ oz. Simple Syrup

 Shake vigorously and serve strained or rolled in a cocktail glass.

 

 

 

El Presidente 

An adaptation of a stirred Cuban classic.

1 ½ oz. Denizen Rum

¾ oz. Bianco or Blanc Vermouth 

½ oz. Orange Curaçao

1 tsp Grenadine syrup

1 dash orange bitters

Pour all ingredients in a mixing glass. Add ice and stir well. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a peel of orange and wedge of pineapple.