![]() ![]() The channel knife/zester is nice and sharp, as well as solid. Or I can separate them and use the bottom for tools and top for straws and garnish picks for events. I can actually use either method one handed, as it doesn't stick. There is no built in strainer, but the top comes off easily and you can fit it back in upside down to strain, or lift it slightly to create a hole. The top actually fits inside the bottom, rather than outside like other typical cobblers. Although it's not weighted (I like my shakers weighted, less likely I'll accidentally knock them over in a rush), it fits together seamlessly without sticking. However, I'll probably end up using the cobbler shaker included with this kit as well. They get stuck less and are much faster for me to use. I have purchased some different sized Boston shakers separately, as I prefer them to a cobbler. It also has a handy notch for your finger. The Hawthorne strainer has a beautiful coil that I know I'm not going to have to constantly put back on like with the cheaper ones. Sharp, curved foil cutter, double hinged fulcrum, and a notch cut through the center of the worm that makes it glide through the cork like a hot knife in butter.Īll the tools included are solid, with a nice heft. The foil cutters aren't sharp enough, the worms either get stuck in the cork a bit or you have to push real hard to get them through. With every tool I unwrapped, I felt like a little girl at Christmas again! I'm so blown away by the quality of these tools - they put every other thing I've ever used (even at the high end craft bars) to shame.įirst off, fellow bartenders, you know how hard it is to find a good "waiter's friend" corkscrew. Package arrived quickly, and I tore into it excitedly. I figured even if the tools weren't top quality, I could leave these at work and switch them out with the nice ones I've accumulated over the years & keep at the bar. I did a lot of research, read a lot of reviews (weeding out the obviously fake ones), and decided to go with this. I was really just looking for a bag to carry my tools and supplies. So I decided to drop some birthday dough and invest in myself! I've also recently started working more private outside events, like weddings & parties. I do already own my own tools, but I leave them at my bar (theirs are cheap and awful), because I don't want to keep carrying everything back and forth. I just got a job as a bartender school instructor, and need to bring my own tools to class. That means less available shifts and searching for other ways to make ends meet. I'm still working a couple shifts a week at a bar, but with COVID we're only allowed 50% occupancy, so where we used to have 2 or 3 bartenders on, we only have one. I've been bartending off and on for over 20 years now, and decided to make it my full time profession about 10 years ago.
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