The tools I use, starting with the shaker and the slush machine.
Elevated Craft
Gunmetal Black
Elevated Craft says it won’t leak, the lid won’t stick, and the insulation keeps your hands from freezing to it. The top measures, too, so it’s one less tool on the bar. The shaker button on every recipe fills it to its 28 oz.
$75.00 at Elevated Craft, checked November 8, 2026.
Ninja
Professional Frozen Drink Maker
The half-gallon button on every recipe fills it to the line. Frozen drinks for a crowd without a blender.
Every recipe here is measured.
For the stirred drinks, the Vieux Carré and the Sazerac. A shaker works for the Sazerac in a pinch.
For raspberries, jalapeño, and rosemary.
For the twists and peels on the Bee’s Knees, the Old Fashioned, the Sazerac, and the French 75.
For the Tovarich’s foam, and any drink with muddled fruit.
For the Luxardo cherries in the Lake House Old Fashioned.
For spritzing absinthe into a Sazerac glass, and the bitters I’m trying on the Old Fashioned.
For the Piña Double Colada.
8 drinks
Bee’s Knees, Corpse Reviver #2, Corpse Reviver #2, KP Style, Corpse Reviver #4, Cranberry Germaine, Paper Airplane, Tovarich, Vieux Carré
13 drinks
Blue Hawaiian Martini, Caramel Apple Cider Martini, Cosmopolitan, French Cosmopolitan, French Martini, Hpnotiq Martini, Beach Variation, Let It Snow Cosmo, Raspberry Lemon Drop Martini, Vesper Martini, Classic, Vesper Martini, Three Equal Parts, Vesper’s Green Thumb, Vespers at Night, Wild Orchid
7 drinks
Amaretto Stone Sour, Carajillo, Cocchi Soda, Heat Index, Lake House Old Fashioned, Rosemary Gin Fizz, Sazerac
5 drinks
Alabama Slammer, Chata Colada, Chilton, Coral Collins, Cranberry Gin and Tonic
3 drinks
2 drinks
2 drinks
1 drink
3 drinks
1 drink
1 drink