Beaker Mixing Glass 800ml, Graduated, with Spout

For anyone building several drinks at once. Eight hundred millilitres is the largest capacity in the family, and with ice up to two thirds there are still 250 to 300ml of liquid left, meaning three or four cocktails stirred in one go.

A beaker was made to hold, to measure and to pour, which is exactly what a stirring vessel has to do. The straight walls leave the ice free to turn without jamming, the wide base keeps the vessel steady when the spoon pushes, and the spout formed in the rim gives a clean line of pour even without a strainer. The beaker mixing glass borrows all of it, and in a bar it is an unusual shape to see, which is also why some venues choose it.

• Capacity: 800ml
• Material: glass
• Features: measuring markings and pouring spout
• Used with: bar spoon and strainer

Eight hundred millilitres, and how to use them

The rule is the usual one: ice up to two thirds, ingredients after, and room for the cubes to turn without spilling. At this capacity the amount of ice is considerable, and large cubes are worth using rather than small ones: in a volume like this, small ice melts before it has chilled all the liquid, and the dilution runs past the right point.

The markings are there for batching

This is where the vessel earns its keep. You read the level at each ingredient, stir once and pour into glasses already set out: four identical drinks in a little more time than one. For the reading, the rule from graduated cylinders applies, meaning eye level with the liquid and the vessel set down, because looking from above always gives a higher figure than the true one.

Why a large capacity changes the service

Because it lets you work by order instead of by drink. When a table of four arrives on the same cocktail, making them one at a time means four rounds of thirty seconds of stirring plus four strains; making them together means one round of stirring and four pours. The time saved is less the spoon than the movements around it: picking up, filling, straining, washing. With a beaker mixing glass the sums come out in favour of batching from two identical drinks onward.

The spout, and the strainer

The spout gives a clean line of pour, but it does not hold the ice back: you still need a strainer, and on a beaker mixing glass a julep works well, resting inside on the cubes. Pour without one and the cubes end up in the serving glass, which on a stirred drink is the fastest way to waste thirty seconds of work.

Care

Dishwasher safe, loaded with space around it because of the weight. Treat the printed markings as decoration: no scouring pads and no abrasives, or you will be left with the vessel and not the numbers.

FAQ

How much does the beaker mixing glass hold? Eight hundred millilitres, the largest capacity in the family.

How many drinks can be made at once? Three or four stirred, with ice up to two thirds.

Does the spout replace the strainer? No, it only gives the line of pour: the ice still has to be held back.

Which ice is better? Large cubes: in a volume like this small ones melt before everything is chilled.

Is it dishwasher safe? Yes, with no abrasives on the markings.

The more you buy, the less you pay: 4 pieces -5%, 6 -7%, 8 -10%, on the same item.

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