Boston Shaker vs Cobbler Shaker 

Your first video, but still very informative. You (and your set) are MUCH more polished now.

OMG how long has it been? ❤️ Exactly 4 Years in about 5 days... We have to celebrate this!!!!!!

Just joined all the way from Brasilia DF Brasil. Thanks Steve for your endurance along your RU-vid Journey!

You mentioned in your book not to see this video. But I don't always listen 😉 So I had to check it out 😜 Congrats on the amazing year you're having. I hope you have time to enjoy it. Thanks for all the inspiration you have given me these past couple of years. The community you've built have really helped me in my cocktail journey and I've learned so much.

I have never had a shaker in my life so I do not have a preference. I have learned from your videos about 3 different shakers so far today and appreciate the explanations so I can know what to shop for. I am planning on buying one.

I'm beginner so I need a Cobbler Shaker. Nice video, Steve, thank you so much... Greetings from Chile, at the end of the world...

I can see how the Boston shaker would be preferable in a busy bar, but I much prefer the Cobbler Shaker, I think they are easier to use and I find them much more comfortable. If you think about it a Boston is also a three piece shaker, since you're using a Hawthorne strainer most of the time, so not much more practical from a cleaning perspective either.

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I like a large glass Kilner jar with shaker lid. It has the large volume of a Boston shaker, you can see if its ready (like with the foam of an espresso martini) but it's less likely to come apart than a boston shaker, yet also easier to open.

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Full metal boston every time. Happy anniversary - Mr Steve

Nice video. Just answered my question. Thank you!

I am starting from the beginning here. Since I am doing a home bar. I like the cobbler.

I got a cobbler shaker and will try making loose leaf teas with it.

Hi Steve. I like the cobbler shaker, a small sized, and a large one. The boston looks nicer, but sometimes I give the small one to my "customers" to pour their own drink after I shake it.

Nice. You are keeping a long story short!!!

Boston shakers are hard to come by in W.A.I finally have one now and it takes a bit of getting used to shaking it properly and separating the glass from the tin after shaking but IMO they are better if you're making anymore than 1 drink. I recently had a night where I was making cocktails for 6 people which meant cocktail after cocktail and removing the cap on the cobbler shaker was getting to be extremely hard especially after my hands had become cold.

I had no idea the names of the two. Learned something new today. I think I prefer the Boston shaker. Might need to get one on Amazon. Any thoughts on a video where you go over the basic bar equipment you recommend? We technically have a "home bar" and I'd like to make it a legit thing. Especially when we finally have friends over again soon. LOL.

I find the built in strainer on a cobbler shaker can often be inadequate

If you need to get work done, if you need to bang out drinks on a busy night, then the Boston Shaker is the way to go. In fact, the cobbler shaker is only good for "appearances" in my opinion. I like watching japanese bartenders with them. The cobbler shakers just look very slick and refined, but you're not gonna be able to handle a large crowd in a work environment using them. If you can only use one, then there's really no difference in drinks using a boston+hawthorne and a cobbler, so just go with a boston shaker & hawthorne strainer. I have both, but I only use the cobbler at home when I feel like making a performance out of making a drink.

I like the boston shaker more aswell, but i think there are some drinks witch are needed to be done with a cobbler shaker. The sherry cobbler for instance has even "cobbler" in the name :D . I like to use the cobbler most of the time when im goin for asian style drinks, like Bijou or Imperial Tokyo. Or when i work with sake. Because, in my opinion, sake works quite well with the bit more dilution style of the cobbler shaker than the boston shaker. But i guess, it´ll all come down to personal preferances :D

you want to be careful with cobbler shakers because you can end up getting some cheap clunky ones that just aren't good. My first shaker was a badly made cobbler. The one I use regularly is a cobbler shaker has a wood pattern on the outside and it works amazingly well I can get the lids off very effortlessly.

Thanks, Steve!! Answered my question and without drawn out vid. Cocktail shaker for me! Low volume home use. Recomend a top brand? I wanna buy 2 that last forever with home use....

I got a fairly expensive cobbler when I started at home... It was expensive because it had a pretty paint job... I was crap and the seal was useless lol I prefer the Boston shaker, because there's more room in it, so it gets a better mix on. I use the cobbler though for shots, much easier with the built in strainer :)

definitely a Boston, you can show off better with it and just feels better in your hands

I have a cobble shaker but I lost the cap, so I only used the bottom part of the cobble shaker and found a glass that fits with the shaker and used it so that it is now a homemade boston shaker

Always preferred the Boston

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I prefer my Piña Barware Boston Tin. Nice weight, good welds (IMHO, the weakpoint in cheaper weighted bostons), and a hard seal so I can shake with one hand with no fear.

I prefer a Boston Shaker it just feels right. And using the strainer is a more satisfying feeling in my opinion!!

I love my cobbler and my Parisian shaker. Japanese hard shake is so much easier with those.

First time going all the way back to the old videos and was shocked, SHOCKED, i say at the difference. How far you have come. On topic I tend to prefer a cobbler shaker in a bar environment but i also admit the drawbacks can be quite annoying since its much slower but if you are working in a craft cocktail bar instead of a busy normal(if such a term makes sense) bar that isnt so much a downside. But i also lean towards the japanese method of making drinks and paying close attention to what you are doing. Neither is right, i have been to busy bars who make great products and rely on speed but i personally prefer smaller more intimate craft bars such as the Varnish in Los Angeles or Bar Benfidditch in Tokyo.

I travel a lot and take a 500ml cobbler with me everywhere. Great for cocktails on the run :)

A lot of the cocktail used to end up in cobbler shaker top. I'd remove the top and get cocktail all over the bar. I think the Boston shaker will eliminate that problem.

I use both but never the pint glass.I have personally seen my co worker use a pint glass for shaking and it shattered in his hand.Theres no guarantee that the pint glass you use it Tempered or not.I love Japanese style bartending and when I try to emulate the Japanese handshake I really believe that my drink is WAY colder.Idk when I was in bartending school I was told a drink needs to be shaken for 10-12 seconds to reach thermal equilibrium and that it has been tested with numerous styles of ice that you will reach the same temp no matter what

They make the cobbler shaker much bigger than the one that was displayed. I purchased mines off Amazon which has a lifetime no rust warranty.

At the bar where I work a cobble shaker wouldn't do. The volume of different cocktails is too high to use the cobble shaker. On a slow night I would love to use a cobble shaker tho, since I won't need to hold the strainer with the fear of clumsy me dropping it.

Maybe I have a low quality one but I needed to get myself a boston shaker because using the cobbler one with ice made it impossible to open.

I work in the bar for almost a year with my cobbler shaker..

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i like cocktail shaker because easy ... and cocktail shaker have strainer:)

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STEVE!!! You've aged well!!!!

Boston shaker personally, i find cobbler shakers a bit harder to use and you get used to one rather then the other i guess.

well, m just a beginner so do u think the cobbler shaker would be fine enough for me to use? its like m gonna practice making some cocktails at home..!

Boston shaker with cheater tin bottom for me!If I knew how to Japanese handshake I would use the cobbler

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Try...4 to 6 count of tequila...3 or 4 of sprite..and 1 or two counts of sweet and sour..one or two leafs of mint.. everything goes in the bkend with ice.... then you serve it in a copper with salt in the rim....

I am going to attempt to get an apprenticeship for a Japanese bar position, so I'll stick with the Cobbler shaker!

The only use for the cobbler shaker is to throw it on other's people heads (and yet it might crack the cobbler). I got my Boston with custom engravings on it 😎

I have seen cobbler shakers with a clear bottom. I am not sure if they are good or not.

Boston all the way

Me thinking to buy a cobbler because its the ez way to make iced cappuchino xD

Who was that puny guy? :)

Cobbler shaker as I’m only a small woman with small hands and can only do tricks with that 🙈

Cobbler shaker - never can open a boston one without help 😅😅😅

isnt that also called a parisien style shaker?

What size is that cobbler shaker?

i bought a Boston shaker set but the glass cup doesn’t fit into the tin one :/ what do i do?

so the Boston Shaker is just a Cobbler Shaker where you lost the lid and use a glass cup instead

i regret buying a cheap cobbler shaker, shud have safed up tbh

I have a Boston shaker at my house... I don't know I have it I don't drink

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cobbler shakers always leak in my experience

I WOULD USE A BOSTON SHAKER IF I HEARD IN CORRECT... THE OTHER ONE LITERALLY STUCKS...

i want ur hands on me ;)

Boston shaker, duh!