Jeffrey Morgenthaler Bartending and Cocktail Advice Since 2004

For the past decade or so, we’ve been told by the cocktail gestapo that blended drinks are bad. They’re not for grown-ups, they’re too sweet and they don’t belong in the canon of classic cocktails. But what these critics seem to have forgotten about blended drinks is possibly the most important point of all: They’re fun. Having spent thousands of hours manning a blender station over the course of my career, I thought I might offer some insight into this polarizing piece of equipment.