Every cocktail needs a hero, and no — it’s not the bartender. It’s the Hawthorne strainer, standing guard like a stainless-steel bouncer at the velvet rope of your glass. Ice shards? Denied. Fruit pulp? Not on the list. Random citrus seeds trying to crash the party? Absolutely not.
So pour with confidence. The chaos stays in the shaker. The elegance goes in the glass.
