Here's how to bartend like MacGyver, which is 100% awesome
It would cost you over $70 to buy all tools Bar10der includes, but it only costs $30. We're not great with fractions, but that's some sort of significant savings.
Here's what you get: a bottle opener, strainer, jigger, stirrer, 4-inch knife, channel knife for garnishes, muddler, reamer for citrus juicing, and a zester. Plus a corkscrew because sometimes the best cocktail is a glass of wine (and also because Bar9der doesn’t sound as good).
Josh Salles and Geoff Curley, who met while working in the liquor industry marketing biz, created Bar10der after noticing a void in the retail market for easy, at-home cocktails -- especially for rookies.
“There’s a huge intimidation factor when it comes to making cocktails, and our goal … is to come up with products that are highly functional [and] make cocktail-making more accessible.”
When we asked Britz to give it a whirl, he said that for someone like him, the Bar10der's most valuable quality is how compact the whole thing is.
“I would use this at home because space is such a commodity … I don’t have room in my New York apartment for a full set of jiggers, stirrers, and everything, but this has it all in one.”
Step 1: Slice a lime in half with Bar10der's 4-inch knife.
Step 2: Juice both lime halves with the reamer.
Step 3: Add 1.5 oz tequila (1 large and 1 small jigger).
Step 4: Add .5 oz orange liqueur (1 small jigger).
Step 5: Add ice.
Step 6: Shake it up.
Step 7: Using Bar10der's strainer, pour your marg into a glass.
Step 8: Garnish with a lime wedge and revel in your newfound bartending wizardry.
Oh, and one last but very important thing, especially for aspirational bartenders. Even if you’re not looking to go all-out and whip up a batch of Negronis, Bar10der is also super useful when flirting, says Josh.
“Even when just opening a bottle of beer, it’s a great conversation piece.”
Now that your arsenal is ready, go forth and mixologize. Salud!