Review on 🍹 Discover the Ultimate Stainless Cocktail Bartending Experience with Shelline by Shawn Reiter

This bar set makes an attractive set for the hobbyist home bartender or for those just starting out in their career who need a basic set. A wood holder is a good display, but not very practical to use unless you want to display your tools around the home. You wouldn't use such a toolbox in a professional environment. It also appears to be a one-stop set, produced for resale under multiple brands on Amazon. If you see a pair that look like duplicates between brands, that's it. 100% identical. There are some good tools here and some not so good ones, I'll go through each one. Shaker jar: This is smaller than a standard shaker jar and will not hold a pint glass for use as a Boston shaker. The metal is thin and uninsulated, but the cocktail can be shaken and strained through the included strainer with lid. The strainer lid has small holes so that the cocktail flows out slowly. At home this is normal, in the professional area it is too slow and with the supplied hawthorn sieve it is faster. Sieve hawthorn: simple but effective. Fits this size shaker but wobbles in a standard size shaker glass. The springs are flimsy and cheap, but they do the job. Pourers: These are excellent quality pourers and it's nice that they come with nipples for the lid. them when not in use. You can leave bottles with spouts and nipples to keep fruit flies away. Cast at full speed and very accurately. Jigger: Probably the cheapest item in the set. Very thin metal, feels thin, no markings. It measures 1/2 oz fill and 1 oz to the rim, but the rim doesn't expand so it spills a bit when pouring. The standard serving for a cocktail is 1.25 or 1.5 ounces, depending on the establishment. That's fine for simple cocktails at home, but it's useless in a professional setting. Muddler: It's really great. I prefer metal to wooden pestles because they don't get dirty or stained over time and they're dishwasher safe. This pestle is a good length, decent weight and works quite well. One of the best tools in the set. Spoon: This spoon does not stand on a flat surface like in the photo, neither in a trolley nor on a counter. You can balance it perfectly, but if you even look at it from the side, it will fall. The cutout on the wagon doesn't hold it in place either. The spoon itself is a good tool. Good length, easy to blend and easy to clean. A felt bag is good but I don't use one and the little cocktail book is cute and a good place to start if you're new to cocktails. Google and phone apps will quickly replace this book, but it's a good addition to the starter kit. All in all, this is a decent starter kit if you need all the basics now. If you plan to just have a cocktail at home, this is a good gift and will get the job done. If you plan on becoming a professional bartender I would skip this and buy a high end set or go for each instrument individually. You will find much better filters and jiggers sold individually. A really great jigger will have 1/4, 1/3 and 2/3 oz insert markers in addition to the standard 0.5, 1.5 and 2 oz levels. A better strainer will have stronger springs with a finger grip on top for stability when pouring. Much more versatile is a matching Boston shaker with a large and small can and a pint glass. This is entry level and decent, but not pro level.