Technique
Stir
To stir a cocktail is to mix it gently with ice in a mixing glass, chilling and diluting it while keeping it clear and silky.
In practice
Fill a mixing glass with ice, add the ingredients and stir smoothly with a long spoon for 20 to 30 seconds, until the outside is cold. Stir drinks made only of spirits, vermouths and bitters, like the Martini, Manhattan and Negroni.
Drinks to try it with
Stir, in short
What does stir mean in cocktails?
To stir a cocktail is to mix it gently with ice in a mixing glass, chilling and diluting it while keeping it clear and silky.