Best shaker set

I'm a big fan of the Malt shaker...as anyone who has come over to my house will tell you. Basically this is the shaker cup you see in most of the "real" bars around town. It's the same metal cup that was used for a malt blender (I used one in my baskin-robbins serving days...)

The malt cup looks like this.

$4 at restaurant supply company online: http://www.restockit.com/Malt-Cup--(MLT-30CR).html

This works in conjunction with a standard pint glass:

http://www.restockit.com/Glass-Pub-Tempered-16Ounce-(09-0365).html

The way it works is that you pour the ICE and the liquid in metal cup, then push the glass on top of it.

NOTE: there is a trick to this. You will notice notches down the sides of the malt cup. You need to force the glass in hard enough to bend those groves out a little, but not so hard as to break the glass (I've never broken a good bar glass like the above). This will allow the cup to make a seal and will hold it in the top a little.

If you do this right, you will have a pint glass stuck inside of the metal cup. Is should be straight up and down. It should also be well seated in the malt cup. This should make a complete seal.

now you should be able to shake the glass without having liquid pour out everywhere. It does take a little practice and you need to work in the malt cup slightly for best results.

The nice thing is that it will work with other smaller or shorter glasses, since the malt cup is tapered.