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Pug! Muddler Bruce Tomlinson
If
I ever get caught in a flood. All I will need to do is strap all my muddlers
together and I would have a raft that could hold me and two or three of my Caipirinha
drinking friends.
These days all I use is "PUG! Muddlers"
The rest are in a box collecting dust. Pug! Muddler's are besides being extremely
efficient, they look like works of art.
Chris Gallagher
is the man behind the Pug! Muddler. Chris spent a lot of his
time making one-of-a-kind wooden forms, produced on a lathe, that he sold through
galleries in Cold Spring, NY and Greenwich, CT. His interest in bartending was
furthered by his friendship with the Regans (Gary and Marde, of Ardent Spirits).
Chris informed me that there is not a more inspirational couple in his small
town of Cornwall-on-Hudson than those two illustrious and liquid authorities.
Naturally, when Gary began his Cocktails in the Country seminars he had to take
part. That was in 2004 and that’s the first time Chris had gotten a good
look at the bartender’s arsenal of tools, including the muddler. The tool
he had been given to work with, in his mind, needed improvement. Within a few
days he had Gary working with a custom muddler. After consulting with Gary and
Marde and making very few changes to the form, he had the classic PUG! Muddler,
which today has its own patented design. PUG, an acronym for "Pick Up Gallagher’s,"
seemed to fit the product and, coincidentally, was exactly what had been printed
on some vintage bar tools that Chris had come across several years ago in Troy,
NY. Some of the most well known mixologists have included PUG! Muddlers among
their favored bartending tools (Audrey Saunders, David Wondrich, Dale Degroff,
Ted Haigh and Robert Hess to name just a few). Audrey and others have also chosen
to exclusively use PUG! Muddlers at their establishments. The brand also gained
some notoriety with mention in publications such as Food and Wine, Cheers, Wine
and Spirits, and a full page feature in the Sept/Oct. 06’ issue of Imbibe.
To contact him about pricing, send him an E-Mail at
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