This dessert-friendly cocktail is inspired by Kaffe Punch, a traditional Scandinavian drink combining black coffee with schnapps—a lot of schnapps.

We're sharing our shaken cocktail tips from our class during Feast Portland at the Multnomah Whiskey Library. Shaken Cocktail Tips from co-founder Lucas Plant Shaking a cocktail should be done vigorously. It will aerate, dilute, and incorporate all ingredients. Try a 10 second standard shake, or shaking until your tins get frosty on the exterior. A good rule of thumb is shake when you have citrus and egg white in your cocktail....

At Feast Portland, and we've the pleasure of hosting hands-on class at the Multnomah Whiskey Library with their head of curation. The class covered cocktail technique, focusing on three different stations: Built (think juleps), Shaken and Stirred.

We want to share some of our class tips and recipes with you all. First up: Stirred.

Watermelon is one of our favorite summer cocktail ingredients. Not only is it inherently sweet and completely refreshing, but it's very cost effective—one watermelon yields more than enough juice for a group.