Release the flavor of your cocktails with Alberta's help. Cocktails on the Fly Episode: “Muddling” Alberta Straub: Two, uhh. Hi, welcome to cocktails on the fly, I am your flighty hostess Alberta Straub. Muddling is I would have to say muddling is… I have been bartending for ten years. And I have to tell you that muddling is the favorite, my favorite part of my job. You know sometimes people will come up and be like, they will say, they will be so sweet and they will say, Oh can you please make me a Mojitos? And you know what I say? I say Hell yea I will make you a Mojitos, you know why, because I get to muddle. I love muddling. You know, Muddling is key. Sometimes, there is a new trend today; I mean I would say I have to be the trend setter in this wave. But whatever, if using fresh ingredients in your cocktails. And making everything fresh and sometimes you will go to a place and they will put things in a blender and they have like… Say they make a fresh mango...