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The Art of Mixology: Fat Washing

Chilled Magazine

In 2016, I opened ROKC (Ramen Oysters Kitchen Cocktails) in Hamilton Heights, and following its success, I opened NR (’N ROLL) on the Upper East Side in Fall of 2019. It’s made with Ethiopian coffee rum, creme de banana, allspice dram, pineapple, orange, lime, and nutmeg. Photo by Paul Chang Tequila Cardamon + Golden Kiwi *Lassi?

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Remember When Bacardí Thought a Tequila-Rum Hybrid Would Be the Next Big Thing?

VinePair

So went spirits critic Robert Whitley’s 2002 review of Ciclón, a just-released Barcardí product that combined the brand’s Gold Rum with “blue agave” tequila and a “hint” of natural lime juice. The spirits giant’s own motto was a little more blunt: “90% rum, 10% tequila, 100% un-be-lievable!” It, too, was a smash hit.

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We Celebrate 90 Years of Hood River Distillers with President and CEO David Ballew

Chilled Magazine

With the purchase of Clear Creek Distillery in 2014 and Captive Spirits in 2016, the company now offers a portfolio of brands that span every level on a liquor store shelf, and nearly every spirit a cocktail bar would need. Big Gin was created by bartenders for bartenders.

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The Basic Well Drink Is Your Bartender’s New Favorite Playground

VinePair

Rum & Coke. Mexico City’s Handshake Speakeasy has a full page of carbonated cocktails on its current menu, as diverse in form and flavor as a Piña Colada-Highball hybrid to the Sencha, with tequila , Hojicha tea, yuzu, sake, and soda. The Tequila Soda gets its glamor glow-up session at Asado Life in St. Augustine, Fla.,

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The 50 Best Spirits of 2023

VinePair

El Nacimiento Tequila Reposado Tequila regulations dictate that reposados can spend up to 364 days in oak, and all too often the aging vessel dominates the final spirit. Surin Rum Clairin Mezcal drinker, meet clairin! Cambio Tequila Blanco Prejudging spirits based on numerical values is reductive and often misleading.

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Every Major Olympic Sport as a Cocktail

VinePair

There’s tequila from Mexico, yellow Chartreuse from France, and Germany’s Jägermeister to booze things up while simple syrup and an egg white round things out. The cocktail combines gold rum , lime juice, honey syrup, and Champagne or sparkling wine , but since these games are held in Paris, we recommend opting for the French sparkler.

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Mastering Extracts and Essences With Sunken Harbor Club’s Garret Richard

VinePair

By the time Booker and Dax closed in 2016, I was the head bartender, and I spent the next year at the NoMad learning to make a lot of very good drinks very quickly. We chatted rum styles and tropical drinks and I was immediately a fan — he wore his love for, and knowledge of, drinks and spirits on his sleeve then as he does to this day.