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The Treacherous, Untold Toll Bartending Takes on the Body

VinePair

When he moved to Los Angeles in 2010 to run Caña, a high-volume rum bar, the pain became unmanageable. Injuries to the shoulders and elbows from the repetitive stress of shaking and stirring cocktails are most common among bartenders in high-volume restaurants and bars. and elected to undergo surgery on both hands.

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Next Wave Awards Industry Icon of the Year: Clover Club

VinePair

Prior to Clover Club, Reiner became the face of one of New York’s first high-volume craft cocktail bars when she and Fedroff, along with four other partners, founded The Flatiron Lounge (2003-2018).

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Tales of the Cocktail Foundation Announces 2024 Cocktail Apprentice Program® (CAP) BAR 5-Day Program® Scholarship Recipients

Tales of the Cocktail

Leishla Maldonado Beverage Director of Loma, Providence, RI 2018 Red Coat “I am deeply honored and excited to accept the BAR 5-Day scholarship. I can’t wait to take my knowledge and skills to the next level and be able to share that with all of my students and guests!”

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Tales of the Cocktail Foundation Announces 2024 Cocktail Apprentice Program® (CAP) BAR 5-Day Program® Scholarship Recipients

Tales of the Cocktail

Leishla Maldonado Beverage Director of Loma, Providence, RI 2018 Red Coat “I am deeply honored and excited to accept the BAR 5-Day scholarship. I can’t wait to take my knowledge and skills to the next level and be able to share that with all of my students and guests!”

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OLD ELK Takes Market by Horns….and is Riding High!

Drink Me

Metze knew his whiskey and he knew had to make good stuff at high volumes. With the addition of Gonzalez and his experience at building and executing international brands, Old Elk launched in 2018 with 1300 cases and a small base of loyal customers, all of which remain important to the company as it has grown.

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What’s In a Name? How the ‘Agave Spirits’ Label Seeks to Redefine “Craft”

Taste Tequila

They stopped using the word “tequila” on their labels in 2018. Both the CRM and the CRT charge a tax on each liter produced, meaning high-volume producers contribute substantially more.)

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Building Faster Rounds — and Better Drinks — With Attaboy’s Haley Traub

VinePair

Many bars and restaurants are attempting to do ‘high volume’ without any of the training, systems, infrastructure etc. Those skills were put to the test in 2018 when Haley won the National Championship of Speed Rack , the country’s preeminent speed bartending competition. needed to accomplish said goal.”

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