Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 18, 2024

Whether you’re seeking a well-made craft cocktail, a beer brewed with local ingredients, or an education on mezcal, Tucson brings it home. In addition to their signature Old Fashioned, the bar, bottle shop, and part-time bakery crafts cocktails like the Notorious F.I.G.

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A Bar Above

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Photo by Jonathan Borba via Unsplash TRENDS IN ALCOHOL-FREE COCKTAILS At one time, being the designated driver or a sober companion meant only getting to select from sugary soft drinks, juice, tonic or soda water, lousy coffee, or tap water (maybe sparkling water if you’re lucky). So, too, are craft mocktails. I started with gin.

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Cheers

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Brandy isn’t flying off the shelf via individual pours, but guests are enjoying plenty of it through cocktails, says Charles Joly, beverage director of The Riff Raff Room in New York. DUss Cognac has been accelerating on-premise efforts with cocktails such as the D’Uss Spicy Sidecar.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

The bartender thrusts a Hulk green cocktail into your hands and you take a sip, allowing the melon-flavored concoction to wash over your taste buds. A Japanese Gin & Tonic,” they respond, hands already busy prepping the next drink. It’s less the base of a cocktail, and instead used with a little more intention.”

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A Bar Above

JUNE 2, 2024

Like I mentioned, the craft cocktail movement is mostly to blame for the supply shortage, but it’s a little more complicated than simple supply-and-demand. When the pandemic craziness hit in 2020 and creating great cocktails at home suddenly became all the rage, the sales of Chartreuse skyrocketed. ounces Gin.5

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

And while consumer interest in whiskey and tequila has eclipsed much of its activity, that doesn’t mean there aren’t interesting things happening in craft vodka or distillers who see opportunity in the clear spirit. Ticking All the Craft Boxes Part of craft vodka’s current dynamism comes thanks to a change in the law.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

With more than three decades in the bar industry, Reiner and Fedroff built their reputation opening and running landmark New York City bars whose legacies remain touchstones of the modern craft cocktail revival. The bar’s cocktail menu, which prioritizes classics, undergoes two annual seasonal changes.

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