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BevX 2024: The Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar Make Tiki Cocktail Magic

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The Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar in the Fairmont San Francisco hotel, which first opened its doors in 1945, has long been a Tiki institution and immersive experience. The hotel recently decided it was time for a major drink menu overhaul for Tonga Room, a BevX 2024 winner for Innovative Independent.

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We Asked 21 Bartenders: What’s the Best Vodka for Mixing Cocktails?

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in 2024, raking in $7.2 Nobody knows these differences better than bartenders committed to whipping up the best drinks possible for guests, even if that drink is a humble Vodka Soda. Ben Hopkins, head bartender, Pitts , Brooklyn Yes, there is non-alcoholic vodka, and yes it works. Were still living in a vodka world. We love it.

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Check Out the Craft the Fun Cocktail Challenge Regional Competition Winners—Dallas and Atlanta

Chilled Magazine

A total of five bartenders, one from each of the regional competitions, will be chosen to compete as finalists in Austin, TX, and receive $1,000 each as a prize. Good luck, bartenders! Strain ingredients into Tiki glass. Cocktails should highlight the brand while also being equal parts delicious, innovative, and fun.

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5 Useful Tips to Elevate your Bar Menu and Drinks Program

Chilled Magazine

For example, if you are a tiki bar, then you want your menu to reflect cocktails, liquors, beers, and flavors that match a tropical and Caribbean theme, i.e. rums and frozen drinks. What kind of drinking establishment are you? Italian restaurant? The flavors and style of your drinks and product selection should reflect your concept or theme.

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The Cocktail College Podcast: The (Re)Missionary’s Downfall

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Few tiki and tropical drinks are as light, herbal, and dangerously sessionable as the Missionarys Downfall. Here to lead us on that exploration is returning guest Garret Richard, VinePair Next Wave Awards 2024 Bartender of the Year , and the chief cocktail officer at Brooklyn’s Sunken Harbor Club. TEQUILA 40% ABV.

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Next Wave Awards Bartender of the Year: Garret Richard

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This feature is part of our 2024 Next Wave Awards. “I Raised among the retro culture of Los Angeles and a tiki enthusiast before he was old enough to drink — he came to the culture via exotica music in high school — Richard ditched his focus on a radio career to get into bartending.

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Strong Water Anaheim Named 2024 James Beard Award Nominee for Outstanding Wine & Other Beverages Program

Chilled Magazine

Strong Water Anaheim has officially been named a 2024 James Beard Award nominee for “Outstanding Wine & Other Beverages Program”! Upon entering, guests are transported onto a sunken ship for an immersive tiki experience with rum-based drinks and elevated Asian Fusion bites.

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