VinePair

MAY 1, 2025

Whittling the vast number down to a select collection of favorites was a tough assignment, but with much deliberation and consideration, here are VinePairs 30 best tequilas for 2025. Its an enjoyable one-two punch, with white pepper bitterness on the finish keeping things complex and offering a distinctive finish.

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Drinkhacker

APRIL 8, 2025

Apparently, that was only a temporary move, and the 2025 version takes Bourye back to national distribution. (It’s High West Bourye (2025) Tasting Notes I always let my tasting samples rest for at least five minutes before recording notes. Or ask a friend nicely.) It’s still a “limited sighting.”)

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

From single malt to single barrel, barrel-proof to cask-finished, these are the best whiskeys to drink in 2025. Average price: $61 Rating: 92 See Review Honorable Mention: Barrell Bourbon New Year 2025 Kentucky-born Barrell Craft Spirits has built a strong reputation for its prowess in blending, sourcing, and creative cask finishes.

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PUNCH

MARCH 31, 2025

The best Espresso Martini, a bitter Manhattan, a bastard Martini made with tequila and the other best cocktail recipes from March 2025.

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Drinkhacker

MAY 22, 2025

A / $38 2021 Anaba Pinot Noir Sangiacomo Roberts Road Vineyard – A lush pinot noir from the Petaluma Gap, here we find a bold attack of tart cherries followed by a punch of bitter rhubarb, then a hint of mint and a note of baking spice.

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Advanced Mixology

JANUARY 21, 2025

That said, some Sake can also have bitter or herbal notes. The long-time Western love affair with Asian food and culture is going to ramp up to the next level this year. Sake, like many other spirits, has a really varied flavor profile. Often though Sake tends to have fruity tones to it such as watermelon, apples, bananas and other fruits.

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Chilled Magazine

JUNE 13, 2025

Launched in 2024, their Blanco Tequila received it’s first Gold medal at the prestigious 2025 San Francisco World Spirits Competition! Slow & Low’s 6-Year Limited Release is a bold, ready-to-pour cocktail made with straight rye whiskey, Demerara sugar, aromatic and orange bitters.

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Chilled Magazine

JUNE 12, 2025

It’s 2025, most bars know how to make drinks, so why should anyone choose to sit at yours? This opalescent cocktail perfectly suits the Tiny ‘Tiny era of 2025 while amplifying classic ingredients and flavors. From the fresh ingredients, amazing spirits, and fun names, the entire experience is meant to be immersive for the guest.

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Drinkhacker

MARCH 27, 2025

Instead, those mellower vanilla notes give the wine a strawberries-and-cream consistency, tempered by a growing bitterness that imbues the wine with touches of rhubarb and some grapefruit peel. A / $45 The post Review: Wines of Roederer Estate, 2025 Releases appeared first on Drinkhacker: The Insider's Guide to Good Drinking.

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Mix That Drink

JUNE 11, 2025

Home / Cocktails / Gin Recipes / Ten Strike Drink Recipe A classic cocktail highlighting Pernod’s anise and gin’s botanicals, balanced by orange bitters. By Jen Hours Updated: June 11, 2025 201 Pinterest Facebook Bluesky Flipboard Reddit 201 SHARES Jump to Recipe The Ten Strike cocktail is a traditional drink recipe. Pour in the gin.

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Bar Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Guilt-free indulgence and limited time offerings among top trends for next year MONIN, the UK’s leading syrup brand, has unveiled its top trends for 2025, in its enduring commitment to offering the hospitality industry insight, information and education. The post MONIN Unveils 2025 Drink Trends appeared first on Bar Magazine.

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Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Signature drinks include the Waldorf Cocktail, made with Rye Whiskey, Sweet Vermouth, Absinthe, and Angostura Bitters. ” Photo courtesy of The Boundary Waldorf Astoria New York is located at 301 Park Avenue New York, New York 10022 and is expected to reopen in spring 2025.

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Drinkhacker

APRIL 7, 2025

The beer uses “a mix [of] state-of-the-art hop formats for high aroma and flavor impact, including traditional hop pellets, lupulin-rich Cryo hops for pure aromatic character, and Incognito hop extract for a clean bitterness and punchy flavor boost.” I’d say it works.

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VinePair

APRIL 11, 2025

Angostura Highball at Amory y Amargo Just in time to celebrate its 14th anniversary, Amor y Amargo the East Village shrine to all things bitter has added a very special Angostura Highball to its menu. A wide range of sakes are on offer, from light and fruity to bitter and umami, with some served cold while others arrive hot.

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Drinkhacker

APRIL 26, 2025

After aromatic bitters, orange bitters are easily the most commonly called-for bittering agents in cocktails today. There’s also a huge variety of bitters available on the market. I put four big bitters brands to the test to see which was best. Regans’ Orange Bitters No. Are they any different?

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VinePair

MARCH 7, 2025

Here to help us get to the bottom of all this is Ryan Garrison, head bartender at Brooklyns Bitter Monk , a lead bartender at New Yorks Sugar Monk , and the distillery manager for Atheras Spirits. In todays spirits landscape, that level of dedication to purity and craftsmanship truly stands out. THE PERFECT WAY TO ENJOY PATRN IS RESPONSIBLY.

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Tales of the Cocktail

MAY 22, 2025

In partnership with official media partner, Forbes , TOTCF will honor recipients during the Tales of the Cocktail conference, which is celebrating its 23rd year in New Orleans, July 20-25, 2025. 2025 Spirited Awards Top 10 U.S. Timeless Award, will be named on June 9, 2025. Nominees (in alphabetical order): U.S. Categories U.S.

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VinePair

JUNE 6, 2025

It rounds out bitterness, amplifies citrus, and gives savory cocktails the kind of depth bartenders are always chasing with expensive vermouths or obscure amari. If you’re still scared of MSG in 2025, you’re behind.” Nic Wallace, 2025 U.S. I’ve used it in everything from Dirty Martinis to clarified tomato highballs.

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VinePair

MARCH 21, 2025

Listen Online Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Jordan Valls’ Rusty Nail Recipe Ingredients ounce Drambuie ounce papaya cordial ounce Cutty Sark Prohibition 1 ounces Johnnie Walker Red Label 4 dashes Angostura cocoa bitters Garnish: orange coin Directions Add all the ingredients to a mixing glass with ice. TEQUILA 40% ABV.

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Bar Magazine

JUNE 9, 2025

The new Heineken Beer Report 2025: Doubling Growth in the Beer Market shows a category that continues to outpace the wider drinks market, growing faster than cider, wine, spirits and soft drinks in the UK On-Trade and, with a year-on-year value growth of 3%, beer is now worth £13.8 billion to pubs, bars and restaurants [1].

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Mix That Drink

JUNE 15, 2025

By Jen Hours Updated: June 15, 2025 8.9k Stick with something light and not too bitter—think lagers or pilsners. Home / Cocktails / Vodka Recipes / Mountain Dew Cocktail Recipe Mountain Dew cocktail recipe features Midori, vodka or beer, and lemon-lime soda for a nostalgic, fizzy treat everyone loves.

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The Whiskey Wash

JUNE 13, 2025

From port and sherry to French oak and Cabernet casks, 2025 is shaping up to be a great year to sip beyond the standard charred oak. Toasty, but not bitter. They’re not gimmicks, they’re great whiskeys with a second barrel twist Read the full article at 7 Standout Cask-Finished Bourbons Worth Trying in 2025

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

26, 2025, they will head to Kentucky where they will compete in a live competition finale. Falernum and mole bitters provide a backbone of subtle spice. Contestants were tasked with creating unique twists on the Old Fashioned recipe using Elijah Craig Small Batch Bourbon or Elijah Craig Straight Rye Whiskey as the cocktails base.

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Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

JUNE 16, 2025

A bitter couple of weeks in the Western Suburbs (and not in the West Coast IPA kind of way) as Elmhurst Brewing Company draws to a close in the next few days, and now we learn that after 20 years in business, the Emmett’s Brewing Company in Downers Grove has also closed up shop as well. Exit, an Emmett’s. Enter, a Narrow Gate?

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Mix That Drink

JUNE 16, 2025

By Jen Hours Updated: June 16, 2025 219 Pinterest Facebook Bluesky Flipboard Reddit 219 SHARES Jump to Recipe The Amaretto Rose has nothing to do with roses. The name “amaretto” means “a little bitter” in Italian, but honestly, this drink is mostly sweet. Strangely, it does have to do with lime. Is the Amaretto Rose Strong?

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Bar Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2025

The brand is also entering into a partnership with Zooz for a Nightjar blues event on 17 January 2025, and teaming up with exciting light artist Alex Muen whose work will be on show at the venue as part of the Zooz Elevate Arts Project, which supports emerging and established artists. bitter aperitif, truffle & morel infusion.

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Cheers

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Holland America Line , which launched its 2024-2025 Caribbean season on Oct. Big Youth: Planteray Xaymaca rum and Smith and Cross rum, sweetened condensed milk, coconut water, bitters and nutmeg.

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Bar Magazine

JULY 1, 2024

The 8th annual London Spirits Competitions will take place on March 26-27 in 2025 in central London, and brands looking to get international credibility and product feedback from leading trade buyers, are encouraged to submit their products now. Brands are encouraged to enter before the 2025 super early submission deadline of August 31, 2024.

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Tales of the Cocktail

JUNE 9, 2025

NEW ORLEANS, LA (June 9, 2025) – Tales of the Cocktail Foundation (TOTCF) is honored to announce the Top Four International, U.S. Tickets for the Spirited Awards ceremony, taking place on July 24, 2025, in New Orleans, are officially on sale now. and International Awards, and the Tales Visionary Award.

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Bar Magazine

MARCH 7, 2025

Launching in the UK in 2025, Six Brothers Mahura is a category-first premium spirit distilled from the culturally significant Mahura flower ( Madhuca Longifolia, also known as Mahua, Mahuva, Mahuda or Mhowra) native to the forests of western and central India.

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The Whiskey Wash

JUNE 12, 2025

It was updated and republished in June 2025. Toasty wood, baking spice, and assertive tannins dominate the palate, punctuated by faint apple notes and a return of the dark malt flavors of the nose which settle somewhere between chocolate and coffee bitterness. Editor’s Note: This review was originally published in 2023.

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Australian Bartender

OCTOBER 13, 2024

The winner of the ANZ regional final will receive AUD/NZD $5,000 and be flown to Trinidad on an all expenses paid trip in May 2025 to compete against some of the world’s best bartenders in the global finals. Entrants need to submit their Cocktail Name, Recipe & Method, menu description and supporting paragraph, plus 1 x cocktail image.

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The Whiskey Wash

OCTOBER 4, 2024

.” The Guard Bridge Old Fashioned Eden Mill recommends enjoying the Smoked Salt Sugar Syrup in a Guard Bridge Old Fashioned: 60ml The Guard Bridge from Eden Mill 15ml Smoked Salt Sugar Syrup 2 Dashes Aromatic Bitters Orange Twist Add all the ingredients into a jug with ice cubes and mix well.

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Bar Magazine

JUNE 9, 2025

Tia Maria’s taste is unique thanks to its complexity and harmonious balance of bitter coffee notes made with 100% Arabica beans and with the sweetness of Madagascar vanilla. There will also be instore activations and limited-edition merch announced throughout 2025. [1] As Sophie sings in her latest single, Taste.

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Australian Bartender

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The Glendronach portfolio will also welcome a number of new releases including three Master’s Anthology expressions and ultra-premium 21yo, 30yo and 40yo single malts in 2025. The initial rollout includes the 12yo, 15yo and 18yo expressions only, and will start to see revamped designs continue over the next year.

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The Whiskey Wash

JUNE 6, 2025

The IWSC judges, who awarded this whisky 92 points and a silver medal, described the tasting notes as follows: “Aromas of creamy vanilla fudge, and bitter cherry intertwine with green herbs. The palate balances fruitcake spice, cocoa, and a light bitterness. On the nose, you’ll find vanilla, maple sugar, and dried fruit.

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Mix That Drink

JUNE 12, 2025

By Jen Hours Updated: June 12, 2025 333 Pinterest Facebook Bluesky Flipboard Reddit 333 SHARES Jump to Recipe The 57 Chevy is perfect for a nostalgic time with old friends. Grand Marnier, an orange liqueur, brings in a bit of tang and depth with its blend of cognac and bitter orange.

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