Imbibe Magazine

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Potentially the most riffed-upon cocktail of the modern canon, the Penicillin was created by Australian bartender Sam Ross in 2005 while behind the bar at New York’s Milk & Honey. In fact, Syed nixes the scotch altogether, topping the drink with a float of bittersweet nocino (walnut liqueur). rye whiskey 1 oz.

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Imbibe Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Its spiced and citrus notes complement the Campari, while a few dashes of shiso liqueur add a subtle herbaceous finish. The Bitter Bird by by bartender Amber MacMullin is a blend of Campari, pineapple rum, chile-infused vodka, and falernum. Bar Leone During Negroni Week, the No.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

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. And its the blender itself and proper blending techniques that will primarily be in the crosshairs on todays episode.

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BarLifeUK

MAY 28, 2024

Petronella Kiss Every year I find one aspect of judging cocktail competitions to be more unsettling, and that aspect is delivering regional heat results to a crowd of bartenders who have all put their heart and soul into the drinks they presented moments before. One bartender even turned up with their leg in a cast.

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Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 27, 2024

The modern cocktail renaissance saw bartenders renewing their appreciation for vermouth, which in turn energized the category. Vermut Preparado The beauty of this cocktail is how easy it is to customize it to your tastes, be it with fruit liqueurs or bitter ingredients. The post Vermouth Cocktails appeared first on Imbibe Magazine.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

For their second annual Old Fashioned Cocktail Contest, Elijah Craig and VinePair teamed up to challenge bartenders around the country to some good old fashioned fun. An encouraging boss helped ignite his interest in a career in bartending. As a head bartender in Austin, Garza says he likes to consider the stories behind drinks.

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Cocktails with Suderman

MARCH 7, 2025

It’s a bittersweet liqueur that can easily swap for Campari or nearly any other amaro. It works as an aperitif, a not-quite vermouth, a spiced sweetener, and a lightly bitter liqueur all in one. Think of it as an orangey, spiced, bitter aperitif wine. Regular readers know very well how I feel about Cynar.

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A Bar Above

JUNE 2, 2024

The elusive French liqueur is extremely difficult to find at the moment, requiring quite the treasure hunt through various liquor stores. This amazing liqueur reportedly boasts a secret recipe of 130 ingredients that offers a complex flavor profile of bittersweet earthiness, floral elements, herbal notes, and lemon.

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Cheers

JULY 31, 2024

Aperitivos (or aperitifs in France) are the subcategory names attributed to the bitter, crimson-hued pre-dinner liqueur, according to Provi. Made from a bouquet of herbs, spices and fruits, these infused liqueurs are typically produced with lower-ABV distillates or aromatized and fortified wines.

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Moody Mixologist

MARCH 11, 2025

Spirit-forward gin cocktails Spirit-forward gin cocktails are those that feature liquor, liqueurs, and other alcoholic ingredients as the primary ingredients. This ultra boozy martini was invented not by a bartender, but by Ian Fleming, in his famed James Bond novel, Casino Royale. Get the Vesper Martini recipe.

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VinePair

JULY 1, 2024

Its build has been muddled through alterations like swapping low-proof liqueurs for higher-proof spirits or cutting the soda water altogether. Depending what bartender you’re ordering from, it might have kombucha! Beer, even! Spritz means everything and nothing at all, and its form shifts from bar to bar.

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VinePair

MARCH 31, 2024

Fritsch’s “Nouveau Traite de la Fabrication des Liqueurs.” On a recent trip to Ukraine, I experienced the full range of local bartenders’ feelings about Campari and their alternatives across Lviv, Kyiv, and Odessa, where there’s no mistaking a mixing bowl for a warship in the Black Sea.

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Cheers

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The nature of gin, being a complex blend of herbs, spices and fruits, makes it one of the most playful and versatile spirits in our bartenders’ toolkit. Priced at $14, it’s made with Harahorn botanical gin, wine-based Pasubio Amaro and a touch of elderberry liqueur, and served “down” in a smoked-pine scented rocks glass.

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Spiritz

AUGUST 13, 2024

It also allows creating homemade cordials and liqueurs at controlled temperature and in lesser time. Bartenders are also in favour of fermenting ingredients, which actually is an old practice that has returned to the limelight thanks to incorporating sustainable practices. This intensifies the flavours and creates unique textures.

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Barina Craft

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The lone combination of Spanish and Italian fortified wines makes for a nice low alcohol aperitif to stimulate your appetite before pairing with dinner, but doesn’t exactly match any man cave expectations you might have had for a drink called Adonis. Mr. New Yorker - gin, dry sherry, dry vermouth and orange liqueur.

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Advanced Mixology

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Youve probably seen a bartender pour a drink into that iconic V-shaped glass and call it a martini. While some bartenders still consider gin the only true martini base, vodka lovers would argue otherwise. Many of these so-called martinis lean on flavored liqueurs, syrups and sweet mixers. What About All the Other Martinis?

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VinePair

JULY 16, 2024

Bartenders face the same question when a brand rep drops in and introduces them to a new expression. We recently reached out to 22 bartenders to see which new (and new-to-them) bottles they were into lately. This is why Xila , a funky Mexican aperitif, made its way to our back bar. Evan Flynn, head bartender, Death and Co.

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VinePair

JUNE 27, 2024

An evolution of the Old Fashioned , the cocktail — made with rye whiskey , sweet vermouth , and Angostura bitters — has also come to represent the first golden age of bartending in the U.S. Many riffs incorporate complementary liqueurs like Chartreuse or Maraschino to add even more nuance to the traditional blend.

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Old Liquors Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Published in 1927 by Parisian bartender Harry McElhone, this book contains hundreds of recipes but doesn’t feature the cocktail until the very end. With Prohibition looming, many bartenders and bar owners could see the writing on the wall and decided to leave the U.S. and apply their trade elsewhere. The Boulevardier is just that.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The mixture of bitter Italian liqueur, bubbles, and sweet vermouth results in a vivacious, herbal treat that won’t put you to bed early. It inspired the creation of the Brooklyn , a variation featuring rye, dry vermouth, Maraschino liqueur, and Amer Picon. The mix of floral, sweet, and sour hits all the right notes between courses.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Unlocking the full potential of your home bar relies not on amassing a vast selection of spirits, though that certainly helps, but stocking up on some choice liqueurs. Still, the range of different styles of liqueurs runs intimidatingly long. Look beyond Prosecco and soda water, however, to discover this liqueurs versatility.

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VinePair

APRIL 2, 2025

At best, brandy represents a confusing offshoot of wine and, at worst, a hopelessly uncool catchall for the fiery schnapps and candy-sweet liqueurs that collect dust on the bottom shelf of the liquor store. That is, unless youre a bartender. Bartenders have been swooning over St. At Wicked Rabbit in Omaha, Neb.,

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

From classic boilermakers to themed shooters and even bartender handshakes , shots are the bread and butter of the bar world. And if theres one group of people that knows exactly what the people want, its bartenders. Here, we asked 18 bartenders and industry pros which shots are currently trending in their bars.

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Mixologists

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Spirits: Vodka: Tito's Handmade Vodka Gin: Tanqueray Gin Rum: Bacardi Superior Whiskey (Bourbon and Rye): Bulleit Bourbon, Rittenhouse Rye Brandy: Hennessy VS Liqueurs and Aperitifs: Amaretto Disaronno, Cranberry Liqueur (e.g., Patron Silver), 1 oz cranberry liqueur, 0.75 Tito's), 1 oz coffee liqueur (e.g.,

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