Chilled Magazine

MARCH 3, 2024

Although I bartended for several years, the spirits business was not in my career plans. What would you like today’s bartenders to know about the spirit? Bartenders are embracing strong flavors nowadays—tell us how Absinthe fits in? Absinthe adds dimension to a wide range of cocktails, even tiki drinks. Experiment!

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Australian Bartender

APRIL 14, 2024

And what makes it pretty cool (and different from most tiki-style drinks) is that it features a bitter aperitif, Campari. So, hats off to Aviary’s bartender at the time, Jeffrey Ong, who came up with the genius idea of mixing Campari into his tiki drink. And who doesn’t love Campari? And the name?

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

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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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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Moody Mixologist

MARCH 11, 2025

Other notable gin classics include the bubbly gin and champagne cocktail the French 75, and the more modern tiki classic, Saturn (gin with passionfruit, lime, and orgeat syrup). 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

MARCH 31, 2024

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. Every bar I visited had embraced some alternative to the Italian staples.

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Bartender.com

JANUARY 9, 2024

The Salty Dog’s 17 original creations are each named after a famous pirate ship, draw inspiration from classic cocktails and tropical drinks you might find at a Tiki bar and are executed with Trick Dog’s signature culinary approach.

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