VinePair

APRIL 11, 2024

The Bullshot cocktail — a mid-century, Midwestern beef bouillon-and-vodka boozer — was a staple at Detroit’s Caucus Club, the popular Detroit steakhouse where it was invented in the 1950s by a local ad exec eager to push Campbell’s soup on the liquid lunch crowd. Kayamato’s Ramos Vodka Fizz with fermented horse milk vodka.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The program’s take on the famously arduous Ramos Gin Fizz employs liquid-nitrogen-flash-frozen whipped cream to save head bartender Danny Reylock precious minutes and arm strength, cutting the drink’s shaking time from minutes to just seconds.

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The Cocktail Lovers

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Add in extra dry vermouth, fior di latte mozzarella, fresh basil and Calabrian chillies and youve got yourself a flavour bomb of a twist on its vodka-based counterpart. AND ALSO DATES FOR THE DIARY until 27th February: Indias very first India Bartender Week is currently underway.

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VinePair

JULY 1, 2024

Depending what bartender you’re ordering from, it might have kombucha! Some bartenders run it back to the drink’s original core elements as a White Wine Spritzer, where wine with a splash of soda and a citrus garnish suffice. Beer, even! Spritz means everything and nothing at all, and its form shifts from bar to bar.

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A Bar Above

JUNE 2, 2024

To me, it offers a distinct alcohol flavor similar to that of vodka mixed with Chartreuse. If they do, head on over and have your bartender shake you up an Alaska cocktail. Personally, I find its strong taste really overpowering, although its distinct flavor profile is not unlike the green variety.

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VinePair

MARCH 31, 2024

When I sat down before Kayama last month, he was well-prepared for my arrival, and to tell the story behind his “Fresh Campari”, a seven-year old viral curiosity that requires more than a dozen ingredients including angelica and calamus roots, licorice, cinnamon, grapefruit juice, and vodka.

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Moody Mixologist

MARCH 11, 2025

Vesper Martini (gin, vodka, Lillet Blanc) Like the classic Martini, the Vesper features a mix of gin and a wine-based modifier. The Vesper steps things up a notch with an extra heavy pour of gin and the addition of an ounce of vodka. Get the Classic Gin Martini recipe. Get Meyer's wonderful Gin Basil Smash recipe.

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Cheers

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Once the star of the cocktail scene, gin has never regained momentum since vodka took off in recent decades. 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. is warming to gin once again — for real this time.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The bar, on the other hand, served as a safe haven for those unable to secure a coveted table to grab a quick bite and those waiting for their seated dinner to enjoy an aperitif. This year also bore witness to Dunkin’ Spiked , a line of hard iced coffees and hard iced teas produced by Harpoon Brewery.

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Spiritz

AUGUST 13, 2024

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. Thus, Polka Girl is a cocktail that contains vodka, orange juice and Galliano. This intensifies the flavours and creates unique textures.

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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. Then Came Vodka By the mid-20th century, vodka martinis became just as popular as the gin version. Vodka gave the martini a cleaner, more neutral taste, making it appealing to those who found gin too herbal or intense.

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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. Soviet Cocktail - Spanish sherry, French vermouth and Russian vodka.

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Bartender.com

JANUARY 9, 2024

We celebrated my dad’s birthday every year at Trader Vic’s and I developed an even deeper personal affinity for tropical-style drinks during my time as the head bartender at The Polynesian.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

See Recipe Cranberry Moscow Mule The Moscow Mule is a classic for a reason: The zippy combination of vodka, lime juice, and ginger beer is boozy yet balanced. See Recipe Cinnamon Sin Developed by Pete Canny, a bartender at NYC’s The Wayland and Goodnight Sonny , the Cinnamon Sin is another all-star Scotch cocktail.

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VinePair

APRIL 2, 2025

This beguilingly tart-sweet Martini has become Culics secret weapon for turning consumers onto the potential of fruit brandy, which, when they sip on its own, they tend to confuse with flavored vodka. 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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The Cocktail Lovers

JANUARY 31, 2025

Their latest treat is the Japanese Happy Meal, which is much more high end than its Maccy Ds counterpart were talking a Bartenders Breakfast of Champions made up of a Japanese Slipper cocktail, ice-cold glass of Sapporo Japanese Beer, followed by a KAY sake sipper all for 17. Photo: John Hersey You can always rely on Jack Sotti and co.

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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., Peppermint White Russian: Combine 2 oz vodka (e.g., Variation: Add a splash of vodka.

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VinePair

MARCH 10, 2025

It isnt just consumers who are interested in these types of zero-proof spirits, though bartenders are, too. But unlike NA versions of spirits like tequila or bourbon, which tend to be artificially flavored, NA amari, aperitifs, and digestifs have a flavor derived from the exact same botanicals used in their alcoholic foils.

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