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A Negroni Week Globetrot

Imbibe Magazine

For Negroni Week, the bar is showcasing fun, delicious takes: a coconut and chocolate Negroni with coconut fat-washed Campari, called Bounty on the Count, and a strawberry variation, Catch Fraise, with Campari, sweet vermouth, a strawberry aperitif, and white wine.

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13 to Try: Vermouths

Imbibe Magazine

While every category of spirit and aperitif wine has grown and evolved in the past two decades, vermouth has shown a surprising stylistic shift. Its wine-forward character is dry and cleanly acidic with a soft, supple, spice-accented bitterness. But really, a vermouth this iconoclastic is built for fresh cocktail adventures.

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We’re Recapping Chilled 100 ELEVATE 2024: The Second Golden Age of the American Cocktail with Dale DeGroff and Ted Breaux

Chilled Magazine

The first indication of wine appears in 5,000 BCE, and the word “aperitif” first shows up in writing in the 5th century CE. The distillation of medicinal liqueurs, emergence of punch and bitters, and commercialization of vermouth followed from 1500 CE to 1796 CE. By 1806, the word “cocktail” appeared in print.

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From Dorm Room Shots to At-Home Aperitifs: Millennials Re-Embrace Pregaming

VinePair

I like interesting cocktails, but they’re often too bitters-based now. With the financial security, improved taste (and abandonment of heedless binging) of adulthood, pregaming was subsumed by its more glamorous adult cousin: the aperitif. The aperitif hour is sacrosanct, when you sit down and take a little stock.

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Meet the National Finalists for the VinePair x Elijah Craig Old Fashioned Cocktail Contest

VinePair

The Bartender: Simon Banks Cocktail: Fortune Teller Simon Banks introduction to bartending began at a dive bar in Louisville, but working in Denvers burgeoning craft cocktail scene in 2014 further cemented his interest. Falernum and mole bitters provide a backbone of subtle spice.

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The Chartreuse Shortage: Finding The Perfect Chartreuse Substitute

A Bar Above

You can really taste the herbal blend, with a slight bitter flavor and quiet hints of mint. Like I mentioned, the craft cocktail movement is mostly to blame for the supply shortage, but it’s a little more complicated than simple supply-and-demand. Copyright A Bar Above Why is Chartreuse So Hard to Find Right Now?

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Guide to Gin (and Gin Cocktails)

Moody Mixologist

Classic Gin Martini (gin, dry vermouth, orange bitters) The Martini is perhaps the most iconic cocktail ever. While everyone has their own preferred specs, a traditional Martini is a mix of gin and dry vermouth with a couple dashes of orange bitters. These drinks pack a punch and showcase the flavors of the spirit.

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