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We Asked 10 Bartenders: Which Bottle Should Disappear From Back Bars and Bar Carts Forever? (2024)

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Every professional bartender has a few bottles they don’t like. But there’s usually one bottle that functions as something of a nemesis, and seeing it on a trusted establishment’s back bar or a good friend’s bar cart is enough to burrow under their skin — and heaven help the well-meaning soul who presents it as a gift.

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Three Ways: Ranch Water

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of water, 50 grams of chopped jalapeños, and 10 grams of chopped habaneros; let steep for 24 hours then strain, bottle, and refrigerate. Green Tea-Infused Blanco Tequila Infuse a 750-ml bottle of blanco tequila with five bags of green tea for 30 minutes, then remove the bags and bottle the infused tequila (keeps up to 2 months).

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How Drink Pros Take Their Manhattans

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” Adam Montgomerie, Bar Manager of Hawksmoor , New York City The only changes Adam Montgomerie will make to a classic Manhattan are to add a dash of saline solution, use a split of rye and bourbon whiskeys (mostly rye), and chill the glass in the freezer a couple of hours beforehand. Then, we may do them on the rocks.”

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We Asked 11 Bartenders: What Rye Offers the Best Bang for Your Buck?

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It’s a bottled-in-bond rye meaning that it is at least four years aged and bottled at 100 proof. It retails where I live for around $27 a bottle.” ” —Hailey Donovan, bar manager, Northern Spy , Canton, Mass. “In Bernardo Gonzalez Martinez, bartender, Aji Bar and Robata , San Jose, Calif. “

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We Asked 16 Bartenders: What’s the Most Underrated Cheap Bourbon?

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It’s a subcategory stuffed with tried-and-true labels and buzzy emerging brands, but there are some splendid bottles that fly under the radar — and this collection of underrated gems is thrilling to explore on its own merit. Dant Bottled in Bond Kentucky Bourbon will always have a spot in my well and home. Here’s what they had to say.

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Where to Drink in Fishtown, Philadelphia

Imbibe Magazine

The global wine list leans toward minimal-intervention bottles, and the beer selection features several Pennsylvania breweries. Their new Fishtown digs include an airy bar, a bottle shop, and a fully functional urban winery where Ducos, MCC’s winemaker, vinifies and bottles those grapes. “We

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We Asked 10 Bartenders: What’s the Most Overrated Whiskey?

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Fionna Gemzon, bar manager, None of the Above , St. Instead of buying Blanton’s, find a good whiskey bar and ask what they’re drinking right now. For every $280 of secondary-market Blanton’s, you can get four $70 bottles that will blow you away. We have the whiskey taters to thank for this, but here we are.

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