VinePair

JULY 25, 2024

I worked in a Chili’s in high school,” says Sarah Morrissey, the bar manager of the recently reopened Le Veau d’Or on New York Upper East Side. “I Strong Drinks Mixed With Nostalgia Blue drinks have also become a staple of modern chain-restaurant bars. The Italian Rum Punch at Olive Garden.

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VinePair

AUGUST 28, 2024

It’s known as a Cuba Libre when mixed with rum from Cuba, and there’s the more trendy Batanga cocktail with Coke and tequila. This three-ingredient drink works well with virtually all styles of rum, but the key to mastering this cocktail is using fresh lime juice. Brian Miller, bar manager, Stockton Inn , Stockton, N.J.

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VinePair

MAY 17, 2024

23 Rum, that’s always been the process — a blend of 6- to 23-year-old rums using the solera method — but not only that. And when you start to get that combination, that unique combination of solera and altitude, what you end up with is an aged rum that is truly unique. “Cocktail College” is brought to you by Zacapa No.

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VinePair

AUGUST 14, 2024

While clear spirits like gin and tequila might feel like the most obvious choices for summertime sipping, rum and bourbon also have their place, as do lighter, low-ABV options like vermouth and Pimm’s. Their responses ranged from the classic rum Daiquiri to some less expected options. “The Saturn. .’” “The Saturn.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

—Connor Gillette, senior bar manager, The Alida Hotel , Savannah, Ga. Our go-to is a 50/50 of rum and amaro. Typically, this is Santa Teresa 1796 rum and Amaro Montenegro amaro, which surprises most with just how good it is! We call it either the Rum House shot or S&M.” appeared first on VinePair.

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VinePair

JANUARY 2, 2024

” —Jess Stewart, Beverage Director and Bar Manager, Trust Restaurant Group , San Diego “A Hot Toddy’s recipe uses simple ingredients, so the emphasis is on the quality of the items. Juliana Fisher, bar manager, Bar167 , Charleston, S.C. “A A good Hot Toddy is warming in every way.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 8, 2024

There’s this misconception that rum drinks are complicated and overly sweet, but a Mai Tai is simple and light. The sweetness from the orgeat balances the acidity from the lime, and the vanilla notes from the dry curaçao complement the rum exceptionally well.” Roderick Williams, Bar Manager, Smoked , Columbia, S.C.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

” —Martin Fernandez, bar manager Rochambeau , Boston “Not a cocktail, but a spirit: rum. .” ” —Martin Fernandez, bar manager Rochambeau , Boston “Not a cocktail, but a spirit: rum. You can make a delicious variation of an Old Fashioned using rum, spices, and Jamaican bitters.”

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Fionna Gemzon, bar manager, None of the Above , St. ” —Ben Walker, bar manager and bartender, Fierce Whiskers Distillery , Austin “I can’t pinpoint one in particular because there may be too many to name, but any whiskey over $75 is more about the hype and marketing than it is about the juice in the bottle, in my opinion.

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VinePair

APRIL 23, 2024

Juel Triggs, bar manager, Eight & Sand at Central Station Hotel , Memphis, Tenn. Doug Kazley, bar manager, Ambli Global, Denver “Easy: Medley Bros. Nick Jackson, Head Bartender, The Rum House , NYC “The most underrated bourbon in my humble opinion is W.L. It’s the most perfectly versatile bottle I know.

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Cheers

JANUARY 3, 2024

The rooftop bar and lounge at the Luma Hotel San Francisco — a BevX winner for Best Innovative Independent Beverage Program — has used that experience to create a beverage program that’s infused with Latin American spirit and vibrancy. The bar boasts natural wines from Chile, Argentina, Spain and California.

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Cheers

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Print La Lola Course Drinks Keyword heavy cream, lemon juice, milk, Passion fruit pure, rum, strawberry, xanthan gum Ingredients 1 oz. Charanda Mexican rum oz. Aged rum 1 oz. Notes Wil Schultz, bar manager at Oak Steakhouse Nashville, created this recipe.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Its pages are filled with recipes, techniques, and lush photos that capture what the cocktail and oyster bar’s team does best: Sazeracs, absinthe, mollusks, and immersing guests in the sensual glamour of New Orleans’ and Paris’s historic drinking scenes. Modern Caribbean Rum Matt Pietrek and Carrie Smith, Wonk Press, November 2022.

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VinePair

AUGUST 5, 2024

She said ‘delicious.’” —Brian Miller, bar manager, Stockton Inn , Stockton, N.J. Rum in the original Vodka Soda !?” Kelvin Uffre, former bartender + strategic market manager for Lalo Tequila , NYC “When I was working at Bar Pendry , someone ordered a double Martini, which is an insane amount of booze. What’s next?

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VinePair

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Between Irish pubs and high-volume cocktail bars, Million honed his flavors as a barback, squeezing his own custom juices and lemonades, earning him the moniker “The Lemonade Man.” At his current bar, Million started slinging cocktails and, after just four months, went on to become bar manager.

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Cheers

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Notes Katie Tobin, bar manager at The Aquifer Bar at New Riff Distilling, Newport, KY, created this recipe. Print Candy Cane Crush Course Drinks Keyword amaro, Irish cream liqueur, Orange Curaçao, rum Ingredients 1 ½ oz. Aged rum infused with candy canes 1 oz.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The rat-a-tat, staccato names of most of these drinks — Rum and Coke , Gin & Tonic , Vodka Soda — leave nothing to the imagination. There’s some bars you may go to 10 years from now that have the exact same stuff sitting in their rails that they do now,” says Lahlou. Old habits can die hard sometimes.”

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

—Matt Bazcor, bar manager, Annette and Traveling Mercies , Aurora, Colo. “I Nick Jackson, head bartender, The Rum House , NYC “My recommendation has to be Haku Vodka. Fionna Gemzon, bar manager, None of the Above , St. Adam Fournier, bar director, Spago , Beverly Hills, Calif.

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VinePair

MARCH 3, 2024

We focused our cocktails on different, lesser known heritage properties,” says Izler Thomas, Pippal’s bar manager, of the bar’s impressive booklet. Curry leaf-infused rum can pair well with Baar Bar’s Cauliflower Koliwada, a fragrant dish that also includes the ingredient.

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VinePair

MAY 13, 2024

Just because you’re a legacy bar, you can’t omit yourself from being relevant today,” says Javelle Taft, bar manager for Death & Co NYC. One of the ways Taft achieves this is by visiting the surrounding blocks’ new bars and gleaning insights from their beverage programs.

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VinePair

JUNE 25, 2024

[It has] a complex aroma of vanilla and molasses leading into tasting notes of brown sugar, toffee, oak, and a little spice from the rye in the mash bill.’” —Nick Jackson, head bartender, The Rum House , NYC “My current go-to bourbon all around is Heaven Hill 7 Year Bottled in Bond. It’s kind of my platonic ideal of a bourbon.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Beyond being familiar faces who welcome guests each night, they’ve fostered years-long relationships with regulars who know their schedules and build their nights around sitting across the bar from them. Bars open and bars close, but Clover Club still stands tall. “So every year is something to celebrate.”

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VinePair

MARCH 20, 2024

From Dish to Drink Culinary-inspired cocktails are not a new trend — just look to modern classics like Don Lee’s “ Benton’s Old Fashioned ” that served breakfast in a glass and launched the fat washing technique all the way back in 2007, at PDT, or his buttered popcorn rum and Coke the “Cinema Highball” from the same era.

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Today's Bartender

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

One of their goals is to remove the elitism often associated with the beverage industry (wine in particular) by writing articles on these topics that can be easily understood by anyone. Their articles are always fun & interesting to read and they cover a lot about bartending too. And I think they do a pretty good job of it.

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VinePair

MAY 23, 2024

Its rum-cask finish adds a tropical twist to the single malt, and a simple addition of water or soda can elevate its character. Thomas Mahne, bar manager, The Lexington , Boston “Dornoch Distillery Redacted Bros. —Ruairi Gilles, director of beverage, Crawford’s Social , Westlake Village, Calif. appeared first on VinePair.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

See Recipe Thyme-Infused Pumpkin Treat Made with white rum , lemonade, and roasted pumpkin and thyme purée, this cocktail will give you something to be thankful for this year. See Recipe Rum Hot Toddy The beauty of the Hot Toddy is its simplicity, which gives way to endless variations and reproductions.

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Cheers

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Print Fall Regatta Course Drinks Keyword cinnamon, Ginger syrup, honey, lemon, Simple syrup, spiced rum, vanilla Ingredients 2 oz. Sailor Jerry spiced rum ½ oz. Simple syrup 1 oz Lemon juice ¼ bar spoon Cinnamon 1 Egg white Instructions Combine all ingredients and shake.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Cesar Camilo, bar manager, Zuma , NYC “Park VS Carte Blanche has the complexity and richness of an older blend while retaining the younger stone fruit qualities found in most VS offerings. It has a full body and mixes great in a Sazerac or a rum split base spirit forward sipper.” —Rob 2024) appeared first on VinePair.

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Cheers

MARCH 10, 2025

Bill Sabine is bar manager at the Nautilus Pier 4 in Boston. I enrolled in a local bartending school with job placement and landed an event bartending gig, then worked up to the clubhouse bar. In addition to those well be featuring other warm weather friends on the menu this summer, shining a spotlight on gin, rum and vermouth.

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VinePair

JANUARY 28, 2025

” Sam Wood, bar manager, SALT , Boulder, Colo. Resting in six distinct casks sourced from every continent, it draws on a world of flavor: Three rum barrels from across the Caribbean, north and south of the Americas; sherry barrels from Europe; mizunara oak from Asia; brandy from Africa; and Aussie tawny casks from Oceania.

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VinePair

MARCH 21, 2025

A few dashes of a 10:1 saline solution is a great place to start for your home bar. David Silvey Silverman, bar manager, Perilla , Chicago I think one of the most underrated cocktail ingredients is salt. Gabe Sanchez, general manager, Midnight Rambler at The Joule, Dallas Fresh citrus! Dont overthink it.

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Cheers

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The popular cocktails weve seen on social media tend to lend themselves to brunches and a more all-day mindset, says Daniel King, restaurant and bar manager at Evelyns at the Hutton Hotel in Nashville. I think thats why weve seen spritzes rise in popularity they have a lower ABV, so theyre a bit more guilt-free.

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