Imbibe Magazine

JULY 17, 2024

If you’ve ever run an internet search for a cocktail recipe, there’s a good chance you’ve come across one from The Educated Barfly. What started as a YouTube series from actor-turned-bartender Leandro DiMonriva on the history and craft behind classic cocktails has transformed into an ever-expanding encyclopedia of bartending expertise.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

For their second annual Old Fashioned Cocktail Contest, Elijah Craig and VinePair teamed up to challenge bartenders around the country to some good old fashioned fun. An encouraging boss helped ignite his interest in a career in bartending. As a head bartender in Austin, Garza says he likes to consider the stories behind drinks.

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VinePair

APRIL 2, 2024

Allan Katz loves bartending. His decades-long battle with chronic pain didn’t result from a freak accident or a sports injury; it’s the result of over two decades of bartending in craft cocktail bars across the country. The Occupational Hazards of Mixology Bartending can be glamorous.

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VinePair

AUGUST 27, 2024

For a brief spell in the late ‘90s I was a lunch bartender at a neighborhood seafood restaurant in New York City. I’d been brought on as a waiter, but the seasoned bar staff, mostly primadonnas who conscientiously objected to daytime bartending, refused to work lunch. I could never be hired to do the same job today.

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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 23, 2024

It is definitely my top cocktail bar in Paris,” says Caroline Noirbusson, head director of the bar. Start by sharing your go-to cocktail and then witness the spin Bisou bartenders put on it. Its popularity stems from hosting global bartender takeovers that include a local masterclass.

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Casual Mixologist

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Unless youre an industry insider, you may not be familiar with the term batched cocktails. Its a trick used in busy bars to cut down on the time it takes to serve classic cocktails or some of their more complex drinks. Bartenders mix the cocktail in volume before service begins and store it in a single bottle.

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Imbibe Magazine

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Its Quinoni is made with an Andean vermouth and quinoa bitters, while the Miski cocktail trades gin for miske , an Ecuadorean agave spirit, macerated with flowers. Calgary: Proof Cocktail Sip an award-winning Negroni at one of the best cocktail bars in Canada.

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VinePair

MAY 31, 2024

If you’ve been to a true dive bar, maybe you’ve witnessed a bartender grab a slimy lime wedge from a sketchy-looking jar and mount it on the rim of your Gin & Tonic. While some cocktails shine solo , we always appreciate when a good garnish amplifies the drinking experience, or at least provides us with a little snack.

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VinePair

JULY 9, 2024

That’s why we asked 14 bartenders to share their own go-to tequilas, both behind the stick and on their home bar carts. It is affordably priced, bold enough to stand up to powerful flavors when crafting cocktails, and nuanced enough that it can be enjoyed neat or on the rocks.” Here’s what they said. Tequila Ocho Plata.

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Imbibe Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Donohue notes that the beer scene has matured considerably, but the city’s craft cocktails are still in their infancy, though the enthusiasm is there. It’s a beautiful, intimate space with no TVs, attentive bartenders, and an instant feeling of coming home.” stop between Seattle and Vancouver.”

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Among the featured drinks in Miami was the “Zizou Spritz” created by Broken Shaker bartender José Pérez-Roura. José Pérez-Roura of Broken Shaker creating his Zizou Spritz cocktail. Her cocktail creations tend to evolve with the seasons, embodying the flavors and feelings of the moment. This article is sponsored by Rémy Martin.

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Imbibe Magazine

AUGUST 7, 2024

Inspired by the bars in Mexico that owner Jay Khan loved, it, too, is an unassuming bar with an approachable craft cocktail program. Followed by Bar Leone’s recent accolades, does this signal a move away from complex cocktail recipes and elevated bar experiences?

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

It doesn’t matter if you’re in a fancy craft cocktail spot serving $20 Negroni riffs or a seedy dive bar with sticky floors and the faint smell of urine wafting through the air: Shot glasses are always on hand, waiting to be filled. Here, we asked 10 bartenders which shots are capturing the most attention in their bars.

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Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 11, 2024

I was talking to a longtime bartender friend recently about the way things were back in the early days of the cocktail renaissance, around the time when we’d first met, almost 20 years ago. The style has captivated generations of bartenders who’ve poured it into oceans of Manhattans and Negronis.

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Cheers

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The new generation of bartenders draws inspiration from the distilled wine spirits timelessness, versatility and range to create Cognac cocktails, Velez says. DUss Cognac has been accelerating on-premise efforts with cocktails such as the D’Uss Spicy Sidecar. Franky Marshall.

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VinePair

AUGUST 22, 2024

On my birthday a few years ago, a friend who works in the wine industry bought me a bartender’s handshake shot at a bar. The zesty, bittersweet citrus tamed Fernet’s menthol tidal wave in a way only a bartender could’ve known it would, making for an invigorating, surprisingly balanced one sipper.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

The bartender thrusts a Hulk green cocktail into your hands and you take a sip, allowing the melon-flavored concoction to wash over your taste buds. you ask the bartender. “A Now, bartenders are eager to demonstrate that Midori is more than just a one-trick pony. What is this?” But something shifted in the mid-2010s.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

There’s co-founder of iconic San Diego bars Polite Provisions and Raised by Wolves, owner of cocktail bar-dive bar hybrid Gilly’s House of Cocktails, and brand ambassador. Host of the award-winning podcast “Bartender at Large” is on the list, too, along with co-founder of the popular industry networking event Bartender’s Weekend.

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Cheers

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Upon graduation, she decided to use her psychology degree to better understand the hospitality industry, starting out as a bartender. “I I fell in love with bartending [in college] and got really into craft cocktail bartending when I was 22,” she says. Louis to study psychology at Webster University.

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Australian Bartender

JUNE 24, 2024

When absinthe was banned in the US, bartenders also turned to Herbsaint as a replacement for the herbal element. “[David Wondrich] also pointed out that the whole Peychauds – coffee house – cognac – Sazerac cocktail link is pure conjecture. The only article about it I can find is in this very magazine, in an article from 2015.

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The Whiskey Wash

APRIL 24, 2024

Mixologists across Tennessee can enter the Top of the Rocks Cocktail Competition. A call has been made for bartenders, mixologists, and craft cocktail makers to compete in the Top of the Rocks Cocktail Competition this May 19th. Credit: Tennessee Whiskey Trail Mixologists of Tennessee, this one is for you.

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VinePair

MARCH 18, 2024

Joanna is reading: With Spinoffs and Expansions, Craft Cocktail Bars Enter Their ‘Marvel Era’ Zach is reading: At Modern Cocktail Bars, It’s Every Drink, Everywhere, All at Once. Adam is reading: We Asked 6 Bartenders: What’s the Most Overrated Bourbon? Is That Such a Bad Thing?

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VinePair

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A recent article was published arguing that the wine world need not focus its marketing efforts on millennials and Gen Z, and instead should refocus those efforts on marketing to Gen X and baby boomers. Head to theprisonerwinecompany.com to shop now, and order by Dec. 14 to receive in time for the holidays.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The brand’s liqueur can also be found in the debut recipes for many still-beloved cocktails including the Last Word and the Martinez. Luxardo was part of the craft cocktail revival in the U.S. In 2004, Luxardo became a major player in the growing craft cocktail movement thanks to bartenders at NYC’s famed Pegu Club.

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A Bar Above

DECEMBER 28, 2023

EASY NON-ALCOHOLIC COCKTAILS Of course, we’re not saying you can’t have a cocktail every now and then, but we’re all about balance here at A Bar Above– Heck, you can use our bar tools to make any sort of mixed drink, so it definitely doesn’t need to have booze in it as far as we’re concerned!

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VinePair

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Expect to see these fruity, complex builds on more bar menus across the country, with bartenders embracing beloved tropical cocktails — Mai Tai , anyone? — The article 10 Drinks Trends to Look Out for in 2024 appeared first on VinePair. as well as putting their own spins on the classics.

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Spiritz

AUGUST 14, 2024

The trend of bar takeovers by celebrity bartenders and mixologists has undoubtedly added a new dimension to the global nightlife scene. Bar takeovers by celebrity bartenders and mixologists are becoming increasingly popular globally, creating a buzz in the local nightlife scene.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Her acclaimed, James Beard Award-winning cookbook, “Jubilee” (2019) started a conversation about African American culinary history, and her new cocktail book, “ Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs, and Juice ,” continues this journey through the lens of drinks and the Black bartenders who have helped pave the nation’s cocktail culture.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 3, 2024

As the cocktail world slides further into its chaotic, fun-first era , it only makes sense that our craftiest bartenders would go back to their own roots, reviving dive bar “Something & Somethings” and elevating them to new heights we can unabashedly enjoy. “Elevating basic drinks is just one way we get to express ourselves.”

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VinePair

MAY 22, 2024

Salty, boozy, tart, effervescent, chilled, and pink — what’s not to love about this classic cocktail? Many claim to have invented this citrusy libation; it’s credited to everyone from Texan bartender Evan Harrison to his rival, Manuel Gonzales, a tavern manager, who was said to have created La Paloma for a romantic flame.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

With more than three decades in the bar industry, Reiner and Fedroff built their reputation opening and running landmark New York City bars whose legacies remain touchstones of the modern craft cocktail revival. ” The article Next Wave Awards Industry Icon of the Year: Clover Club appeared first on VinePair.

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VinePair

AUGUST 30, 2024

It is usually served beside the cocktail glass, typically set in a small bowl of crushed ice to keep it cold. The sidecar of the modern craft cocktail era came about in answer to a common customer grievance. The customer is invited to refresh their cocktail as they see fit. At the top will be a strainer. says Morrissey.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

These days, every craft cocktail bar has a house spec, if not their very own Martini riff, sometimes tweaked to the point where it no longer resembles the cocktail in its classical guise. Known for their complex flavor and subdued salinity, the variety has now cemented itself as the bartender’s darling Martini garnish.

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VinePair

JUNE 18, 2024

Gerwin laments that when a technique becomes popular, bartenders can run wild with it, without considering how it will improve or change a cocktail. But when clarifying cocktails purely for appearances or to attract attention on social media, that’s where you run into thin, boring drinks, she says. People love the classic.”

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VinePair

JANUARY 4, 2024

what 25-year bartending vet Toby Maloney calls the easy answer. and a longtime bartender. This in turn carries over to bars like Hauge’s, where customers new to craft cocktails assume they run saccharine. With so many of these cocktails, it’s not necessarily that the idea is bad or the recipe initially is bad.

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Cocktail Whisperer

MAY 21, 2024

The easiest way to infuse a gathering is to grab some weed seltzers and call it a day, but some may want to shake up their own craft cocktail for the occasion. There are cannabis bartending bibles available, complete with drink recipes and other valuable knowledge, but there’s also the possibility of creating something new.

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VinePair

JANUARY 9, 2024

A colleague, my wife, and I were leaving Baba au Rum, one of the oldest of the new breed of craft cocktail bars in Athens, with the idea of heading to The Bar in Front of the Bar, another leading saloon. Line’s hyper-DIY approach to mixology is a running theme within Athens’ cocktail culture. We weren’t adrift for long, though.

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