Bar Management Bartending Craft Cocktails 
VinePair
DECEMBER 24, 2024
But there are many other whiskey cocktails, many with historic roots, that have enjoyed a quiet revival along with the boom of craft cocktail culture. Whether spirit-forward, sweet, sour, or herbaceous, these unsung cocktails come in countless guises. Lauren Killian, bar manager, Smoked , Columbia, S.C.
VinePair
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
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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VinePair
MARCH 18, 2025
Nobody knows these differences better than bartenders committed to whipping up the best drinks possible for guests, even if that drink is a humble Vodka Soda. Nikka delivers purity and balance, enhancing cocktails without overpowering them. Which vodkas do they consider best for mixing drinks? We asked 21 of them to find out.
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. Ten or 15 years ago, dive bars were beer-and-a-shot spots.
VinePair
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Shots are the bar scene’s greatest equalizer. 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. Amaro 50/50 shots will always be in vogue.
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. When I tend bar, I gravitate toward this tequila for many reasons. Sarah Kornegay, bar supervisor, The Katharine Brasserie & Bar , Winston-Salem, NC. Here’s what they said. Tequila Ocho Plata.
Bar Magazine
MARCH 7, 2025
Bartenders from Pan Pacific Londons Ginger Lily and The Beaumont Mayfairs Le Magritte created the two winning serves. The judges came together to determine two final winners: Wichayarat Ping Chantawichayasuit, Bartender at Ginger Lily, Pan Pacific London and Giovanni Dellaglio, Head Bartender at Le Magritte, The Beaumont Mayfair.
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