Cheers

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Once the star of the cocktail scene, gin has never regained momentum since vodka took off in recent decades. But based on the number of new craft gins and unique expressions hitting the market, and a few key gin acquisitions from major spirits players, the U.S. is warming to gin once again — for real this time.

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Imbibe Magazine

JUNE 5, 2024

Case in point: the new California road trip–inspired menu at Los Angeles’ Big Bar , a 13-year-old neighborhood bar nestled beneath the iconic Griffith Observatory. “I get the most excited for a cocktail that tastes great and has a narrative layer,” says longtime bar manager Eugene Lee.

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Australian Bartender

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Australian Bartender’s annual Bar Awards are back for its 24 th year running, showcasing the best of the best within each given category. This is not about the opinions of bar reviewers and critics. The winners are determined by your votes, the votes of the Australian bar industry.

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Spiritz

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The Happy High, Mumbai’s premium bartending institute, recently hosted the inaugural Young Bartender Challenge 2024 , in partnership with A-Star Academy, a hotel school in Mumbai. The event was sponsored by Smoke Lab Vodka , Mohulo Gin, and Smoke Lab Water.

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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. For a little inspiration, we asked bartenders to recommend their favorite underrated summer cocktail. “The Saturn.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 8, 2024

is a question bartenders get often, but the answer is usually conditional. If the bar is particularly busy it doesn’t make sense to offer something complicated. From old-school builds to timeless tropical drinks, these are the cocktails bartenders wish their patrons would opt for more often. “What’s good here?” The Last Word.

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VinePair

AUGUST 28, 2024

When anyone embarks on their bartending journey, one of the first steps is usually learning how to make the classics: Old Fashioneds, Martinis, Negronis, Daiquiris, and the like. To find out which ones are the simplest to nail, we hit up 10 professional bartenders and got their input. It elevates the drink to top-tier status.”

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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 10, 2024

These include an Old Fashioned riff made with bourbon, orange wine, and shiitake mushrooms; a gin and lavender spritz; and a Hoagie Martini with oregano, onion, and tomato vermouth. Photo courtesy of Post Haste Post Haste This clubby cocktail bar sources everything on its menu—from spirits to produce—from the eastern United States.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 7, 2024

To learn more about the importance of salting cocktails and which drinks can benefit from it, we tapped Trey Sanford, bar manager at Anchorage, Alaska’s South Restaurant + Coffeehouse. Smoked salts tend to do best in drinks made with brown spirits, while flaky sea salt works well in a Margarita or Gin & Tonic.

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Chilled Magazine

APRIL 4, 2024

Even highly experienced bartenders have told me they don’t have a good understanding of bar management, and long-time bar managers have confided that they were never actually trained in the position. So that’s what I want to focus on in this column: the business of bartending. George Gin ½ oz.

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The Cocktail Lovers

MARCH 7, 2025

Behind the bar at Equal Parts, London 9th March: Avra, Four Seasons, Athens 3.30-4.30pm: 4.30pm: Celebrate Her x Avra Avra’s Bar Manager Manon Kapfer and Anna Sebastian host a TED Talk-style panel with a stellar lineup all sharing theirexperience of working in the industry. 10th March: Barbican Centre, London 2.30-5.30pm:

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Australian Bartender

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Sydney turned the weather on for Bar Week this year, and the final night, the 23rd Annual Bartender Magazine Bar Awards on Wednesday, 11 September, was no exception, with the deck at Doltone House bathed in sunlight for the pre-drinks.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 14, 2023

There are plenty of cost-effective Cognac options to enjoy with friends in your living room, either on its own or in a Sazerac or a Sidecar — you can even swap it in for the gin in a French 75 if you’re feeling saucy. Matt Resler, bartender, Bar Goto , NYC “One of our go-to bottles of Cognac recently has been Cognac Frapin 1270.

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Australian Bartender

MARCH 24, 2024

Across the past couple of weekends, in the leadup to celebrating their 2 nd Birthday (24 th of March), the Charlotte Street watering hole has been rocked by a series of events and takeovers with bars and bartenders from across the country.

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VinePair

JANUARY 26, 2024

Because I’m a gin Martini drinker, and Tanqueray is my Martini gin. No, I turn to Tanqueray for any of the gin classics because it always delivers on that classic London dry profile. When it comes to gin cocktails, you deserve the best. London Dry gin or Old Tom? But it’s not just for Martinis. Shaken or stirred?

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The Cocktail Lovers

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Whether youre a bartender, bar owner, brand ambassador, brand owner, drinks journalist or author, forget being modest and get those nominations in! UK) One more reminder to get your noms in for this years CLASS Bar Awards. You have until 13th February, so do it now! (UK) taking place on 21st May.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

You somehow gain access to the exclusive discotheque and, after sweating with your fellow clubbers for a few songs, you make your way over to the bar. 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

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VinePair

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Through 100 recipes, James Beard Award-nominated author and drinks writer Robert Simonson offers readers a comprehensive rundown of the places and faces transforming the modern bar industry. Gin A Tasting Course: A Flavor-focused Approach to the World of Gin Anthony Gladman, DK, September 2023.

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VinePair

AUGUST 30, 2024

The first looks like a Martini glass and is filled with two-and-one-half ounces of Old Raj gin, a half-ounce of González Byass dry vermouth, and a couple dashes of orange bitters. The first time someone asked me for that, when I was a young bartender, it was an older woman,” says Morrissey. She asked me for a gin Martini.

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Cheers

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Print French Kiss Course Drinks Keyword gin, grapefruit, lemon, raspberries, Simple syrup, sparkling ros Ingredients oz. Raspberry and grapefruit-infused gin oz. Lemon juice Instructions Combine infused gin, syrup and lemon juice in a shaker. Sugar syrup oz.

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VinePair

MARCH 20, 2024

It happens a couple times a week to just about every cocktail bartender. The bar is buzzing, tickets are flowing, and your hands are moving faster than your brain. There is, however, another much more difficult path for bartenders to take — one that shifts cocktail ideation from behind the bar and into the kitchen.

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VinePair

JULY 11, 2024

Los Angeles Venue: Accomplice Bar Price of Martini: $16 Breakdown Ingredients: $1.55 A Martini’s simplicity makes it a customizable cocktail, and at Accomplice Bar, these adjustments can impact profitability. While this can bump the cocktail’s price up by a couple bucks, that doesn’t mean the bar’s making more money.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Prior to Clover Club, Reiner became the face of one of New York’s first high-volume craft cocktail bars when she and Fedroff, along with four other partners, founded The Flatiron Lounge (2003-2018). The bar’s cocktail menu, which prioritizes classics, undergoes two annual seasonal changes.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Mana for a Cause, Teremana’s charitable program, has pledged to donate $250,000 to Another Round Another Rall y, a nonprofit that provides funding, educational resources, and emergency aid to members of the bar and restaurant industry. One participant, bartender Ezana “EZ” Million, was selected to share the story behind his drink.

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Cheers

JANUARY 2, 2024

Notes Garth Poe, bar manager at Easy Bistro & Bar in Chattanooga, TN, created this recipe. Notes Morgan Styers, lead bartender of Merchant & Trade in the Kimpton Tryon Park Hotel in Charlotte, NC, created this recipe. Gin Alternative ¾ oz. Mount with ice and shake.

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PubClub

APRIL 10, 2024

I’m back at Bartender’s Weekend this year. For those not familiar, Bartender’s Weekend is a gathering of epic proportions for bartenders and others of us in the nightlife and bar industry. A False Idol bartender makes a Mount Gay rum drink during Bartender’s Week in San Diego.

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Bar Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2025

Our new menu not only celebrates The Savoys most legendary moments, but also the individual and intangible memories created when guests walk through our doors, says Andrea Di Chiara, bar manager, American Bar. Since 1986 The Savoys beloved doorman, Tony Cortegaca, has been welcoming guests with a warm smile for almost 40 years.

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Cheers

JANUARY 3, 2024

Notes Garth Poe, bar manager at Easy Bistro & Bar in Chattanooga, TN, created this recipe. Notes Morgan Styers, lead bartender of Merchant & Trade in the Kimpton Tryon Park Hotel in Charlotte, NC, created this recipe. Gin Alternative ¾ oz. Mount with ice and shake.

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Mixologists

MARCH 6, 2022

Bramble History The Bramble is a gin-based, fruity, spring or summertime cocktail, created by bartender Dick Bradsell back in the 1980s. Made with gin, lemon juice, sugar syrup and Crème de Mûre (a French blackberry liqueur), the Bramble is a sweet, drinkable, simple and exceedingly agreeable cocktail.

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Spiritz

AUGUST 13, 2024

While the primary aspect of any bar is to dish out the most innovative cocktails using different kinds of ingredients and placing strong emphasis on quality, another factor that is now being incorporated is that of implementing sustainable practices. The one primary thing that is transforming the cocktail industry is technology.

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Bar Magazine

JULY 1, 2024

The London Competitions prides itself on having award winning buyers, bartenders, master sommeliers, masters of wine and some of the most influential people working in the drinks industry. First we entered our KHB GIN in 2022. The gin received another silver medal and the Landi got bronze. Quality score: marked out of 100.

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PubClub

APRIL 12, 2024

serving up a variety of cocktails made with Storyhouse Spirits including Seaside Vodka, Cucumber + Lemon Vodka, California Dry Gin, California Coastal Gin, Straight Bourbon, Straight Rye. R Place Sports Bar & Grill has a daily happy hour from 3-6 p.m. Storyhouse Spirits has a daily happy hour from 4-6 p.m.,

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VinePair

JANUARY 14, 2025

Despite the difficulty in forecasting the drink of 2025, bartenders can certainly hope to make some drinks more often. We asked 14 bartenders from across the country to share their opinions on which cocktail they think people should order more in 2025. Janice Bailon, head bartender, Leyenda , Brooklyn The Adonis!

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

If you’re a home bartender who loves watching cocktail videos on YouTube and Instagram, then you’re probably already a fan of The Educated Barfly’s Leandro DiMonriva. Before that, he worked at Cole’s French Dip , the home of award-winning bar The Varnish , in LA for a decade.

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VinePair

AUGUST 5, 2024

But what level of alteration is acceptable at a bar? Even though bartenders have a full arsenal of tools at their disposal, it’s not always wise to assume that they can whip up just about anything imaginable. She said ‘delicious.’” —Brian Miller, bar manager, Stockton Inn , Stockton, N.J.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

But even if it’s hard to motivate ourselves to go out to our local bar, there’s no reason not to branch out and try something new while we’re enjoying the great indoors. For inspiration, we asked bartenders and beverage professionals from across the country for their most underrated winter cocktails.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 1, 2024

And while some tried-and-true classics never go out of fashion, there are others that have become so overexposed that they lose their luster — or just drive bartenders bananas when ordered. Seeking to find out which drinks deserve to get the axe, we asked bartenders to spill the tea on the orders that make them wince. The Moscow Mule.

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