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We Asked 14 Bartenders: What’s the Best Vodka for Cocktails? (2024)

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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. Nik Sparks, head bartender and beverage director, The Wooly , NYC “My favorite is Ketel One Vodka because it’s so smooth and great for infusing.

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How Drink Pros Take Their Manhattans

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Hanna Brown, Head Bartender of Agency of Record , New York City As a scotch lover, Hanna Brown gravitates toward Rob Roy variations. “As a bartender you’re using something that’s not actively being frozen, so it’s 32-ish degrees. ” Josh White, Bar Manager of Death & Co.

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We Asked 25 Bartenders: What’s the Best Scotch for Cocktails?

VinePair

It’s aged in a mix of European and American sherry-seasoned casks and the peat is present but balanced, so I find it fun to mix with other whiskies and fruit brandies like bonded apple brandy.” Allan Camarena, head bartender, Pendry West Hollywood , Los Angeles “My favorite cocktail Scotch is the Naked Grouse from Famous Grouse.

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We Asked 19 Bartenders: What’s the Most Underrated Winter Cocktail?

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” —Martin Fernandez, bar manager Rochambeau , Boston “Not a cocktail, but a spirit: rum. Michael Nauer, beverage director, Homemakers Bar and 50/50 Gin Club , Cincinnati “The Jack Rose. Shaken apple brandy, good pomegranate grenadine, and lemon. I’ve come to challenge this notion.

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We Asked 22 Bartenders: What’s the Best New Spirit You’ve Added to Your Bar?

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” —Colin Williams, bar manager, Bar Manager, Saffron , New Orleans “ Daiyame 25 Sweet Potato Shochu by Hamada Syuzou. Evan Flynn, head bartender, Death and Co. Claudia Lara manager/head bartender, Rogue Bar , Queens, N.Y. the manager gave me a bottle of La Luna Mezcal.

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Valentina Mircea, Head Bartender at Skyline Rooftop Bar, Venice

Bar Magazine

Valentina, an award-winning hospitality professional, is the first female bar manager for Skyline Rooftop Bar , and one of the few across the city of Venice. Fondly dubbed the Sky Queen of Skyline bar, she brings with her many years of experience, having been with Hilton since the age of just 19.

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We Asked 21 Bartenders: What’s the Most Underrated Whiskey? (2025)

VinePair

” 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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