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Meet Macy Tran, the young gun bartender at Bar Besuto, Sydney’s underground, Tokyo-style Japanese whisky den

Australian Bartender

Bar Besuto, 3 Underwood St, Sydney Originating from Vietnam, Macy came to Australia six years ago, where she worked as both a bartender and in hotel management. Macy brings with her a rich cultural heritage and a talent for mixology. My Bar Manager. you can vote for the awards here). Best person to work with?

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Chain Restaurant Cocktails: The Good, the Bad, and the Outrageously Boozy

VinePair

After placing a footed glass filled with frothy, pink liquid atop a thick marble bar, the bartender gently pours something glittery and purple over my drink from a tiny pitcher. This isn’t a trendy craft cocktail bar with mustachioed mixologists and $30 cocktails. Fridays used to be the cocktail bar,” Duff says.

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Raising the Bar: What It Takes To Succeed as a Bartender Today

VinePair

Bartending in most modern restaurants and craft cocktail bars has become considerably more knowledge-intensive, and consumers are more educated about mixology. Today, even average bar guests have all its variations committed to memory. Now bar managers are asking, ‘What is your background?’

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We Asked 10 Bartenders: Which Bottle Should Disappear From Back Bars and Bar Carts Forever? (2024)

VinePair

No craft cocktail bar should ever use it. Colin Williams, bar manager, Saffron , New Orleans “If there’s one bottle I wish would disappear from the back bar, it’s Drambuie. It’s mainly used for the Rusty Nail , a cocktail that’s rarely ordered these days.

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At Le Veau d’Or, an Old Martini Tradition Gets a New Spin

VinePair

It is thrown in the sink after a cocktail is made. In fact, it’s one of the hallmarks of modern mixology that dirty ice should never touch fresh liquor again. But at Le Veau d’Or, bar director Sarah Morrissey is using dirty ice in the restaurant’s marquee cocktail. The industry term for that used ice is “dirty ice.”

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Featured Bartender August 2024: Luis Florez

Bartender.com

His enthusiasm for the business drove him to quickly climb the ranks, and within three years, he transitioned from food runner to Assistant Food and Beverage Manager. After five successful years at the Boston College Club, Luis ventured to Upstate New York, where he joined Wegmans, a renowned grocery store chain, as a bar manager.

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THE CHURCHILL BAR AND TERRACE LAUNCHES MARINE-INSPIRED OUTDOOR SPACE WITH GROUND-BREAKING, SUSTAINABLE COCKTAILS

Bar Magazine

To be served both outdoors and inside the bar, the menu is the latest chapter to team’s signature cocktail journey and a testament to collaboration, with 12 carefully crafted cocktails, all of which have been creatively developed with a specific emphasis on sustainability, a particular passion of Bar Manager Gaston Fusco and his team.

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