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Wedding Party Gift Guide

A Bar Above

Tiki Cocktail Book & Tiki Glasses Surprise your closest friends who are standing by you on your wedding day with some really cool cocktail recipes. Pair a set of hurricane glasses or tiki mugs with a tropical cocktail book for your own customized, fun gift box. Photo by Gianluca Riccio via www.unsplash.com 1.

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A New Standard: 5 Balcones Cocktails That Showcase American Single Malt Whisky at Its Best

VinePair

ounces Balcones Texas 1 Single Malt Whisky 5 dashes aromatic bitters 1 bar spoon rich Demerara syrup Garnish: lemon twist Directions Add all ingredients to an Old Fashioned glass. Pecan orgeat, a bright splash of lemon, and a pinch of salt add to this tiki take on the whisky sour. Ingredients 1.5 Add ice and stir 30 times.

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We Asked 10 Bartenders: What’s the Easiest Cocktail to Master?

VinePair

From that point on, I never forgot the recipe and just practiced my stirring before getting one of my first tattoos, a trident bar spoon. Credit: @junglehaus.cocktails on Instagram “For me, managing at a tiki bar, I would say the easiest cocktail to master is a Honeysuckle, a rum-based cocktail.

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Snuggle Up With a Maple Whiskey Sour

Cocktail Contessa

Cinnamon Bitters – I added cinnamon bitters to bring out the cinnamon syrup flavors, but angostura, tiki bitters, ginger bitters or winter spice bitters would make delicious additions. It’s a vegan egg substitute made using chickpea brine, and it creates beautiful foam. Homemade aquafaba is simple to make, too!

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Introducing Mocktails 101: The Art of Non-Alcoholic Cocktails

A Bar Above

Copyright A Bar Above, generated with AI Explore These Mocktail Recipes In this introductory course, Chris shows you how to make six alcohol-free cocktail recipes, step-by-step: Non-alcoholic Negroni (the NAgroni– Get it?)

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From Shaken to Stirred: Your Ultimate Guide to Mixology Classes

Mixologists

Bar spoon: For stirring and layering. Consider specializing in a particular area, like whiskey or tiki cocktails. Jigger: Accurate measurement is crucial; multiple jigger sizes are beneficial. Strainer: Hawthorne, julep, and fine-mesh strainers, each for specific applications. Citrus juicer: For fresh juice extraction.

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At Home Cocktails: A Guide to Flavorful Mixology

Bartender.com

Gather the Must-Have Barware for Home Mixology Equipping a home bar with essential barware sets the foundation for creating flavorful cocktails. A well-stocked setup includes a shaker, strainer, jigger, and bar spoon, enabling mixologists to craft everything from a classic vodka martini to a complex Negroni.