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When Did Malört Go Mainstream?

VinePair

The spirit is famously gnarly, and has been “enjoyed” almost exclusively in the domain of the Chicago bar scene, where it’s existed as a rite of passage for dive bar denizens and as a reliable and irreverent bartender’s handshake. Malört’s Makeover Malört’s main purpose at a bar is to be shot and ridiculed shortly thereafter.

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5 to Try: Melon Liqueur

Imbibe Magazine

in the late 1970s, the neon-green liqueur was a hit among the disco crowd before changing tastes gradually relegated it to the back of bar shelves. From colorful liqueurs to delicate aperitifs, here are five bottles that translate the authentic flavor of melon to the glass. Launched in the U.S.

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Cocktail Questions: A Bottle of Cynar?

Cocktails with Suderman

In this edition of Cocktail Questions : What are you going to do with a bottle of Cynar? Do you have a question about cocktails, bars, booze, home bartending, or something else related to the topics discussed in this newsletter? A newsletter subscription and a bottle of Cynar? Short answer: Anything you want.) So many recipes!

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Italians Love G&T—Here Are 4 Italian Gins to Try

Chilled Magazine

Heading to an Italian bar, you’d expect to hear the word Negroni far more often than gin and tonic. Instead of diving into the nitty gritty history, we’re heading straight for the bottles. Instead of diving into the nitty gritty history, we’re heading straight for the bottles. But, Italians love their G&Ts.

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The 7 Best Liqueurs to Gift This Holiday (2023)

VinePair

They make great digestifs, aperitifs, and low-ABV shots, and they can take cocktails from so-so to phenomenal. Due to its explosion in popularity in recent years, and the monks maintaining a stagnant level of production, Chartreuse has become quite expensive as of late, with 750-milliliter bottles hovering around the $100 mark.

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Covent Garden’s new Lecce-inspired Cafe, Capilungo, launches basement wine and cocktail bar and a new Aperitivo Pugliese menu  

Bar Magazine

From Monday 8 th April , the newly opened Capilungo in Covent Garden will expand its all-day café offering by launching its new basement bar, for customers to while away evenings enjoying hyper-local delicacies from Lecce, freshly baked ‘ Pizzette Pugliese’ and a range of interesting Apulian wines and classic aperitivo style cocktails.

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The Top 10 Summer Cocktails of All Time

Drinkhacker

Designed by Trader Vic himself in 1944 in his Oakland watering hole, it’s a deceptively simple drink that, nonetheless, is invariably bastardized outside of high-end and tiki bars. (If Digestif, aperitif, cold weather cocktail, warm weather refreshment. If the recipe has orange or pineapple juice in it, walk away.