Cheers

JANUARY 10, 2024

Here are some warming brandy cocktails to brighten up the season’s chill. Print Bull’s Eye Rose Course Drinks Keyword amaro, Angostura bitters, apple brandy, Grenadine, lemon, Luxardo maraschino liqueur, plum vinegar, rye Ingredients 1 oz. Laird’s Apple Brandy ½ oz.

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Chilled Magazine

MAY 9, 2024

Christoph Dornemann, Head Bartender at Arnaud’s French 75 Bar in New Orleans, Louisiana, began his career in the industry waiting tables at a Vietnamese restaurant in 2010. He progressed to the back of the house and worked as an expeditor, pastry chef, and then moved onto food preparation at a catering company.

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Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The Chilled 100 Bartenders Craft Bespoke Cocktails Highlighting Edmonds Honor Bourbon. In partnership with Pronghorn , Chilled 100 Bartenders develop original cocktails that not only showcase their individual style, but also highlight the unique qualities of Edmonds Honor bourbon. I found bartending and I’ve grown to love it.

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Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 11, 2024

I was talking to a longtime bartender friend recently about the way things were back in the early days of the cocktail renaissance, around the time when we’d first met, almost 20 years ago. Its wine-forward character is dry and cleanly acidic with a soft, supple, spice-accented bitterness.

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Chilled Magazine

APRIL 17, 2024

Founders Albert Peters, Edwin Pooley, and Edgar McClain began making fruit wine and brandies from the abundance of fruit in the region, taking only a brief hiatus to make industrial alcohol for the war effort. What is important for bartenders to know about your expressions? Big Gin was created by bartenders for bartenders.

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Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The Chilled 100 Bartenders Craft Bespoke Cocktails Highlighting Edmonds Honor Bourbon. In partnership with Pronghorn , Chilled 100 Bartenders develop original cocktails that not only showcase their individual style but also highlight the unique qualities of Edmonds Honor bourbon. Brown Butter Washed Edmond's Honor Bourbon oz.

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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 25, 2024

The 2024 winners have been announced following an extensive series of blind tastings from a judging panel of esteemed bartenders, distillers, and writers, including Imbibe editor Paul Clarke. Now in its third year, this competition spotlights world-class distillers and their spirits to the global beverage community.

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Australian Bartender

JANUARY 24, 2024

Some classics would simply not be the drinks they are without the cocktail bitters. Back then, it skipped the brandy and came with ice. You start with a sugar cube splashed with bitters, hot tip, do this on a napkin to soak up extra bitters before you drop it in your flute. Mixing champagne with quality brandy?

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Chilled Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

What would you like bartenders to know about the Pisco category? With other categories becoming increasingly saturated and both bartenders and consumers showing more interest in exploring new options, I am confident that the “unaged” grape spirit category, particularly Pisco, holds great potential for growth.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

In 1806, The Balance and Columbian Repository in upstate New York published what would become known as the original definition of a cocktail: “C**k-tail is a stimulating liquor, composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters.” Bitters themselves have evolved, too. Regans’ Orange Bitters No.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

For inspiration, we asked bartenders and beverage professionals from across the country for their most underrated winter cocktails. You can make a delicious variation of an Old Fashioned using rum, spices, and Jamaican bitters.” Shaken apple brandy, good pomegranate grenadine, and lemon.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Among the featured drinks in Miami was the “Zizou Spritz” created by Broken Shaker bartender José Pérez-Roura. The drink blends Rémy V, Cointreau Noir, Bitter Bianco, Cocchi Americano, and tonic for a refreshing and complex spritz. José Pérez-Roura of Broken Shaker creating his Zizou Spritz cocktail.

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Cocktails with Suderman

MARCH 7, 2025

Apple brandy is the cocktail kingdom’s friendliest spirit. It’s a brandy that drinks like a fruity, autumnal whiskey, and it pairs well with almost anything. It can play the role of sweet vermouth, or act as a base spirit in a bitter, vegetal sour. Think of it as an orangey, spiced, bitter aperitif wine.

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Cocktails with Suderman

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Cocktails With Suderman is the home bartender’s guide, with tips, tricks, techniques, theories, anecdotes, opinions, and recipes. Indeed, that’s how the original Improved Whiskey Cocktail was written up — as a variation on the Improved Brandy Cocktail, the recipe for which appeared on the previous page.

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Cocktails with Suderman

JANUARY 7, 2025

Do you have a question about cocktails, bars, booze, home bartending, or something else related to the topics discussed in this newsletter? One of my most strongly held cocktail-related views is that Cynar is the most versatile bottle in a home bartender’s arsenal. Cynar is earthy, intense, subtly sweet, and intriguingly bitter.

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Australian Bartender

JUNE 24, 2024

He said that Antoine Peychaud, a New Orleans pharmacist, liked to serve and drink his eponymous bitters mixed with cognac in little cups (called coquetiers). Meanwhile, another New Orleans based businessman was importing brandy, specifically Sazerac-du-Forge et Fils cognac. So, I put it to the Melbourne Bartender Exchange hive mind.

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Cocktails with Suderman

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In this newsletter, I have written the following columns: Put Cynar in Everything The Case for Apple Brandy The Case forBénédictine So it stands to reason that it should be possible to craft a delicious cocktail that combines all three ingredients — and ideally, only those three ingredients. It was not as easy as I expected.

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Cocktails with Suderman

DECEMBER 22, 2023

For the season, there are few better drinks than the Brandy Alexander. It’s an exceptionally simple cocktail, just three ingredients — brandy, creme de cacao, and heavy cream — shaken and strained into a glass, with a bit of nutmeg dusted on top. Happy Friday, and happy holidays. But nevermind this imposition.

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Cocktails with Suderman

DECEMBER 20, 2023

For a lower-proof mix, we used E&J brandy mixed with Appleton Estate signature rum. Cocktails With Suderman is the home bartender’s guide, with tips, tricks, techniques, anecdotes, and recipes. You’ll get distinct vanilla notes from the brandy, and some toffee, caramel, and fruit notes from the rum.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

A clarified mix of coconut rum , bitter bianco, blanc vermouth, and pineapple, it arrives crystal clear with a frozen disc of Campari perched atop its ice cube, to melt down slowly into a drink thats at once bitter, sweet, and vaguely tropical. Helmed by internationally acclaimed bartenders Juliette Larrouy and Moe Aljaff, schmuck.

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Cocktails with Suderman

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

When I made the case for apple brandy last month, I argued that its greatest strength was its ability to partner with just about any other ingredient: whiskey, mezcal, aged rum, cognac, even aquavit — with a little work, apple brandy can harmonize with just about any other base spirit. So many recipes!

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VinePair

APRIL 5, 2024

Some say it was created by bartender Ian Marshall at the Manhattan Club. Garnish with a brandied cherry. Garnish with a brandied cherry. However, when it comes to the latter concoction, little is known about the drink’s inception other than the fact that it was created in the eponymous NYC borough. Stir until chilled.

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Cheers

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Myrtle Bank Special Punch: Planteray 3 Star rum and Smith and Cross rum, pot-still Jamaican rums plus lime, sugar and a dash of Italian cherry brandy. Big Youth: Planteray Xaymaca rum and Smith and Cross rum, sweetened condensed milk, coconut water, bitters and nutmeg. This role will involve leading rum tastings for guests.

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Cocktails with Suderman

MARCH 15, 2024

The Cooper Union was created by one of this newsletter’s heroes, bartender Phil Ward, during the early days of Death & Co. Germain elderflower liqueur, and orange bitters, laced a rinse of boisterous Scotch. Cooper Union 1 dash orange bitters ½ ounce St. So many recipes! So for this year’s St.

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Cocktails with Suderman

DECEMBER 29, 2023

So after some experimentation, I settled on a simple mulled wine, with honey, brandy, citrus, and spices. Cocktails With Suderman is the home bartender’s guide, with tips, tricks, techniques, anecdotes, and recipes. For the spirit, I used my go-to inexpensive brandy, E&J XO or VSOP. So many recipes!

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VinePair

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The recipe, which simply includes one sugar cube, a few dashes of Angostura bitters , and Champagne, was written by legendary bartender Jerry Thomas and first appeared in the “Bon Vivant’s Companion.” The Champagne Cocktail If you’re a purist, the appropriately named Champagne Cocktail is a wonderful build to branch out with.

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Cheers

JUNE 26, 2024

Print Sunset Paradise Course Drinks Keyword butterfly pea flower tea, cranberry, lime, orange juice, peach brandy, tequila, Triple sec, vodka Ingredients ½ oz. Peach brandy 1 ½ oz. Notes Oscar Garcia, lead bartender at seafood grill Corvina in Boca Raton, FL, created this recipe.

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Cocktails with Suderman

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

This is a story about ordering drinks off menu, and specifically figuring out how to quickly, efficiently, and precisely describe the sort of drink you want to a bartender. Cocktails With Suderman is the home bartender’s guide, with tips, tricks, opinions, anecdotes, and recipes. What Can I Get You?

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A Bar Above

JANUARY 10, 2024

To the cocktail beginner, it might seem a bit alarming to watch your bartender crack an egg, add the whites to a shaker tin, shake away, and then serve you that drink – without any cooking whatsoever. Beautiful white foam on top of the cocktail which can also act as a canvas for “drawing” with bitters or spraying stenciled images.

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Cocktails with Suderman

AUGUST 16, 2024

This year, for example, we have looked at a handful of drinks involving apricot booze — both liqueur and brandy. Cocktails With Suderman is the home bartender’s guide, with tips, tricks, techniques, anecdotes, opinions, and recipes. The themed approach has several advantages. So many recipes!

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VinePair

APRIL 17, 2024

The day I graduated from college I was fortunate enough to already be working my dream job, bartending at New York’s Booker and Dax. From Backbar to Cocktail Beyond the spirits list handed to guests, backbar choices become the palette of flavors from which bartenders create drinks. So how does one build a purpose-driven backbar?

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Depth and Complexity In London’s cocktail world, fruit distillates in general are “mega trendy,” according to Alex Kratena, former head bartender at Artesian and the co-founder of both Tayēr + Elementary and Muyu liqueurs. The bitters, he says, play an important role. “I Garnish with a few drops of Angostura bitters. *To

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Tales of the Cocktail

JULY 25, 2024

Held during Tales of the Cocktail, NOSC showcased a live judging across all of its spirits categories, both domestic and international, including whiskey, gin, brandy, baijiu, vodka, rum, agave spirits, liqueurs and non-alcoholic. More than 439 registrants entered the competition, which were reviewed by a panel of industry professionals.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 1, 2024

of Elijah Craig, a quarter of an ounce of simple syrup and a few dashes of aromatic bitters. Stir until well-chilled, strain over a large cube in a double old fashioned glass, garnish with an orange swath and a brandied cherry, and you’re well on your way to cocktail greatness. Bartenders can enter now through November 1st.

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Drinkhacker

APRIL 9, 2024

founder, former marketing executive, and part-time local bartender. Touches of lime leaf and grapefruit peel give the finish a somewhat bitter rush. Elements of coconut husk, heavily toasted sesame, and some soy are balanced by touches of plum wine, more brandied cherry, and a reprise of sharp and bittersweet blood orange.

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Cocktails with Suderman

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In previous years, this newsletter has always featured a Thanksgiving cocktail: First, there was the Thanksgiving Sour , a basic brandy sour made holiday friendly by an infusion of apple, cinnamon, and other spices. Cocktails With Suderman is the home bartender’s guide, with tips, tricks, techniques, opinions, anecdotes, and recipes.

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VinePair

MARCH 13, 2024

The stout-and- Champagne combo was allegedly created by a bartender at London’s Brooks’s Club to mourn the death of Queen Victoria’s husband Prince Albert. Though it’s unclear as to which stout that bartender employed, Guinness has long been the go-to brew in this spec. Stir until chilled. Garnish with an orange twist. *To

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