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Can a Cocktail Have Too Many Ingredients? Bartenders Weigh In

VinePair

By the time the tiki craze was underway in the ‘30s and ‘40s, it was par for the course to see drinks containing over seven ingredients and multiple expressions of rum layered on top of one another. To find the spec sweet spot, we asked eight bartenders how many cocktail ingredients is just too many. Let’s dive in.

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5 Useful Tips to Elevate your Bar Menu and Drinks Program

Chilled Magazine

For example, if you are a tiki bar, then you want your menu to reflect cocktails, liquors, beers, and flavors that match a tropical and Caribbean theme, i.e. rums and frozen drinks. Italian restaurant? The flavors and style of your drinks and product selection should reflect your concept or theme.

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

VinePair

When anyone embarks on their bartending journey, one of the first steps is usually learning how to make the classics: Old Fashioneds, Martinis, Negronis, Daiquiris, and the like. To find out which ones are the simplest to nail, we hit up 10 professional bartenders and got their input. It elevates the drink to top-tier status.”

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

VinePair

For a brief spell in the late ‘90s I was a lunch bartender at a neighborhood seafood restaurant in New York City. I’d been brought on as a waiter, but the seasoned bar staff, mostly primadonnas who conscientiously objected to daytime bartending, refused to work lunch. Ten or 15 years ago, dive bars were beer-and-a-shot spots.

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23rd Annual Bartender Magazine Bar Awards: The complete list of finalists is here!

Australian Bartender

This is the entire list of finalists for the 23rd Annual Bartender Magazine Australian Bar Awards, as voted by you, the bar industry of Australia. The Bar Awards Finally, they are all here.

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The Ultimate Guide for the Sober October Challenge

A Bar Above

I spoke with our resident bartender & Head of Education, Rob Harrah , and he gave me a few mocktail ideas he’s been playing around with for our upcoming Mocktails course. Double strain into a Hurricane or Tiki glass filled with pebble ice, topping with more ice if needed. Garnish with grated nutmeg and a pineapple slice.

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The Magpie Enmore: ‘It’s a tiny sports bar celebrating all things Australiana’

Australian Bartender

Supplied The much-anticipated venue from the boys that brought us Jakoby’s Tiki Bar, The Trocadero Room and Earl’s Juke Joint has opened The Magpie, their nod to classic Australian sports pubs. It’s intimate and cozy, with plenty of space to grab a beer and pop good old Aussie lean.

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