A Bar Above

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

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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Cocktails with Suderman

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

It’s underrated because outside of hardcore tiki heads, most people don’t pay enough attention to rum. And tiki heads? Well, they like tiki drinks. Again, fair enough: Tiki drinks are delicious.) Yes, as with tiki drinks, rum Old Fashioneds often benefit from rum blends and combinations.

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Chilled Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

What would you like bartenders to know about the Pisco category? Additionally, the spirit collected during distillation is at its final proof, meaning no water is added to adjust the alcohol content before bottling. What are bartenders doing with the spirit nowadays? Hence, the brand name BARSOL.

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VinePair

AUGUST 27, 2024

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. I could never be hired to do the same job today.

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VinePair

AUGUST 14, 2024

For a little inspiration, we asked bartenders to recommend their favorite underrated summer cocktail. This tiki-style gin drink offers a delightful blend of tropical flavors, ideal for warm weather and summer vibes. ” —Jillian Moore, head bartender, My Loup , Philadelphia “Tongue Twister. “The Saturn.

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Cocktails with Suderman

AUGUST 9, 2024

Both of this week’s drinks are honey-laced Daiquiri variations that take the core three-ingredient formula — rum, lime, and sugar — and move it in a more tiki-ish direction by layering multiple sweeteners and adding a spice/intense flavor element. Some bartenders and tiki heads like to use rum blends.

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VinePair

APRIL 8, 2025

Balcones head bartender Don Phet is here to help break down what this new ruling means for the industry and consumers alike, as well as show off the versatility of American Single Malts in cocktails (because no, its not just for sipping neat!). Gently funnel into empty glass soda bottles and top with remaining soda water. MUST BE 21+.

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Imbibe Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2024

Even white rum has to rest before hitting the bottling line. But I don’t see that happening a lot in conversations about rum, except when there’s a controversy,” says Shannon Mustipher, author of Tiki: Modern Tropical Cocktails. The Rules of Rum Rum is made in dozens of countries, each with its own set of regulations and requirements.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Thankfully, it’s truly a great time to be a bourbon drinker, and the selection at your local bottle shop likely reflects this growing demand. To help take out the guesswork, we asked bartenders from around the country to share their favorite bourbons for mixed drinks. I prefer Wild Turkey 101 or Old Grand-Dad Bottled in Bond.

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VinePair

MARCH 5, 2024

Where it begins can be crucial, as picking the wrong bottle as an entry point can turn someone off to the spirit and its subgenres for a long time — if not permanently. There are plenty of bottles on the market that can help beginners launch their whiskey odyssey.

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BarLifeUK

DECEMBER 12, 2023

We had 7 bartenders from across the UK, Ireland and Switzerland competing for victory and the now famous over-sized Meister Hunter checks. Bartenders create delicious cocktails using either classic Jager, Cold Brew or Manifest. His presentation was emotional and heartfelt, his music was tiki inspired.

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VinePair

JANUARY 12, 2024

It’s no mistake the iconic green bottle is shaped like a cocktail shaker because Tanqueray elevates cocktails to create a unique and memorable experience. Like the Fog Cutter , Polynesian Spell, and Singapore Sling , the Saturn is a tiki classic made with gin. Tune in for more.

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Cocktails with Suderman

JUNE 7, 2024

Cocktails With Suderman is the home bartender’s guide, with tips, tricks, techniques, anecdotes, opinions, and recipes. That’s tiki time. On the other hand, with its lime and apricot, this drink bears more than a little resemblance to a tiki drink. And you know what? Jake was right to nudge me! So many recipes!

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VinePair

MARCH 26, 2024

Seeking the best rums for cocktails, we asked bartenders around the world for their go-to bottles behind the bar. Note: multiple bartenders included expressions from Plantation, which has since rebranded as Planteray. Mike Ross, bartender, Gravitas , Washington, D.C. Here, the best rums for mixing into cocktails.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

To help you out on your bitters journey and to provide some insight on which bottles to grab when, we’ve compiled a list of different expressions ranging from the tried-and-true classics to the more obscure — and the cocktails that call for them. 6 Legendary late bartender Gary “Gaz” Regan brought his own orange bitters to the market in 2005.

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VinePair

AUGUST 1, 2024

With this in mind, bartenders and beverage directors have grown increasingly interested in the new and small-batch rums popping up on shelves. To get to know the category better, we asked bartenders from across the country to share with us the new (and new to them!) bottles that have recently earned a spot on their back bars.

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Moody Mixologist

MARCH 11, 2025

Distilled Bottles of gin that are labeled as Distilled Gin means that they are a distilled spirit made with botanicals including juniper that may (or may not) have flavorings or other additives introduced after distillation. Here are the two best known tiki or tropical style gin cocktails today. Get the Vesper Martini recipe.

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Cocktails with Suderman

JULY 31, 2024

It’s delicious in a whiskey/rum Old Fashioned , taking the stirred-and-boozy drink format in a summery, tiki-esque direction. Cocktails With Suderman is the home bartender’s guide, with tips, tricks, techniques, anecdotes, opinions, and recipes. Bottle and store in the fridge. So many recipes! Like coconut syrup.

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VinePair

JANUARY 4, 2024

what 25-year bartending vet Toby Maloney calls the easy answer. It was the height of the jet age as well, and tiki culture was soaring. and a longtime bartender. to industry pros will yield a startling number of “emphatic no’s” — a.k.a. Born of Necessity? The view from behind the stick looked a little less glam.

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VinePair

JANUARY 12, 2024

It’s no mistake the iconic green bottle is shaped like a cocktail shaker because Tanqueray elevates cocktails to create a unique and memorable experience. Like the Fog Cutter , Polynesian Spell, and Singapore Sling , the Saturn is a tiki classic made with gin. Tune in for more.

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VinePair

JUNE 24, 2024

In 2007, Miller Brewing (now part of Molson Coors Beverage Company) introduced the bottled “chelada style” Miller Chill, flavored with lime and salt, which remains popular in Australia. Moreover, Lagunitas has been a little lost in the wilderness, experimenting with hard teas and a tiki cocktail–inspired imperial IPA. “I

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VinePair

JUNE 20, 2024

The spirit-and-soda base provides a blank canvas for mixologists and at-home bartenders to easily create more complex libations. Rather than building it over ice, ditch the glassware altogether and mix it right in your bottle of Topo Chico. When it comes to the Highball, the world is your oyster.

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Cocktails with Suderman

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Cocktails With Suderman is the home bartender’s guide, with tips, tricks, techniques, theories, anecdotes, opinions, and recipes. Cocktail-making is a sturdy craft with recurring forms and structures and techniques and rules of thumb that can be put to use by home bartenders. That’s what home bartending is all about.

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The Whiskey Wash

MARCH 25, 2024

It’s actually my “bartender barometer,” as in it’s the cocktail by which I feel like I can judge a bartender’s skill level and technique. It was different every day so it really gave the bartenders a chance to play around with new flavor combinations, and it gave guests a reason to drop in to try out the punch of the moment.

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Moody Mixologist

JUNE 1, 2023

You can opt for simple highballs, three-ingredient, sweet and sour drinks like the Daiquiri , or more complex tropical or tiki drinks like the classic Mai Tai. Simple tiki drinks The world of tropical rum drinks can be overwhelming, even for a seasoned home bartender. Think Rum Manhattan, Rum Old Fashioned , or Rum Negroni.

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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. There is something very nostalgic about it, and it’s a great way to use a day-old bottle of red wine.” Whatever your tastes might be, we’ve got a sleeper hit for you.

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Australian Bartender

JULY 17, 2024

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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VinePair

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Of course, we’re living in a world where people also slap the word moonshine onto the labels of fully taxed and government-approved bottles of alcohol for sale. It was the modern speakeasy that legal but hidden bar that carried the non-tiki torch forward when the cocktail renaissance kicked off in earnest.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

It’s tough when a bar is hinging their cocktails on the nuances of juices and the prepping of raw materials,” explains Ash Miyazaki, lead bartender at The Let’s Go! We’re very transparent with our guests,” explains Service Bar’s head bartender and partner Christine Kim. “If Disco & Cocktail Club in Los Angeles. In Washington, D.C.,

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Cocktails with Suderman

JULY 3, 2024

Cocktails With Suderman is the home bartender’s guide, with tips, tricks, techniques, anecdotes, opinions, and recipes. This industrialized approach to ingredients was endemic to the era, which gave us cheap, tacky sour mix and other shelf-stable bottled mixers that helped turn the 1970s into a sort of Cocktail Dark Ages.

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Casual Mixologist

DECEMBER 14, 2024

View Product Here A Professional Quality Bar Set For the home bartender in need of an upgrade, this sleek bar tool set replaces their dingy mismatched pieces with professional-grade essentials. A thoughtful gift for home bartenders or anyone who loves hosting with style and flavor. Working for something makes it taste even better.

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VinePair

MARCH 13, 2024

It was a tiki/tropical bar or a haven for amaro. On the consumer end, once the pandemic had receded somewhat and bars began to open again, it released a bottled-up need and desire. It was a classic cocktail bar, or a neo-speakeasy. It specialized in agave spirits and drinks, or rum.

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Cocktails with Suderman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

1 Sure, if you’re a tiki geek you might have a bottle of Rhum J.M. But Singani 63 and Strega aren’t exactly must-haves for normie home bartenders. I only picked up a bottle on a whim last year because I’m an amaro fanatic. Instead, it’s because the required ingredients — Rhum J.M.,

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Chilled Magazine

APRIL 14, 2025

Through the Redwood Empire and Trees for the Future partnership, Redwood has planted a tree for every bottle of whiskey sold and has planted over 1.7 This Earth Month, Redwood promises to plant 100 trees for every six bottles, or one tree for every cocktail sold at participating bars. million trees to date. Interested in participating?

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Chilled Magazine

APRIL 14, 2025

Through the Redwood Empire and Trees for the Future partnership, Redwood has planted a tree for every bottle of whiskey sold and has planted over 1.7 This Earth Month, Redwood promises to plant 100 trees for every six bottles, or one tree for every cocktail sold at participating bars. million trees to date. Interested in participating?

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Imbibe Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2024

With high-end barware and glassware, recipe cards, and quality bottles such as Don Fulano tequila and Jefferson’s Ocean “Aged at Sea” bourbon, you’ll be tempted to stay in. Mothership Mothership steers away from the tiki bar trope by infusing its 1,500-square-foot space with immersive sci-fi elements. It’s mixology magic.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Empty bottles of the label, which are made from Baccarat crystal, routinely show up on eBay for triple digits. These bang-for-your-buck bottles can serve as an excellent introduction to Cognac, and can inspire deeper exploration into the category. It’s no secret that Cognac carries a strong association with luxury.

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