VinePair

JUNE 6, 2025

To learn about some of the most controversial cocktail opinions held by the pros, we asked bartenders from across the country for their hottest cocktail takes. With that in mind, check out 11 bartenders’ most controversial cocktail takes below, from the uselessness of jiggers to the importance of non-alcoholic drinks.

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Bartender Bartending High Volume Head Bartender 98

Chilled Magazine

MARCH 20, 2025

Expanding Leadership in At-Home Cocktails and Tech Enablement ShakeStir, the parent company of Cocktail Courier and Thirstie, is thrilled to announce the acquisition of Shaker & Spoon, the premier cocktail subscription box service that has shipped over 10M+ cocktails to its thousands of home-bartender consumers for over a decade.

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Mixology High Volume Cocktail Culture Alcohol 147

Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

and Dale DeGroff, the James Beard award-winning father of mixology who reinvented the bartending profession. The pair discussed the history of the American cocktail and how major U.S. events helped to shape the cocktails of today. By 1806, the word “cocktail” appeared in print. and abroad was around 1914.

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Imbibe Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Brother Cleve, the musician, DJ, and mixologist who was regarded as the godfather of the Boston cocktail revival, died suddenly in September 2022. For a long while, it looked like Eastern Standard—the stylish and influential high-volume bar and restaurant near Fenway Park that opened in 2005—might also be among those casualties.

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Cocktail Culture Hospitality Bar Bartender 246

VinePair

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Excellent craft drinks, yes, but ones that were free-poured, doled out with haste, and in high volume. There were some cocktails that were being seen all over the city such as the Appletini and the Cosmopolitan. Of course, there was a really great underground scene of cocktail culture. I was hooked.

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Bartender Bartending Hospitality Bar 105

VinePair

JUNE 5, 2025

Then there are the cities that may have been long visited for reasons unrelated to cocktail culture, but which are now, at last, putting their creative or financial muscle to use behind the bar. Now, it’s making a play to become a hub for cocktail culture as well. Who wouldve thought?

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Bar Cocktail Culture Head Bartender Bartender 89

Tales of the Cocktail

MAY 1, 2025

The program offers a hands-on opportunity to strengthen technical skills, build global professional networks, and gain leadership experience in a high-volume environment. The Cocktail Apprentice Programs core pillars are mentorship, community, and elevating the craft of bartending beyond the bar and mixing glass.

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Hospitality Club Bartender Bartending 112