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The Basic Well Drink Is Your Bartender’s New Favorite Playground

VinePair

As the cocktail world slides further into its chaotic, fun-first era , it only makes sense that our craftiest bartenders would go back to their own roots, reviving dive bar “Something & Somethings” and elevating them to new heights we can unabashedly enjoy.

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Check out the Margarita & some other agave cocktails with Bartender of the Year, James Irvine

Australian Bartender

By James Irvine, Group Creative Cocktail Lead, Merivale & 2023 Bartender Magazine Bartender of the Year Whilst perched at a bar, it is undeniable paying short odds of the inevitability of a guest ordering a Margarita. It’s the world’s most popular cocktail, and for good reason.

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The Perfect Blend is back, and so is celebrating World Bartender Day this Feb 24th

Australian Bartender

WORLD BARTENDER DAY | FEBRUARY 24 th A DAY TO CELEBRATE THE CRAFT. A DAY TO CELEBRATE THE BARTENDER. A DAY DEDICATED TO ONE OF THE WORLD’S OLDEST PROFESSIONS There are an amazing 130 finalists The Perfect Blend Cocktail Competition (2023/24) : the biggest year yet! Which bartenders are representing your State?

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5 Cocktails That Celebrate Pantone’s Color of the Year: Peach Fuzz!

Chilled Magazine

Last year, Pantone’s Viva Magenta was named 2023’s Color of the Year and we wrote about how this inspired many bartenders to welcome the inclusion of pomegranate and/or hibiscus in cocktails, to honor Viva Magenta’s bright, ruby velvet color. We’ve rounded up the four best Peach Fuzz cocktails for your drinking pleasure.

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At Le Veau d’Or, an Old Martini Tradition Gets a New Spin

VinePair

The second glass, however, is a highball containing two more ounces of vermouth and topped off with Vichy Catalan sparkling water, all cooled down by the same ice that was used to stir the Martini. It is usually served beside the cocktail glass, typically set in a small bowl of crushed ice to keep it cold. That’s at least 27 years.

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Do You Even Paloma? The Many Origins and Identities of the Do-It-All Drink

VinePair

“I feel like we’re betraying what a Paloma should be,” she says from the office of her winery, articulating her stance that any attempt to update or riff on the Paloma’s fast-and-easy highball format misses the point of the cocktail entirely. “It It’s a cultural representation of a cocktail that is being transcended.”

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13 to Try: Vermouths

Imbibe Magazine

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. The style has captivated generations of bartenders who’ve poured it into oceans of Manhattans and Negronis.

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