Cheers

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Once the star of the cocktail scene, gin has never regained momentum since vodka took off in recent decades. But based on the number of new craft gins and unique expressions hitting the market, and a few key gin acquisitions from major spirits players, the U.S. is warming to gin once again — for real this time.

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Chilled Magazine

MARCH 13, 2024

Of all the pillars of wellness, perhaps the one that came the least naturally to me as a bartender–– and yet has the greatest impact––is sleep. Non-Alcoholic Rent is Way Too Highball Ingredients 1 oz. Grapefruit Soda Preparation Rub lime on the outside of the rim of a Highball glass. Ritual Gin Alternative (optional) 1 oz.

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VinePair

JUNE 20, 2024

Enter: the Highball. Typically consisting of a spirit, soda, and ice, Highballs don’t require much effort, which is ideal when there’s already sweat rolling down your neck. The spirit-and-soda base provides a blank canvas for mixologists and at-home bartenders to easily create more complex libations.

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Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 4, 2024

Is it a classic aperitif highball made with Campari, vermouth, and soda water? Alfredo’s Favorite At Artusi in Seattle, lead bartender Christian Nguyen uses the rosa version in the Alfredo’s Favorite. And the mild baking spices, bitter ginger, and floral notes mix beautifully with tequila and gin.” London dry gin 3/4 oz.

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VinePair

AUGUST 28, 2024

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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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

After conquering low-lift highballs and easy equal-parts concoctions, most aspiring bartenders are eager to step into the big leagues and attempt more intricate cocktails. For other more complex cocktails, like the Ramos Gin Fizz , nailing it is a little more straightforward. Here’s what they had to say. Patience is the key.

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

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Chilled Magazine

JULY 8, 2024

The menu, thoughtfully organized into three distinct sections – Highballs, Shaken, and Stirred – offers simplicity without sacrificing variety, ensuring there’s something to suit every palate. Drawing from his own experiences, Evan has valuable suggestions for bartenders who harbor dreams of one day opening their own bar.

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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 1, 2024

This superpower gives it incredible versatility—whether in an indulgent dessert drink or a light, unfussy highball. Pandan is strong and will stand out in cocktails, but also subtle enough that it can still let the spirit shine,” says Alex Law, lead bartender for Bar Podmore in Honolulu. “It

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Australian Bartender

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Hanky Panky Lounge 3/32 Mitchell St, Darwin City @hankypanky.lounge Joey Folkersma, from Darwin took out the title of Australian Bartender of the Year for 2024 during Sydney Bar Week. The competition presented by Australian Bartender magazine and sponsored by Hendrick’s Gin and Monkey Shoulder Whisky. Why do you like comps?

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VinePair

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Normally, he’d order his usual bourbon and soda, but having grown bored of the drink, he asked bartender George Williamson to whip up something different. With a quick switch of bourbon to gin , the Gin Rickey was born. the Gin Rickey is not so much a preferred drink but part of the city’s cultural fabric.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 14, 2023

There are plenty of cost-effective Cognac options to enjoy with friends in your living room, either on its own or in a Sazerac or a Sidecar — you can even swap it in for the gin in a French 75 if you’re feeling saucy. It’s perfectly suited for cocktail use, as a highball with soda, or just a quick simple sipper.” An all-around banger.”

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Australian Bartender

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

WORLD BARTENDER DAY | FEBRUARY 24 th A DAY TO CELEBRATE THE CRAFT. A DAY TO CELEBRATE THE BARTENDER. For World Bartender Day , you’ll now be able to show your support and order their concoction and experience the storytelling behind it for yourself (not just the judges!). Which bartenders are representing your State?

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Steve the Bartender

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The drink is a punchy, flavourful vodka-based cocktail that heroes Shiraz gin–an intensly-flavoured gin infused with Shiraz grapes. To recreate the Shiraz caviar simply combine Shiraz gin with 1% (by weight) of agar agar. It's served tall over ice and accompanied by Shiraz caviar. Gently heat and whisk to combine.

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A Bar Above

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Popular cocktails for a lowball glass: Old Fashioned Sazerac Negroni Copyright A Bar Above Highball Glass The highball glass is the taller, thinner sibling of the lowball. The highball is often confused with a Collins glass, which is actually just a taller glass. Copyright A Bar Above Where to Buy Cocktail Glassware?

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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

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Gin & Tonic. 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. Rum & Coke.

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VinePair

MAY 21, 2024

But once upon a time, back when Dante opened in 2015, the cocktail to drink was the Garibaldi, an obscure highball made of Campari and “fluffy” orange juice and topped with an orange wedge. You have my word that the bartender will know how to make it. The Green Giant was created by former head bartender Tom Macy in 2012.

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Cocktails with Suderman

MAY 24, 2024

When internet nerds and bartenders started to rework and rethink old drinks around the turn of the century, little attention was paid attention to the two-ingredient stalwarts of the corner bar that, after reading Michael Ruhlman’s excellent Book of Cocktail Ratios , I have come to think of as “and” drinks. So many recipes!

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VinePair

JANUARY 17, 2024

By the time Booker and Dax closed in 2016, I was the head bartender, and I spent the next year at the NoMad learning to make a lot of very good drinks very quickly. Dave Arnold and Don Lee then opened Existing Conditions in 2018, and I will eternally be grateful that they saw fit to bring me on as head bartender.

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VinePair

AUGUST 5, 2024

The Mule also ranked 10th on Drinks International’s annual compendium of the 50 most popular cocktails worldwide according to bartenders, behind the auspicious likes of the Negroni , Old Fashioned , Daiquiri , Espresso and Dry Martinis , and the Whiskey Sour. This doesn’t always spring from the minds of barkeeps, either. “I percent from $7.38

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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 refreshing cocktail, made with gin , lemon juice, simple syrup, and Champagne, is also easy to make.

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VinePair

JUNE 26, 2024

Who needs low-ABV cocktails when you have slow-ass bartenders? This question, shared as a cheeky joke in an Instagram story, became a viral moment for Erick Castro , the legendary bartender behind San Diego’s Raised By Wolves and Gilly’s House of Cocktails , and host of the award-winning Bartender at Large podcast.

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Barina Craft

MARCH 28, 2023

Kansas City Ice Water Is A Limey Combo Of Vodka And Gin The Kansas City Ice Water cocktail tastes like a Gimlet or Gin Rickey with a sweetness that sort of falls in between the two depending on the recipe. It is also one of the few mixed drinks that contains both vodka and gin. See the list below. Also known as Valencian water.

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Bartender.com

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Featured Bar Gin Rummy Marina del Rey, CA At this gateway to Venice, GIN RUMMY invites passersby to escape to the tropics and get swept away, sipping exotic cocktails and enjoying delicious snacks in a pirate’s lair. GIN RUMMY offers several NO BOOZE options for the sober crowd or designated driver. White Rum 1 oz.

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VinePair

AUGUST 30, 2024

The first looks like a Martini glass and is filled with two-and-one-half ounces of Old Raj gin, a half-ounce of González Byass dry vermouth, and a couple dashes of orange bitters. The first time someone asked me for that, when I was a young bartender, it was an older woman,” says Morrissey. She asked me for a gin Martini.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The house build of Old Raj overproof gin , fino sherry vermouth, and orange bitters is exemplary on its own. But the real magic comes in the form of a vermouth highball that hits your table at the exact same time, containing mineral water and the “dirty ice” the Martini was stirred with. One of its standouts: the Espresso Tonic.

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Cheers

AUGUST 21, 2024

Strain all contents into a highball over fresh ice. Notes Tyler Faust, bartender at The Citizen in Alys Beach, FL, created this recipe. Shake vigorously and quickly. Open the shaker and add club soda. Garnish with mint bouquet, lime wheel and citrus salt. Notes The mixologists at Espolón created this recipe. Shake vigorously.

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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. Strain into a highball glass over fresh ice.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Expect to see these fruity, complex builds on more bar menus across the country, with bartenders embracing beloved tropical cocktails — Mai Tai , anyone? — Don’t be surprised if you see a surprising number of pink highballs alongside all those Aperol Spritzes during your next eurotrip.

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Cheers

JUNE 26, 2024

Notes Oscar Garcia, lead bartender at seafood grill Corvina in Boca Raton, FL, created this recipe. Pour into a highball glass filled with ice. Print Blackberry Basil Spritzer Course Drinks Keyword blackberry puree, gin, ginger ale, Simple syrup, Thai basil Ingredients 1 ½ oz. Broker’s Gin ½ oz.

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The Cocktail Lovers

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

We like to think of it as a pHD in the art of Japanese bartending. More than a cursory nod in the direction of what is probably the most revered bartending styles in the world, this particular platform is devised to go deeper, offering those who are participating in the programme practical advice in all aspects of Japanese culture.

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VinePair

MARCH 20, 2024

It happens a couple times a week to just about every cocktail bartender. There is, however, another much more difficult path for bartenders to take — one that shifts cocktail ideation from behind the bar and into the kitchen. The bar is buzzing, tickets are flowing, and your hands are moving faster than your brain.

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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. Lets be honest, so is your favorite mixologist.

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VinePair

MARCH 19, 2024

You’ll see an $11 Adios M *r on the menu painted on the wall next to its room-length bar, touting ingredients like overproof rum and navy-strength gin. We as bartenders don’t really have to educate anymore. You can now see someone walk into a bar on their 21st birthday and knowingly order a Ramos Gin Fizz or a Martinez.

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Cocktails with Suderman

AUGUST 30, 2024

Two of the easiest, tastiest in the cocktail canon are the Gin & Tonic and the Negroni. Cocktails With Suderman is the home bartender’s guide, with tips, tricks, techniques, anecdotes, opinions, and recipes. — bookends the summer, a nod back to the Gin & Tonic we started with. Garnish with an orange peel.

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Cheers

JANUARY 2, 2024

Notes Morgan Styers, lead bartender of Merchant & Trade in the Kimpton Tryon Park Hotel in Charlotte, NC, created this recipe. Strain into a highball glass with fresh ice. Print Just in Thyme Course Drinks Keyword basil, lavendar bitters, lemon, nonalcoholic gin, thyme Ingredients 2 oz. Top with sparkling water.

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