VinePair

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

For their second annual Old Fashioned Cocktail Contest, Elijah Craig and VinePair teamed up to challenge bartenders around the country to some good old fashioned fun. An encouraging boss helped ignite his interest in a career in bartending. As a head bartender in Austin, Garza says he likes to consider the stories behind drinks.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Skilled bartenders can identify these singular properties and use them to their advantage. To find out, we asked 14 bartenders what vodka they prefer to use in their drinks. Nick Jackson, head bartender, The Rum House , NYC “My recommendation has to be Haku Vodka. But which brands are beloved behind the bar?

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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. Volcanique.

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VinePair

MAY 9, 2024

Ask a bartender the same question, however, and they may give you a different answer. To find out what those other beverages are, we asked 17 bartenders what tequila cocktail deserves a little more love from their guests. But you can step it up by picking your favorite coffee liqueur and matching it with a tequila, ideally a reposado.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Gustavo Rojas, mixologist and bartender, The Pony Room at Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa , Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. Juan Salgado, bartender, El Jardin , San Jose, Calif. “A Derrick Osbeck, bartender, Bravas Bar de Tapas , Healdsburg, Calif. Vida Mezcal Clásico is the clear answer for Margaritas.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

To help take out the guesswork, we asked bartenders from around the country to share their favorite bourbons for mixed drinks. Will Rivas, bartender, Rafael , NYC “We like to use George Dickel 8 Year. Vinny Spatafore, bartender and beverage operations manager, Blue Bridge Hospitality , Coronado, Calif.

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Cheers

APRIL 10, 2024

Jocelyn Jolley is head bartender at Michael’s on Naples , an Italian restaurant in Long Beach, CA. How did you learn bartending and improve when you were starting out? In the beginning, I sat at the well of every bartender I knew in town, with my notebook, and asked every question. Garnish with an edible flower.

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Cheers

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Ingredients such as apple brandy, pear liqueur and wintery spices add seasonal flair for drinks you can enjoy long after the ball has dropped and the holiday decorations are put away. George spiced pear liqueur 12 oz. Germain elderflower liqueur ¾ oz. Mathilde Poire liqueur ½ oz.

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Cheers

JANUARY 10, 2024

Print Bull’s Eye Rose Course Drinks Keyword amaro, Angostura bitters, apple brandy, Grenadine, lemon, Luxardo maraschino liqueur, plum vinegar, rye Ingredients 1 oz. Notes Enrique Diaz, head bartender at Bar Bastion in New York, created this recipe. Piment d’Esplette liqueur ¾ oz.

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VinePair

APRIL 25, 2024

The drink, to her mind, is a Daisy featuring tequila , lime juice, and orange liqueur. There’s a Tommy’s Margarita , the modern interpretation that eschews orange liqueur. A third has pineapple in it; another strawberry liqueur; and another sports rhum agricole and Chartreuse , of all things. “To Mix is a Margarita purist.

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VinePair

MAY 21, 2024

Created in 2002 by Toby Maloney — the first bartender Milk & Honey founder Sasha Petraske ever hired — this spring-like gin refresher involves muddled cucumber and lime, brightened by a pinch of salt. 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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Cheers

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The nature of gin, being a complex blend of herbs, spices and fruits, makes it one of the most playful and versatile spirits in our bartenders’ toolkit. Priced at $14, it’s made with Harahorn botanical gin, wine-based Pasubio Amaro and a touch of elderberry liqueur, and served “down” in a smoked-pine scented rocks glass.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Depth and Complexity In London’s cocktail world, fruit distillates in general are “mega trendy,” according to Alex Kratena, former head bartender at Artesian and the co-founder of both Tayēr + Elementary and Muyu liqueurs. But those fruit spirits are primarily coming from French and U.K. more aggressively.”

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VinePair

JANUARY 25, 2024

In a tasting session on his YouTube channel , Los Angeles bartender Zach Zoschke describes the nose as “smells like Campari with training wheels” and notes that its price makes it a “somewhat compelling alternative.” The consensus among most of the bartenders I talked to was that Pronto! After L.I.B.’s

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

That ignited the curiosity of then head bartender and current Clemente bar manager Richie Millwater, who was so inspired by the ingredient that he started using it in all sorts of R and D projects. The miso syrup is married with vodka, maraschino, fennel liqueur, cherry blossom vermouth, and Vin Santo del Chianti.

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Bar Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Bringing top talent from the international and local bar scene to The Madrid EDITION, the hotel will offer guests and locals alike the opportunity to experience first-hand the award-winning work of some of the world’s best bartenders, including Giacomo Giannotti of Paradiso, Harrison Ginsberg of Overstory, Alonso Palomino of Lady Bee, and more.

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Bar Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Each of the 16 creations draws inspiration from diverse eras, countries, cultures, and customs, all concocted using house-made picklings, sherbets, bitters and infused liqueurs that transcend the ordinary. The presentation of the menu is as much a spectacle as the cocktails themselves.

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Bar Magazine

MARCH 8, 2024

When Jonatan Bou Guardiola, our Head Bartender, the team and myself, were brainstorming ideas, I looked down at one of our tables and saw my reflection, which is what ultimately inspired the menu. We take great pride in using our own house-made picklings, sherbets, bitters and infused liqueurs in each of the cocktails.

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The Bartender Company

JANUARY 16, 2024

Some of the popular types of non-alcoholic spirits include those that mimic gin, whiskey, rum, vodka, and liqueurs. For additional tips, ask our event planners (or the head bartender or beverage director at your event) to guide you in creating a cocktail that satisfies your taste buds but keeps alcohol out of the equation.

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VinePair

MAY 23, 2024

Thankfully, 25 bartenders from around the world have come to the rescue. Keep reading for the Scotches bartenders love to use when mixing up cocktails, along with drink ideas that will fit seamlessly into your summertime repertoire. Karl Goranowski, bartender/beverage director, BATA , Tucson, Ariz.

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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. Kyle Kuchler, bartender, Six Seven , The Edgewater, Seattle “I think some of the best winter drinks are the ones that give you hope when you can’t handle one more dreary day.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 1, 2024

And while some tried-and-true classics never go out of fashion, there are others that have become so overexposed that they lose their luster — or just drive bartenders bananas when ordered. Seeking to find out which drinks deserve to get the axe, we asked bartenders to spill the tea on the orders that make them wince. The Moscow Mule.

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Cheers

JANUARY 23, 2024

Creative bartenders have long incorporated vegetables in their cocktails (think cucumbers, peppers, and the Bloody Mary), but I think less common vegetables like beets, sea kelp, carrots, ube and edamame are starting to be more of a trend,” says John Stanton, director of beverage at Hotel Per La ( Bar Clara and Ristorante Per L’Ora ) in Los Angeles.

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VinePair

JULY 24, 2024

Kitty Bernardo uses their role as head bartender at Paradise Lost to instigate bold conversations around these cultural truths, and share their own complex identity through delicious cocktails. Kitty threads this needle thanks to careful ingredient selection.

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VinePair

MAY 13, 2024

to learn about classic cocktails, dig deeper into somewhat esoteric spirits and liqueurs, and to be amazed by the spectacle of a speakeasy inside a hot dog joint or a 17-touch craft drink. I don’t want to take away from the damage the pandemic caused, because it took a lot away from us,” says Paradise Lost’s head bartender, Kitty Bernardo.

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VinePair

JULY 16, 2024

Bartenders face the same question when a brand rep drops in and introduces them to a new expression. We recently reached out to 22 bartenders to see which new (and new-to-them) bottles they were into lately. Based in France, their mission is to produce beautiful liqueurs using Fair Trade Certified sources from start to finish.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

When the modern cocktail renaissance kicked off in the early aughts, it came with a newfound appreciation for long-ignored liqueurs and amari , many of which have since become common cocktail ingredients. Likewise, some of these bottlings have become bartenders handshake shots. Rumple Minze is a German liqueur brand owned by Diageo.

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Chilled Magazine

MARCH 23, 2025

Created in the late 1930s by Walter Bergeron, head bartender at the Hotel Monteleone, the cocktail has become the classic signature drink at the hotels famous Carousel Bar, and a favorite of literary patrons like Ernest Hemingway. Cognac , Liqueur , Vermouth , Whiskey Heavenly Vieux Carr Ingredients 1 oz.

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Bar Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Available year round at the highest bar in all of Venice, the weekly sessions will be led by Skylines award-winning bar manager Valentina Mircea along with Head Bartender Alan Cescon. The post Valentina Mircea, Head Bartender at Skyline Rooftop Bar, Venice appeared first on Bar Magazine.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

From classic boilermakers to themed shooters and even bartender handshakes , shots are the bread and butter of the bar world. And if theres one group of people that knows exactly what the people want, its bartenders. Here, we asked 18 bartenders and industry pros which shots are currently trending in their bars.

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VinePair

JANUARY 24, 2025

That guest is Steve Schneider, partner, bar manager, and head bartender at New Yorks Sip & Guzzle , and hes here to explore the ins and outs of this tropical icon on this episode of Cocktail College. Tune in for more.

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VinePair

JANUARY 15, 2025

At Brooklyns Bitter Monk head bartender Ryan Garrison garnishes his Fauna & Flora Martini with a side glass of air-fried tarragon leaves. Garrison believes the edible garnish will bring out the herbaceous flavor notes in the Atheras Spirits Cybele, a house-made herbal liqueur contained in the drink.

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Two bartenders are assigned a type of spirit and a style of cocktail and then given a list of seasonal ingredients. And it was written by former bartender Cassie Taylor. Its an ode to a bartender, Randy, who would make Basquiat his favorite cocktail, a Margarita served up, explains Minaya. We make everything here, says Minaya.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Published in 1930, the book was compiled by bartender Harry Craddock, who served as the head bartender at the Savoy Hotel’s American Bar in London for over a decade. “The Savoy Cocktail Book” is one of the most important tomes in the world of cocktail literature.

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Moody Mixologist

MARCH 19, 2025

If you're on the fence about this strongly flavored bitter liqueur, the Hanky Panky just might change your mind. This bar is perhaps best known for one of its legendary bartenders, Harry Craddock, who wrote The Savoy Cocktail Book in 1929. Fernet Branca Fernet Branca is a brand of fernet liqueur, which is a type of amaro.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

I’m a decent bartender, but no Mr. Lyan. Other top bartenders likewise seem to prefer Empirical spirits in more baroque, complex cocktails where a simple gin or tequila simply won’t do. “We Other top bartenders likewise seem to prefer Empirical spirits in more baroque, complex cocktails where a simple gin or tequila simply won’t do.

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