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. Steven Hayden, bartender, Mulberry Street Ristorante , Fullerton, Calif. appeared first on VinePair.

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VinePair

AUGUST 14, 2024

For a little inspiration, we asked bartenders to recommend their favorite underrated summer cocktail. My little trick that, in my opinion, always makes it even better: a little dash of Angostura bitters and making a mint simple syrup with the leftover leaves and stems! It’s simple, refreshing, and affordable.

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Cheers

JANUARY 10, 2024

Notes Enrique Diaz, head bartender at Bar Bastion in New York, created this recipe. Print Holiday Punch Course Drinks Keyword amaro, brandy, cranberry, lemon, Simple syrup Ingredients 24 oz. Simple syrup 2 oz. Add ice and stir with ice. Strain into coupe glass.

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Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 4, 2024

At the latter, head bartender Ray Fritz was inspired to add a Lime Rickey to the menu last year by his youthful work as a soda jerk at Longacre’s Modern Dairy , a soda fountain in southeastern Pennsylvania that dates back to the 1920s. There were plain Lime Rickeys, sweetened with simple syrup.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

One of the most difficult concepts for new bartenders to grasp is balance. The ability to manage the delicate interplay between spirit, sweet, sour, bitter, and dilution separates great bartenders and mixologists from amateurs. The water in simple syrup is unflavored, and therefore increases overall sweetness but dilutes the flavor.

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VinePair

AUGUST 28, 2024

The New York-based food scientist, bartender, and technologist pioneered techniques like centrifuge clarification, force carbonation, rapid infusion, liquid nitrogen chilling, and nitro-muddling, just to name a few. I’m biased, of course, because I was head bartender at both bars.

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VinePair

JULY 30, 2024

Tulloch, head bartender at an eclectic and charming bar in the Soho neighborhood of New York City, brings a vibrant energy to her conceptual cocktail creations. The Anatomy of a Sour Traditionally, a Whiskey Sour consists of bourbon, lemon, simple syrup, and an optional egg white. The rest, as they say, is history.

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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. It all began when Sebastian built a cocktail featuring chef Brock’s barley miso for the menu at EMP. The result was…unremarkable.

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Cheers

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Notes Enrique Diaz, head bartender at Bar Bastion, created this recipe for Le Jardinier in New York. Print Raspberry Wheat 75 Course Drinks Keyword lemon, raspberry syrup, sparkling rosé, whiskey Ingredients ½ oz. Raspberry simple syrup ¼ oz. Topping with sparkling wine and soda.

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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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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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Moody Mixologist

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

There are a few different stories regarding its creation, but the most commonly accepted one attributes its invention to Harry MacElhone, the head bartender at the New York Bar in Paris (now known as Harry’s New York Bar), around 1915. This gin and champagne cocktail is quite potent, which is how it got its name.

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