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The Ultimate Gift Guide for Bartenders

A Bar Above

Photo via www.unsplash.com Wondering what to give your favorite bartenders and mixologists this year? Trying to find the perfect gift for bartenders can definitely cause some stress! But don’t fret: If you are buying for a cocktail enthusiast or a professional bartender, we got you covered this holiday season.

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It’s the Experience that Counts!

Spiritz

Given this trend, bartenders are engaged in innovating cocktails, some of the more popular ones being Clarified Bloody Mary, Nitro Espresso Martini, Clarified Negroni, Cold Fashioned, Asian Gin and Tonic, Floral Collins, Gin Gerale and Pan Asian Hi Ball. “A good bartender should be able to make a cocktail even with the leftovers.

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Cocktails go through a Dizzying Turnaround

Spiritz

“There is also the virtual reality mixology experience, which is an immersive experience allowing interaction with virtual instructions and bartenders to learn the art of crafting cocktails,” he says. The well-crafted cocktails use modern techniques backed by an incredible amount of research by bars and bartenders.”

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Employees Only Turns 20: An Oral History of the Iconic NYC Speakeasy

VinePair

It was there that they soaked up the cocktail history and hospitality ethos of Dale DeGroff, regarded today as the godfather of the cocktail renaissance, as well as one of the main branches in the New York bartender family tree, with an expansive lineage of mentees and protegees. It was the bartenders in the white coats that got me.

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NoMad Is NYC’s Hottest Cocktail Neighborhood — Drinkers Just Don’t Know It Yet

VinePair

On a recent night in May, Charles Joly, the noted Chicago bartender, was in New York. The old NoMad Bar space on West 28th Street near Broadway, meanwhile, has been taken over by the Little Ned, run by veteran English cocktail bartender Chris Moore. A previous iteration, on Chrystie Street, closed eight years ago after a four-year run.)

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At Modern Cocktail Bars, It’s Every Drink, Everywhere, All at Once. Is That Such a Bad Thing?

VinePair

I think it started during Covid, when everyone scrambled to develop to-go cocktails and delivery cocktails,” says Philip Duff, bartender, spirits expert, cocktail educator, and producer of Old Duff Genever. Bar owners, meanwhile, found that they had to be prepared to have everything that customer was thirsting for or risk losing them. “I

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Sip Revolution Redefining Cocktails in India

Spiritz

Innovation n bars doesn’t stop at technology; it extends to the techniques employed by bartenders too. Molecular mixology, a subset of molecular gastronomy, is taking the cocktail scene by storm.