A Bar Above

JANUARY 17, 2024

Did you know that A Bar Above offers a variety of educational courses on topics from mocktails to a becoming a better bartender ? And between Chris and our resident bartender, Rob , you’ll learn from an industry-leading team deeply versed in the science of mixology. Well, we do! Sign up for the course here.

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Cocktail Whisperer

MAY 21, 2024

There are cannabis bartending bibles available, complete with drink recipes and other valuable knowledge, but there’s also the possibility of creating something new. He has learned some THC dosing lessons as he figures out how to merge 20 years of bartending experience with cannabis mixology. “My He echoed Belman’s advice. Start slow.

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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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Cocktails with Suderman

AUGUST 23, 2024

Cocktails With Suderman is the home bartender’s guide, with tips, tricks, techniques, anecdotes, opinions, and recipes. Each recipe uses a different method/ingredient for adding heat to the core Margarita formula, and each method has pluses and minuses for home bartenders. So many recipes! heat to the core template.

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Drinkhacker

DECEMBER 22, 2023

I’ve encountered plenty of cocktail books that include the occasional syrup or tincture made from homegrown herbs, but Slow Drinks goes lightyears beyond this, offering recipes dependent as much on their locally foraged modifiers as they are their base spirit.

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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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A Bar Above

DECEMBER 21, 2023

FRESH INGREDIENTS The craft cocktail movement is founded on the use of fresh juices, housemade syrups, shrubs, tinctures, fresh-picked herbs and flowers, and artisan brands. and then make syrups, shrubs, and other easy-to-prepare ingredients. So, too, are craft mocktails. Garnish with a lime wheel and rosemary sprig.

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