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

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

AUGUST 27, 2024

For a brief spell in the late ‘90s I was a lunch bartender at a neighborhood seafood restaurant in New York City. I’d been brought on as a waiter, but the seasoned bar staff, mostly primadonnas who conscientiously objected to daytime bartending, refused to work lunch. I could never be hired to do the same job today.

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VinePair

AUGUST 14, 2024

While clear spirits like gin and tequila might feel like the most obvious choices for summertime sipping, rum and bourbon also have their place, as do lighter, low-ABV options like vermouth and Pimm’s. For a little inspiration, we asked bartenders to recommend their favorite underrated summer cocktail. “The Saturn.

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A Bar Above

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Tiki Cocktail Book & Tiki Glasses Surprise your closest friends who are standing by you on your wedding day with some really cool cocktail recipes. Pair a set of hurricane glasses or tiki mugs with a tropical cocktail book for your own customized, fun gift box. Photo by Gianluca Riccio via www.unsplash.com 1.

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Imbibe Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2024

Bourbon, scotch, Canadian whisky, Irish whiskey , tequila , Cognac, and armagnac are by international agreement all made within a single country, and sometimes one area within a country. It caused bartenders to think deeply about labor issues within the spirits space in general, and in turn within the industry itself,” she says.

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PubClub

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

With a name like Freaky Tiki Happening, you can expect a creatively fun time. 19 at the way-cool Secret Island Tiki Lounge, below Shannon’s Corner bar, downtonw on 2nd & Pine Ave. This is a Flor de Caña Rum takeover of Shannon’s and the tiki lounge with a grotto and hidden entrances. each way, exact change).

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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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Advanced Mixology

JANUARY 16, 2024

Discerning mixologists know that rum is at the heart of tiki cocktails because it was the alcohol of choice of Ernest Raymond “Donn Beach” Gantt and Victor “Trader Vic” Bergeron — the founding fathers of tiki culture. The Polynesian-themed restaurant is no longer around, but its legacy lives on with this tiki cocktail.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Instead, there is a small handful of expressions that bartenders gravitate toward based on their individual preferences, whether they lean sweet, spicy, or somewhere in between. 6 Legendary late bartender Gary “Gaz” Regan brought his own orange bitters to the market in 2005. Regans’ Orange Bitters No. Breaux in 2012.

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Moody Mixologist

MARCH 11, 2025

Unlike spirits like tequila or bourbon, there are no legal requirements for spirits producers to follow in order to call their product gin. Other notable gin classics include the bubbly gin and champagne cocktail the French 75, and the more modern tiki classic, Saturn (gin with passionfruit, lime, and orgeat syrup).

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Dry Atlas

JUNE 26, 2024

In 2019, Taylor launched Bartender Rental, a mobile bar service that quickly became known for its quality, creativity, and unique ability to craft memorable moments through cocktails. This transformation from Bartender Rental to Refind is more than a rebranding; it’s a renaissance of the cocktail experience. Little Saints St.

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VinePair

JULY 24, 2024

Along with Sunken Harbor Club , Paradise Lost represents the new generation of tropical bars in New York that take a novel approach to the category and dive deep into what’s possible in a tiki-style cocktail. For instance, if you made 200 grams of strained syrup, add 40 grams of pickling liquid).

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Cheers

JUNE 25, 2024

I first got into bartending at Nixta, a Mexican concept from Bengelina Hospitality Group, James Beard Award semifinalist Ben Poremba’s restaurant group. Going from barista to bartender made a lot of sense to me, and I loved all the creativity and endless possibilities of cocktail making. A tequila or mezcal and soda!

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VinePair

JUNE 20, 2024

The spirit-and-soda base provides a blank canvas for mixologists and at-home bartenders to easily create more complex libations. A traditional combination of tequila , lime juice, and grapefruit soda (though whether that soda should be Squirt or Fresca is up for debate ), the Paloma is tart, invigorating, and essentially swelter-proof.

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Tales of the Cocktail

JULY 25, 2024

These awards recognize the top-rated spirit entered in each category, such as Gin: Best New American Gin, Tequila: Best Tequila Reposado, and Liqueur: Best Herbal Liqueur.

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VinePair

JANUARY 4, 2024

Amid the menu’s usual suspects — Martini , Manhattan , Americano , and Negroni — lurked a mind-boggling showing of drinks that originated or were popularized during the 1970s: Amaretto Sour , White Russian , Tequila Sunrise , and — it can’t be! — what 25-year bartending vet Toby Maloney calls the easy answer. and a longtime bartender.

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Cocktails with Suderman

JULY 12, 2024

The modal panhandle resident is an engineer who dropped out of college and now works as a real estate agent and part-time bartender while surfing on weekday mornings and playing in a 90s cover band on the weekends. Cocktails With Suderman is the home bartender’s guide, with tips, tricks, techniques, anecdotes, opinions, and recipes.

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VinePair

APRIL 22, 2024

but also brought journalists, bartenders, and spirits professionals along with him. The funky spirit works extremely well with the intense, tropical flavors in tiki-style cocktails and also makes for a great accompaniment to other strong beverages like amaro, Chartreuse , Aperol , and even mezcal. Sandhaus says yes.

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PubClub

APRIL 6, 2024

PubCub.com bartender Gaby shakes up a coctail. Hosted by Rustic Root, Swing Social and Tiki Annex, the street will be blocked off from Market Street to Island Avenue, from 2-5 p.m. Photo: PubClub.com San Diego is having a cocktail party. But not just any cocktail party, it’s a block party cocktail party.

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Today's Bartender

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

” We agree—the tiki-bar must-haves are indeed that! Tequila Sunrise The now classic combination of tequila, orange juice, and grenadine was perfected in Sausalito in the 1970s. After his Tahitian friend tasted his blend of Jamaican rum, triple sec, lime juice, and orgeat syrup, he exclaimed ““Maita’i roa e!“

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PubClub

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The bartenders are kept busy with the day-and-night crows flow at Sloppy Joe’s. One fact that is not myth is that Captain Tony’s patrons, fed up with local politicians, elected their favorite bartender (Tony) mayor of Key West some years ago. Locals tend find their thrills at a few pubs away from this busy area.

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Tales of the Cocktail

JULY 27, 2023

Bartender of the Year presented by Pernod Ricard USA Christine Wiseman — Marygold’s Brasserie / Broken Shaker, Miami, FL Best U.S. The winners of this year’s Spirited Awards have made an indelible contribution to invigorating and elevating the collective cocktail community. CATEGORIES U.S. Bar Mentor presented BarSmarts Chris Patino Best U.S.

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Bartender.com

JANUARY 9, 2024

The Salty Dog’s 17 original creations are each named after a famous pirate ship, draw inspiration from classic cocktails and tropical drinks you might find at a Tiki bar and are executed with Trick Dog’s signature culinary approach.

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Imbibe Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Indulge in a banana coconut milkshake with rhum agricole and Benedictine at the 24-hour Beginner’s Diner or end the night with a tequila and aged rum Espresso Martini at supper club Lou Lou’s Jungle Room. Mothership Mothership steers away from the tiki bar trope by infusing its 1,500-square-foot space with immersive sci-fi elements.

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Im impressed every day by the knowledge and the thirst for knowledge that bartenders have across the city, he says. UnderTow is a tiki bar with tropical drinks. That free-wheeling creativity behind the stick sometimes outpaces locals appetites for adventure, Snapp says. Grey Hen takes cues from Prohibition-era Chinatown.

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VinePair

MARCH 12, 2025

If the whiskey, rum, gin, vodka, or tequila you are using is lacking in quality or flavor, the entire operation crumbles and your drink will be average at best. PATRN is a tequila brand that does things differently, based on the belief that additive-free tequila actually tastes better.

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Cocktails with Suderman

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Most of the time, when we think of a cocktail, we think of a contrasting arc of differing spirits and ingredients—the whiskey/vermouth interplay of a Manhattan, the tequila/Cointreau/lime chord of a Margarita, even just the basic spirit/bitters/sugar trio of an Old Fashioned. You can make a lot of good cocktails this way.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Profile-wise, it delivers whispers of tequila while also serving lightly fruity and floral notes. Santo Spirits Reposado Tequila While much of the skepticism surrounding celebrity tequilas is valid, Sammy Hagar and Guy Fieri’s Santo Spirits represents a well-made line that places agave (rather than additives) front and center.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Sidle up to the bar and ask for a gin Martini with a twist, and you’ll get a finely tuned take — the bartender made ours with Askur, a London dry gin with a Nordic sensibility. A savory and spiced take on a Manhattan, the drink’s fiery heat arrives from a combination of molé-infused tequila , bourbon, and ancho chili liqueur.

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Cheers

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Bar Snack in New York has a cocktail called Cannoli Pants, made with Lalo tequila, pistachio and raspberry, while Harumi Sushi in Phoenix has a Matcha Martini with pistachio butter-washed Haitian rhum, Iichiko shochu, ceremonial matcha, coconut cream and vanilla cream foam.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 11, 2023

There, in the 1990s, bartender Julio Bermejo originally made the swap from orange liqueur to agave nectar, and beverage pros and at-home bartenders have been loving the fresh take on the drink ever since. Zombie This famous tropical drink was created by an equally iconic person in the tiki cocktail movement: Donn Beach.

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