Chilled Magazine

MARCH 18, 2025

Eric Van Beeks journey from bartender to global mixology icon is a story of creativity and bold moves. From winning the Bacardi Legacy Global title to creating the Bartenders Handshake, his career continues to push the boundaries of cocktail culture.

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VinePair

MARCH 18, 2025

Were still living in a vodka world. While tequilas rise in popularity grabs headlines and drives conversations, vodka remained the top-selling spirit in the U.S. Vodka provides the backbone for several popular mixed drinks like the Moscow Mule , the Vodka Martini , and the Cosmopolitan , so its an essential tool for the bar.

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Chilled Magazine

JANUARY 3, 2025

partnered with the Chilled 100 Bartenders to craft innovative cocktails showcasing @TenToOneRum. By swapping out the traditional vodka for the vibrant Ten to One Rum, this reimagined mule offers a burst of fruit and spice that captures the essence of the season. @Pronghorn.co Green Crme de Menthe oz.

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Chilled Magazine

JUNE 17, 2024

Discover the artistry behind the perfect vodka cocktail with the Chilled 100 Bartenders as they craft unique and exquisite creations using Chopin Vodka. Renowned for its exceptional quality and smooth taste, Chopin serves as the ideal canvas for our talented bartenders. “Sweet and Spice and everything nice!”

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PUNCH

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Experts share the best vodka brands for the Martini, at every price point, from Luksusowa to Belvedere and more.

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Chilled Magazine

AUGUST 28, 2024

Discover the artistry behind the perfect vodka cocktail with the Chilled 100 Bartenders as they craft unique and exquisite creations using Chopin Vodka. Renowned for its exceptional quality and smooth taste, Chopin serves as the ideal canvas for our talented bartenders. Chopin Potato Vodka 2 oz. Prosecco ½ oz.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 1, 2024

In the immortal words of James Bond, “Vodka Martini, shaken not stirred.” However, what those movie clips don’t show is the bartender’s eye roll when preparing the drink. We tapped 12 bartenders to find out. Is it ever OK to ask For a Martini shaken, according to bartenders: “It depends on the Martini.

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Imbibe Magazine

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Decades after New York City kickstarted the cocktail renaissance, its home state finally gets a weeklong event for bartenders and cocktail enthusiasts. A panel of esteemed journalists will evaluate and award short essays by bartenders, barbacks, and bar owners for their inspirational power.

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Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

These are the workhorses, the reliable voices in the bartender’s orchestra, always ready to harmonize with bitters, liqueurs, and fresh ingredients. This is just a snapshot of the spirits that keep bartenders around the world stocked and inspired. So, what bottles reign supreme on top shelves across the country?

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Chilled Magazine

AUGUST 7, 2024

In cocktail bars, bartenders are creating their own spin on classic cocktails. To fight the monotony and repetition of making drinks the same way year after year, bartenders are designing drinks using seasonal ingredients and flavors and adding their own personal twists to them. They want to keep them fresh and exciting.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Every professional bartender has a few bottles they don’t like. With that in mind, we asked 10 bartenders to name the bottles they wish would go away for good. For home bartenders], using the same mix in a Margarita , Whiskey Sour , and Tom Collins will result in subpar drinks that taste overwhelmingly similar.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

When this craving hits out at a bar, it might be tempting to ask the bartender for an “extra strong” drink. However, these requests tend to be vague, so bartenders are left not knowing what exactly the consumer wants. Either way, try to resist the urge to throw a vague “make it strong” request at a bartender.

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Chilled Magazine

JUNE 27, 2024

At Deep Eddy Vodka, the belief is that you can be serious about your craft without taking it too seriously. In the spirit of the craft, Deep Eddy Vodka celebrates cocktails that are equal parts delicious, innovative, and fun. The brand invited bartenders to create an original cocktail recipe featuring Deep Eddy Vodka.

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VinePair

APRIL 7, 2025

A simple, two-ingredient drink has captivated bartenders stateside. for decades, more bartenders are looking to capture the artisan nature of the traditional Japanese preparation from the frosted glass to the hand-carved ice in new versions of the drink. And while highballs as a broad category have been popular in the U.S.

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VinePair

APRIL 15, 2025

Left Side: Field Notes at Crane Club, Credit: Ashley Sears / Right Side: Strawberry Social at Lady Jane, Credit Connor Stehr Finding a Function Though shock value can be part of the experience, bartenders are using this style of garnishing to introduce thoughtful touches that add to the cocktails overall flavor profile or concept.

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VinePair

MARCH 11, 2025

An excellent bartender possesses a distinct set of skills. A guest may remember a bartender who does all of these things long after the memory of their drinks has faded. A guest may remember a bartender who does all of these things long after the memory of their drinks has faded. They build drinks with meticulous precision.

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Imbibe Magazine

JANUARY 8, 2025

The refreshing vodka cocktail She’ll Come, She’ll Go pairs bittersweet grapefruit liqueur and tart lime with the floral notes of the ros sake. The bartenders lead the guests on a personalized journey through the bar’s menu with up to four cocktails tailored around their preferences.

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Imbibe Magazine

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Cafe Martini Give the trendy Espresso Martini more dimension and kick by swapping the vodka for a reposado tequila. Matriarch Martini For her Speed Rack–winning Espresso Martini recipe, bartender Haley Traub found inspiration from her mom’s Black Forest trifle dessert.

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Chilled Magazine

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

This fall, El Mayor Tequila invited nine Chilled 100 bartenders, a distinguished group of mixologists from across the United States, to craft an exclusive collection of fall-inspired cocktails. Tequila , Vodka Second Son by Zander Akilu - Denver, CO / @Zanthebarman Ingredients 1 ½ oz. Chili Vodka 1 oz. matcha coconut* ¼ oz.

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Imbibe Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Those old-fashioned iterations inspire cooks and bartenders to reinterpret the recipe with globetrotting ingredients and untraditional formats. Tiramisu’s journey from fringe to mainstream helps explain why many cooks and bartenders are able to make the dish their own, regardless of their connections to Italian or Italian American culture.

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Chilled Magazine

MARCH 3, 2024

Although I bartended for several years, the spirits business was not in my career plans. What would you like today’s bartenders to know about the spirit? Bartenders are embracing strong flavors nowadays—tell us how Absinthe fits in? When we first reintroduced genuine absinthe in 2007, it was largely a vodka world.

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PUNCH

JANUARY 16, 2024

Stole Blueberry vodka is the latest bartender's handshake, beloved by modern cocktail circles embracing a “drink what you want” approach.

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Imbibe Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2025

Although this fundraising initiative for Habitat goes through March, at the restaurant’s Tuesday kickoff event, funds raised will directly benefit a Mirate bartender whose house burned down in the Eaton fire. Photo courtesy of Mirate You offer an expansive selection of Mexican spirits, not just agave, but also rum and vodka.

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Chilled Magazine

MAY 1, 2024

We recognize this truth, understanding that bartenders do the same when crafting their specialty cocktails. The good folks at Deep Eddy Vodka are challenging every bartender – from the neighborhood pub to the trendy cocktail bar – to counter the seriousness and bring FUN back to the cocktail experience.

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Chilled Magazine

JULY 2, 2024

Additional Notes * Recommended: Fever-Tree Ginger Beer Rum , Tequila Charro-Cereza by Bartender Saeed “Hawk” House Ingredients.5 Mezcal , Rum Papa-Legba by Bartender Saeed “Hawk” House Ingredients.75 Rum , Sparkling Wine Bubly Blitz by Bartender Tiffanie Barriere Ingredients 2 oz. Sorel 1 oz. Blanco Tequila.25 Sorel 3/4 oz.

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Chilled Magazine

MARCH 7, 2025

With its dreamy, floral aroma, lavender plays well with everything, from gin and vodka to tequila and whiskey. Bartenders love using lavender in all kinds of waysthink lavender syrups, infused spirits, aromatic mists, and even as a pretty purple garnish. Its like that effortlessly cool friend who gets along with everyone.

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PUNCH

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

This is the best top-shelf liquor, according to bartenders. Here are their picks for high-end tequila, mezcal, gin, whiskey and vodka.

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Chilled Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2024

The Deep Eddy Vodka Craft the Fun Cocktail Challenge is underway with semifinalists chosen to compete for a spot in the finals. Deep Eddy Vodka encourages combining quality craftsmanship with enjoyment, emphasizing that no amount of technique will make a cocktail delicious without a sense of fun. Good luck, bartenders!

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Vodka can be a bar’s workhorse spirit. It provides the backbone for some of the scene’s most popular drinks, from the trendy Espresso Martini to the humble Vodka Soda. Although vodka is a neutral-grain spirit, different brands can carry distinct yet nuanced characteristics that make them unique.

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Chilled Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Founder Varun Jain and his team are currently expanding the Smoke Lab portfolio with uniquely Indian flavored vodkas. Our objective behind the SMOKE LAB flavor range was to introduce authentic Indian flavor vodka expressions to consumers around the world. SMOKE LAB Aniseed Vodka, 37.5% SMOKE LAB Aniseed Vodka, 37.5%

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Chilled Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2024

“I wanted to compete in the Craft the Fun Cocktail Challenge with Deep Eddy Vodka because I love the idea of a competition being focused on fun. Bartending is all about the customers and the environment you both create. Bartending is all about the customers and the environment you both create. Good luck, bartenders!

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Chilled Magazine

JUNE 25, 2024

Bartenders are discovering a wide range of cocktails that benefit from its rich, creamy coconut flavor. “It Gin , Liqueur Coconut Collins by Bartender Erin Rea Ingredients 2 oz. Rum , Vodka White Coconut Martini Ingredients 1 ¼ oz. Vanilla Vodka ¾ oz. Vanilla Vodka ¾ oz. Waterloo No. 9 Gin ¾ oz. lemon juice ¾ oz.

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Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

And for the chocolate lovers, Lovers Lane delivers pure decadence with vodka, chocolate liqueur, and fresh raspberries because whats Valentines Day without a little indulgence? Photo by Virgin Hotels NYC Tequila Aphrodites Arrow by Everdene Head Bartender, Marlon Rowley Ingredients 1 oz. Stoli Razberi Vodka oz. Chambord 1 oz.

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Chilled Magazine

JUNE 5, 2024

Photo by Emily Dorio Gin , Vodka , White Wine Vesper Ingredients 1 oz. Ketel One Vodka 0.5 Additional Notes Note from the bartender: In order to batch it for our bar program, we add an ounce of Seedlip Grove to our recipe for each cocktail to pre-dilute it and give it a bit more of a citrusy flavor note.

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Chilled Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Deep Eddy Vodka and Chilled Media wish to thank all the participating bartenders. A total of five bartenders, one from each of the regional competitions, are chosen to compete as finalists in Austin, and receive $1,000 each as a prize. Good luck, bartenders! Congratulations Jennifer!! Good luck in Austin!

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Chilled Magazine

AUGUST 26, 2024

Deep Eddy Vodka and Chilled Media wish to thank all the participating bartenders. A total of five bartenders, one from each of the regional competitions, are chosen to compete as finalists in Austin, and receive $1,000 each as a prize. Good luck, bartenders! ” Congratulations, Makenzie!! Good luck in Austin!

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Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 25, 2024

But whether due to pure nostalgia or the fact that bartenders are a group that tend to love a challenge, the Lychee Martini is back and—at the risk of cliché—it’s better than ever. vodka 1 oz. vodka 3/4 oz. It just took off—it’s like 90 percent of sales on the drink menu.” lychee liqueur 1 oz. Nigori sake 1/4 oz.

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