VinePair

JANUARY 25, 2024

When I lived in Seattle, the Trader Joe’s around the corner from my apartment carried beer and wine but my local Brooklyn Trader Joe’s can only sell beer (the popular Trader Joe’s wine store in Union Square opened in 2006 and was the only one in New York State, but unexpectedly closed in August 2022).

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VinePair

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Tim Sweeney, head bartender/partner, Pebble Bar , NYC “With a price tag of around $30, Buffalo Trace is a great bang-for-your-buck bourbon. It’s great neat, stirred, served with a beer on the side, mixed, or straight out the bottle. It’s always flavorful, with a slight vanilla note to start and a heavy spice finish.

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The Bartender Company

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Some of the most popular feature two measurement options, allowing the head bartender to craft perfect drinks. These openers can also be used in a pinch for other drinks; to slit boxes open, cut foil seals around bottlenecks, and open beer bottles. Jiggers come in a variety of shapes and sizes.

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Bar Magazine

JANUARY 2, 2024

The Ambassadors selected are different personalities ranging from Masters of Wine, Master Sommeliers, Head Bartenders, Mixologisits, Instagramers, YouTubers and Writers. To enter the London Wine Competition click here, for London Spirits Competition click here, and for the London Beer Competition click here.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Your local dive with beer-stained pool tables and neon signs touting budget macro beers can likely whip up a basic Old Fashioned at a reduced price, but capacity does not equal quality. We’re very transparent with our guests,” explains Service Bar’s head bartender and partner Christine Kim. “If

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VinePair

AUGUST 5, 2024

—Kelvin Uffre, former bartender + strategic market manager for Lalo Tequila , NYC “When I was working at Bar Pendry , someone ordered a double Martini, which is an insane amount of booze. None of the glasses we had at the bar were large enough, [so I thought] maybe a wine or beer glass could hold 6 ounces of Martini.

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VinePair

JULY 31, 2024

And while our collective association of a hot dog and a cold beer at a sunny summer baseball game is particular to the U.S., Hot dogs and non-beer alcoholic pairings are just salt, fat, acid, and sugar working together in perfect harmony.” School is out of session and it’s not dark until 10 p.m. and life is good.

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Cheers

JANUARY 23, 2024

Vincent Bolognini, head bartender at Due West in New York, also predicts a rise in using teas in cocktails, from a traditional black or green tea to different leaves, herbs or spices. They bring a beautiful depth to any drink and a lovely bitter note that makes you want to take another sip.” Memphis, TN-based Wiseacre Brewing Co.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 5, 2023

When cocktails lost to wine and craft beers in the 1980s, London hotel and restaurant bars remained entrenched in tradition.” There, head bartender Ryan Chetiyawardana helped normalize the concept of a cocktail lab. “The drinking class in the U.K.

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VinePair

MAY 13, 2024

That was a drink strictly reserved for one of the neighborhood’s numerous dank, sticky-floored dive bars, where drink expectations beyond a beer and a shot were low and the quality of the Vodka Soda even lower. You went to places like Please Don’t Tell , Amor y Amargo , or Death & Co. But it was like any disaster.

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Bartender.com

JANUARY 9, 2024

We celebrated my dad’s birthday every year at Trader Vic’s and I developed an even deeper personal affinity for tropical-style drinks during my time as the head bartender at The Polynesian.

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VinePair

JANUARY 15, 2025

At Brooklyns Bitter Monk head bartender Ryan Garrison garnishes his Fauna & Flora Martini with a side glass of air-fried tarragon leaves. David Muhs, co-owner and head bartender at Monkey Thief in midtown Manhattan, agrees. Katie Niebling, head bartender at Oregons Tu Tu Tun Lodge , likes to deploy it as well.

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VinePair

MARCH 31, 2025

Its easy to pass over unless you know about it, says Nick Madden, head bartender at San Francisco whiskey bar Elixir , who regularly recommends Old Potrero to guests. Maytag showed a similar prescience with Old Potrero, betting that consumers would respond as positively to craft whiskey as they did to craft beer.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Edward Hardebeck, head bartender, Corima , NYC The trendiest shot right now, in my opinion, would be the Green Tea shot. The soju bomb, or poktanju in Korean, involves dropping a shot of soju into a short pour of beer.” With a little citrus and egg white, it turns into a decadent and cloud-like aperitif or digestive treat.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

We expanded the buzz-free section of our menu to include non-alcoholic wines, beers, and other zero-proof options, Natoli says. Bar Belly New York City Credit: Bar Belly Id say this January felt more damp than completely dry, says Genesis Cruz, head bartender of Bar Belly on New Yorks Lower East Side. The Oakland Ferndale, Mich.

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VinePair

MAY 12, 2025

The Cosmic Debris is easily one of our most famous cocktails, people specifically come in for this Fruity Pebbles drink because they saw it online, says Little Rascal Greenpoints head bartender Keith Larry. Theres even an entire arms race taking place in the beer industry to reinvigorate interest via nostalgia lager.

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VinePair

APRIL 28, 2025

Sam Park, head bartender, LOpossum , Richmond, Va. Brian Miller, head bartender, Stockton Inn , Stockton, N.J. I swear, no matter where you go, if theres cheap beer, that song’s coming on. Nobian Henan, bartender, Happy Accidents , Albuquerque, N.M. Let’s expand our musical repositories, please.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Published in 1930, the book was compiled by bartender Harry Craddock, who served as the head bartender at the Savoy Hotel’s American Bar in London for over a decade. Cocktail Ingredients 1 glass Scotch whisky 1 glass beer as a chaser Most of us are familiar with boilermakers, a cold beer served alongside a shot of whiskey.

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Moody Mixologist

MARCH 19, 2025

This bar is perhaps best known for one of its legendary bartenders, Harry Craddock, who wrote The Savoy Cocktail Book in 1929. Ada Coleman invented the Hanky Panky sometime between 1903 and 1926 when she was the head bartender at the American Bar. It's said that she created the drink for an actor, Charles Hawtrey.

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