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We’re Recapping Chilled 100 ELEVATE 2024: The Second Golden Age of the American Cocktail with Dale DeGroff and Ted Breaux

Chilled Magazine

Alcoholic beverages date back to 13,000 BCE, when the first evidence of brewing beer was documented. was in its disco area, and the high-volume bar concept was introduced. The pair discussed the history of the American cocktail and how major U.S. events helped to shape the cocktails of today. By the 1970s, the U.S.

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Call for More Cheer for Beer

Spiritz

Beer business in India is underdeveloped by any reckoning.The millstone around beer’s neck in India is really the perception that it is similar to and an add-on to liquor. Also, having the same retail structure for beer and liquor is an issue. Beer is globally the most dominant form of alcoholic beverage.

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The Bars Of Tooting Market

BarLifeUK

The bar, and a couple of restaurants in the market, are owned by a couple, Louis and Mina, who moved to the UK from Portugal 20 years ago, and the most interesting thing about Secret Bar’s drinks offering is that all the wine and draft beer it stocks come from Portugal.

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Better Together: Why Craft Breweries Are Sharing Taprooms and Brewing Systems

VinePair

Since founding Primitive Beer in Longmont, Colo., As the couple planned to have another child, they weighed their options for continuing production of lambic-style beer. “We Primitive shares New Image’s brewing equipment, stores its barrels inside the building, and hosts a monthly pop-up for bottle sales and serving beer. “I

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Do Upscale Dives Belong in the Modern Bar Landscape?

VinePair

When you walk into Gilly’s House of Cocktails in San Diego’s North Park neighborhood, you’ll catch folks circling around one of the two billiards tables playing pool for free, likely with a beer in hand. You’ll likely notice its brightness and cleanliness. You can’t start it. Only your guests can.

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The Most Egregious Scams Pulled by Bartenders, According to Reddit

VinePair

To complete the scam, bartenders avoid ringing in draft beer or well-drink orders when customers pay in cash. Instead, the entire heap of cash gets added to the tip jar. Easy-peasy. When someone ordered a double and paid cash, he’d punch in a single and put the extra 5 in the tip jar.

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

VinePair

Excellent craft drinks, yes, but ones that were free-poured, doled out with haste, and in high volume. And so when I had summer break from college I would go to Greece and spend the whole summer “bartending,” which was opening beers and pouring some cheap tequila shots. I didn’t want to take part in any of that.

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