Cheers

JANUARY 23, 2024

Jac’s On Bond in New York makes one with Grey Goose vodka, Lustau Blanco, balsamic vinegar, a pinch of salt, and garnished with skewered cherry tomatoes; Casaléna in Los Angeles has a Caprese Martini with gin, tomato, basil, vermouth and tomato celery bitters. rhubarb bitters, blood orange tincture and Fever Tree aromatic tonic.

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VinePair

JANUARY 17, 2024

By the time Booker and Dax closed in 2016, I was the head bartender, and I spent the next year at the NoMad learning to make a lot of very good drinks very quickly. Dave Arnold and Don Lee then opened Existing Conditions in 2018, and I will eternally be grateful that they saw fit to bring me on as head bartender.

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Simple Syrup Infusions Head Bartender Bartender 116

VinePair

DECEMBER 5, 2023

explicitly defining the term as a “a stimulating liquor composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters.” Even before Thomas’s tome hit shelves in 1862, the British capital was already an aspirational destination for bartenders, according to Brown. Many archivists point to an 1806 news column out of Hudson, N.Y.,

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Bartender Bartending Bar Head Bartender 98

VinePair

AUGUST 28, 2024

I’m biased, of course, because I was head bartender at both bars. We would store this spent juice in the walk-in until the end of the week, then clarify it and make lemon cordial, which was primarily used for stirred drinks, and lime cordial, to which we would add additional botanicals and bittering agents for our house Gin and Tonic.

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Bar Simple Syrup Bartender Bartending 111

VinePair

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The ability to manage the delicate interplay between spirit, sweet, sour, bitter, and dilution separates great bartenders and mixologists from amateurs. The prime example of this technical ingenuity is the Shinji’s Gin Fizz. Rather than settle or substitute, Adler turned the drink on its head.

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Liqueur Simple Syrup Gin Bartender 98

VinePair

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

You can make a delicious variation of an Old Fashioned using rum, spices, and Jamaican bitters.” Michael Nauer, beverage director, Homemakers Bar and 50/50 Gin Club , Cincinnati “The Jack Rose. It’s a classic cocktail which most consider to be the reason we have modern Gin Martinis.

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Bartender Bartending Tiki Rum 116

VinePair

JULY 16, 2024

George’s Valley Gin Empirical Spirits Doritos Nacho Cheese Banhez Destilados de Fruta BroVo Spirits Uncharted Rhapsody American Forest Liqueur Bitter Journey Bing Zhou Mijenta Cristalino Avallen Calvados “The best newly released spirit we’ve added to our bar is Empress 1908 Elderflower Rose Gin.

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Bartender Bartending Bar Gin 122

Bar Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Each of the 16 creations draws inspiration from diverse eras, countries, cultures, and customs, all concocted using house-made picklings, sherbets, bitters and infused liqueurs that transcend the ordinary. The presentation of the menu is as much a spectacle as the cocktails themselves. Take time to reflect at The K Bar.

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