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Toast To Love With These 8 Valentine’s Day Cocktails!

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Tequila Aphrodite’s Arrow by Virgin Hotels NYC’s Everdene Head Bartender, Marlon Rowley Ingredients 1 1/2 oz. Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice Agave Syrup or Simple Syrup, to taste 2 strawberries Lemonade, to top Soda Water, to top Preparation In a shaking tin, add strawberries and muddle. Patron Silver 3/4 oz.

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Mastering Extracts and Essences With Sunken Harbor Club’s Garret Richard

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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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We Asked 17 Bartenders: What Tequila Cocktail Do You Wish People Ordered More?

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If you want to enhance it further, a dash of molé or chile bitters will give the drink even more depth and interest.” —Rob This is followed by acidity, but there’s something else: the crème de cacao sets in and you’re left with deep minerality, roasted hazelnuts, dried fruit, coffee bean, and light bitterness. Vicious Virgin #2.

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Clarification and High-Acid Stirred Drinks With Theo Ouya of Bar Contra

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I’m biased, of course, because I was head bartender at both bars. He’s left with a liquid that has the same sweetness as simple syrup and exactly mirrors the acidity of lime juice. It’s the same sweetness as simple syrup and just as sour as lemon juice in one compact, complex, perfectly clear package.

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We Asked 22 Bartenders: What’s the Most Underrated Summer Cocktail?

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My little trick that, in my opinion, always makes it even better: a little dash of Angostura bitters and making a mint simple syrup with the leftover leaves and stems! It’s a nice alternative to an Aperol Spritz , which tends to be a bit bitter. It’s simple, refreshing, and affordable. It is extra Mojito-ey.”

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Does Plucky, Plum-Based Slivovitz Stand a Chance in Modern Cocktail Culture?

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Depth and Complexity In London’s cocktail world, fruit distillates in general are “mega trendy,” according to Alex Kratena, former head bartender at Artesian and the co-founder of both Tayēr + Elementary and Muyu liqueurs. The bitters, he says, play an important role. “I Garnish with a few drops of Angostura bitters. *To

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Beverage Trends for 2024

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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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