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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

The distillation of medicinal liqueurs, emergence of punch and bitters, and commercialization of vermouth followed from 1500 CE to 1796 CE. was in its disco area, and the high-volume bar concept was introduced. By 1806, the word “cocktail” appeared in print. and abroad was around 1914. By the 1970s, the U.S.

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Master Mixology: Advanced Techniques & Pro Secrets for Bartender Mastery

Mixologists

Advanced flavor profiling involves understanding the intricate interplay of sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and umami elements, creating balanced and harmonious cocktails. Speed, efficiency, and organization are crucial for handling high-volume situations without compromising quality. Techniques like spherification (e.g.,

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We Asked 10 Bartenders: What’s the Hardest Cocktail to Master?

VinePair

What should be an easy equal-parts build with the addition of some Benedictine and bitters proves to be a little more delicate of a balance to strike. Now, factor in the gin or vodka you’re using, where you’re getting your olive brine from — a legitimate question I’ve been asked — [and] whether or not you’re using orange bitters, etc.

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At Modern Cocktail Bars, It’s Every Drink, Everywhere, All at Once. Is That Such a Bad Thing?

VinePair

And also people are realizing that at those high-end cocktail bars, those cocktails are very, very expensive and the margins are very tight. You need an element that is high-volume. It’s like, how can we provide a concept — two concepts that are great — and one is like a showroom and the other one is potentially high-volume.”

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Storm Evans is now the Head of Service at MUCHO

Australian Bartender

This was where I really learnt how to move and shake in high-volume cocktail bars. Q: A wise man in the industry once told me, ‘get yourself a hobby outside the bartending world unless you want to talk about bitters all day’. To this day, I have no idea what he saw in me, but thank God he did.

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Building Faster Rounds — and Better Drinks — With Attaboy’s Haley Traub

VinePair

Many bars and restaurants are attempting to do ‘high volume’ without any of the training, systems, infrastructure etc. The first ingredients added are miniscule — things like dashes or drops of bitters — or solid ingredients like mint leaves, berries, or sugar cubes. needed to accomplish said goal.”

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On the Menu: Valerie, Madame George, and Lolita

Imbibe Magazine

Starting with 15 gins, Valerie now stocks north of 100 that make their way into house Gin & Tonics , bottled freezer door Martinis , and seasonal originals like Lulu’s Back in Town (Sipsmith overproof gin, Condesa prickly pear and orange blossom gin, Suze, poblano, lime cordial, pimento bitters).

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