VinePair

JANUARY 17, 2024

These qualities — along with the recipe for his Beachcomber Negroni, my favorite drink of the entire lifespan of Existing Conditions — are clear for all to encounter in “ Tropical Standard ,” the book on classic and modern tropical cocktail technique that he released with co-author Ben Schaeffer in 2023.

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Drinkhacker

MAY 17, 2024

He devised the cocktail to accompany shellfish, with a gin-based spirit mixed with fruits and spices. Gin and Tonic A drink so straightforward that its name almost entirely contains its full recipe, the classic gin and tonic is about as clean and refreshing as a summer cocktail can get. RS Gin and Tonic 2 oz.

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Cocktails with Suderman

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

I don’t recall exactly what was on the menu—there were probably a bunch of drinks that relied on infusions—but it was ambitious enough that I took a gamble on ordering a mixed drink. The first decision, then, is which gin to use. You don’t need a high-end, collector’s unicorn-type gin here.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

In fact, the wine list is more of a book, organized into two sections: the first half by producer, detailing the maker’s story and location with the bottles on offer; the back half is more traditional, showing off the same bottles by style and profile.

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VinePair

APRIL 12, 2024

From fresh currant-infused riffs on modern classics to spring stalwarts like the Mint Julep, check out VinePair’s list of the best bourbon cocktails for spring. There’s the gin -based Old Maid, the vodka -based Polish Maid, the tequila -led Mexican Maid, and the Irish Maid with Irish whiskey and St-Germain.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 1, 2023

After over 200 years of crafting high-end cherry-infused liqueurs, Luxardo has become synonymous with the Maraschino cherry. The process starts with the harvest of the marasca cherries, which are immediately put in an alcoholic infusion in larch wood vats along with leaves and branches from the same trees for up to three years.

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Mixologists

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

For a spicy kick, try the Chili Espresso Martini, infusing vodka with chili peppers. Create a menu or recipe book for easy reference. Use lighter spirits, such as vodka or gin, instead of rum or bourbon. Or savor the Mocha Espresso Martini, incorporating chocolate liqueur (like Godiva Chocolate Liqueur ) for a decadent twist.

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A Bar Above

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Stock photo courtesy of Smoke Top SMOKE TOP INFUSER Pair it with a smoking torch or check out one of the many smoking guns on the market if you want to go that route. Ritual has whiskey, gin, tequila, and rum alternatives to choose from, so your giftee can make a variety of cocktails sans liquor! This cocktail recipe book has both.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 13, 2023

acquired two unique Coffey stills from Scotland, and has since honored their use with a line of fine whisky, gin , and vodka. Bombay Sapphire Premier Cru Bombay Sapphire played a large role in taking London Dry gin mainstream by dialing down the juniper and amping up clean, fresh botanicals through vapor infusion.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 16, 2024

An infinite amount of work can go into crafting a high-quality cocktail, from the basics of using fresh juice and good ice to the painstaking complexities of things like house-made infusions, clarification, and force carbonation. It was at this point that I was officially ready to book a plane ticket.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Credit: Jeff Brown “I haven’t really read a cookbook or a cocktail book for a long time,” he says. “I The prime example of this technical ingenuity is the Shinji’s Gin Fizz. I don’t necessarily want to be influenced by what other people are doing. For almost every single cocktail, I want[ed] to invent a technique,” he says.

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Advanced Mixology

MAY 21, 2024

Whether it’s engraved glassware , customized shakers, or DIY infused spirits, personalized barware and accessories add a distinctive charm to any home bar. Here are some ideas for DIY personalized gifts: Homemade Infused Spirits Infused spirits are a creative and personal gift that can be customized to the recipient's taste.

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VinePair

JANUARY 9, 2024

The drink is then finished with the more prosaic store-bought Fords Gin and Campari. However, anyone may visit and sample the drinks found inside its thick book of a menu, which is firmly rooted in international classics, both old ( Martinez , Sherry Cobbler ) and new ( Penicillin , Paper Plane ).

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Bar Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Signature Cocktail highlights include the Sgroppino Affogato at Blue Bar at The Berkeley (Citron vodka, sherry and coffee, topped with lemon sorbet and prosecco), and the Cucumber Americano at Kol Mezcaleria (Cucumber, elderflower, tequila infused with Pasilla chillies). Grab your guidebook, and explore. Grab your guidebook, and explore.

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Cocktails with Suderman

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Part of what struck me about the book was its sense of gustatory passion and exuberance. Waugh himself later commented on this particular aspect of the book’s ravenous character. Early versions of the Alexander were made with gin, creme de cacao, and cream, but brandy eventually became a common substitute for the gin.

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Old Liquors Magazine

JUNE 27, 2023

Of Books and Booze Ernest Hemingway loved drinking as much as he did writing. Let me know if my books make any money and will come to Moscow and we will find somebody that drinks and drink my royalties up to end the mechanical oppression.” When you are cold and wet what else can warm you?

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VinePair

AUGUST 28, 2024

The New York-based food scientist, bartender, and technologist pioneered techniques like centrifuge clarification, force carbonation, rapid infusion, liquid nitrogen chilling, and nitro-muddling, just to name a few.

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Old Liquors Magazine

JUNE 25, 2024

British author Roald Dahl (whose parents were Norwegian) also stayed in the hotel several times as a child and was reportedly inspired by his time there to write the autobiographical book, Boy: Tales of Childhood. And if you do feel like splurging, book room 201, better known as the Alfred Bernhard Nobel Suite.

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VinePair

APRIL 22, 2024

In 2014, he published his first book, “ Baijiu: The Essential Guide to Chinese Spirits ,” and later met Bill Isler and Matthias Heger while delivering a talk on the work. When Derek Sandhaus moved to Chengdu, Sichuan’s capital city, in 2011, he fell in love with the spirit, and the raucous culture surrounding its consumption.

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PubClub

JULY 15, 2024

Desert Polynesia – A Book Preview of Palm Springs Tiki Way Out West in Waikiki – The Hawaiian Steel Guitar and other Tiki Twang California Au-Go Go with The Devil-Ettes! Tiki Oasis promotes sustainable practices with a deep commitment to conservation and positive choices that support the health of our planet.

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PubClub

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

In addition to a new zone dedicated to gins and whisky, spirits and cocktail aficionados will find delight in cocktails by homegrown bars and spirit brands, including nostalgic Cantonese-inspired libations from Kinsman, tea-infused tipples from Tell Camellia, and locally made gin by Hong Kong distillery N.I.P.

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Cocktails with Suderman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

There are no elaborate infusions or production methods. The second book from the bar chain, Cocktail Codex , was an extended argument for the idea that virtually all cocktail take one of six primary forms. It perfectly straddles the line between novelty and comfort, surprise and satisfaction, cleverness and crushability.

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Advanced Mixology

OCTOBER 6, 2023

You can also experiment with different flavors by adding flavored sugar cubes or infusing the water with Halloween-inspired ingredients like blackberries or blood orange. Absinthe's association with literature can also be seen in the numerous books and poems written about the drink. Corpse Reviver No.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Byron published The Modern Bartenders Guide, which lists the Martinez as a gin-based Manhattan riff. On page 38, Johnson provides a Martini recipe consisting of several dashes of gum syrup, Bokers Bitters , and Curaao with equal parts Old Tom gin and vermouth , and garnished with a lemon twist. He also drank gin, Wondrich writes.

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Australian Bartender

MAY 1, 2024

An equal parts combination of gin, manzanilla or fino sherry and Lillet with a couple of dashes of orange bitters, it’s essentially a martini with training wheels – lower in ABV, floral, with a lick of salinity and juicy citrus notes. It’s the perfect aperitif and makes me, for one, chortle with joy.

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VinePair

JANUARY 10, 2024

The Gin Martini When it comes to a dry Martini, it’s difficult to think of one more classic than the Gin Martini. both call for gin and a hit of dry vermouth. The best aspect of the Gin Martini is its customizable nature: For an even drier build, reduce (or even nix) the vermouth you’re pouring in your mixing glass.

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Australian Bartender

MARCH 17, 2024

Harry Craddock included the Silver Stallion Fizz in the ‘Savoy Cocktail Book’. Add a shot of gin to each glass and scoop the granita on top. William Schmidt’s ‘The Flowing Bowl’, which was published in 1892, included quite a few ice cream cocktails, including the brandy and rum-laced Glorious Fourth. Take out and gently flake up.

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VinePair

APRIL 16, 2024

Craddock compiled the legendary “Savoy Cocktail Book,” published in 1930, containing hundreds of recipes. Four common ingredients (gin, Lillet or Cocchi Americano , Cointreau , and lemon juice), all in equal proportions, seasoned with a spritz of absinthe, adding up to that three-ounce magic number. He quickly hit a roadblock. “I

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VinePair

DECEMBER 5, 2023

A 160-Year Heritage “Only after working in London was Jerry Thomas inspired to write ‘The Bartender’s Guide,’ the first book to contain cocktail recipes,” explains Jared Brown, cocktail historian and master distiller at Sipsmith Gin. “He He included many recipes he discovered while here.”

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Barina Craft

MARCH 28, 2023

Some mixologists suggest that the French 75 was first made with brandy, not gin, which would certainly be more in line with the tastes of the French. 3 His recipe called for Gordon water (London dry gin), lemon juice, powdered sugar and cracked ice in a tall glass topped with champagne. 1 See recipe below. 2 1927 - Judge Jr.

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Chilled Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2025

When it comes to spirits, there are few as divisive as gin. Countless London dry, artisanal, and other types of gin rely simply on flavors like juniper, angelica root, orris, lemon peel, and more classic herbs, fruits, and botanicals. But there are also many flavored gins worth your time. Keep scrolling to see them all.

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The Cocktail Lovers

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

We’ve teamed up with our friends at Cider Mill Press to delve through their extensive catalogue of cocktail books and suggest Christmas gifts that are as useful as they are beautiful. Along with giving reasons for our selection we also mix up a couple of cocktails (Pink Gin and Boulevardier) taken from the recipes in two of our book choices.

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Imbibe Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

8-pack Books Spirited Women: Makers, Shakers, and Trailblazers in the World of Cocktails Through stories, recipes, and illustrations, writer Sammi Katz and illustrator Olivia McGiff profile 55 groundbreaking women of the drinks world. Her new book offers family stories, historical notes on African brewing, and more than 80 recipes.

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Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 5, 2025

She found them by the hundreds, and the research led to her own book, The Cocktail Parlor , released in 2024. So when I first started really trying to immerse myself in cocktails, I did what any good researcher does and started looking for the books. I collected books dating back 200 years. This was about 10 or 12 years ago.

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The Cocktail Lovers

MARCH 6, 2025

Listen to our brand new episode on your favourite podcast channel or direct right here… We follow up with an incredible book which we urge everyone to add to their cocktail libraries, it’s the amazing ‘The Cocktail Parlour – How Women Brought The Cocktail Home’ by Nicola Nice. Shake without ice.

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Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Ideal for a fireside Valentines Day date, guests can sip vibrant cocktails like the Pink Drink (Averill Damson gin, yuzu dry curaao, Fontbonne 1874, Swedish punch, strawberry) or the Naked & Leos Famous (lemongrass-infused mezcal, Aperol, Chinola mango, Strega, lemon) , paired with Mediterranean-inspired bites from acclaimed Chef Ed Cotton.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Clarification, infusion, carbonation, and batching for speed of service are all within the purview of bartender and prep lead Tone Arasa, who was kind enough to let me in for a peek behind the curtain on a chilly Bay Area morning. San Francisco bar True Laurel taps into all of the aforementioned bells and whistles.

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