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We Asked 10 Bartenders: Which Bottle Should Disappear From Back Bars and Bar Carts Forever? (2024)

VinePair

Every professional bartender has a few bottles they don’t like. But there’s usually one bottle that functions as something of a nemesis, and seeing it on a trusted establishment’s back bar or a good friend’s bar cart is enough to burrow under their skin — and heaven help the well-meaning soul who presents it as a gift.

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We Asked 21 Bartenders: What’s the Best Vodka for Mixing Cocktails?

VinePair

Were still living in a vodka world. While tequilas rise in popularity grabs headlines and drives conversations, vodka remained the top-selling spirit in the U.S. The data may make the whiskey snob in your life roll their eyes, but it makes sense from a cocktail perspective. Which vodkas do they consider best for mixing drinks?

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Bartenders’ Favorites: 12 Most Used Spirits Behind the Bar

Chilled Magazine

Craft cocktails may be the stars of the show, but every well-made drink rests on a foundation of essential spirits. So, what bottles reign supreme on top shelves across the country? Each bottle offers a unique flavor profile and plays a key role in crafting the delicious and diverse cocktails we all enjoy.

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From Shaken to Smitten: 22 Valentine’s Day Cocktails to Try

Chilled Magazine

Valentines Day is all about love, and what better way to toast to romance than with a beautifully crafted cocktail? And for the chocolate lovers, Lovers Lane delivers pure decadence with vodka, chocolate liqueur, and fresh raspberries because whats Valentines Day without a little indulgence? Stoli Razberi Vodka oz.

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Is Craft Vodka Ready for Its Moment?

VinePair

About 15 years ago, the nascent craft spirits industry was awash in vodka. Often, distillers were just bottling bulk grain neutral spirit (GNS). A few distillers did make vodka from whole ingredients, including West Virginia’s Smooth Ambler , which used the same mash bill as its wheated bourbon. “We

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Whiskey Around the World: Irish Whiskey

Chilled Magazine

Whiskey is a key engine of this growth thanks to craft cocktail culture’s impact on the world’s bar scene and the surge in popularity of spirits from regions like Japan and Ireland, which many connoisseurs are only now discovering for the first time.

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Flavor Manipulation Course Series: Cocktail Bitters, Infusions, & Simple Syrups

A Bar Above

From understanding the basics to exploring more diverse sweeteners, this course helps you enhance your cocktail creations and overall cocktail mixology skills in the simplest of ways, so to speak. Explore creative flavor combinations, timing, advanced techniques, and the use of complex ingredients.