VinePair

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Thankfully, it’s truly a great time to be a bourbon drinker, and the selection at your local bottle shop likely reflects this growing demand. Whether you’re making a spirit-forward Old Fashioned that calls for a high-proof whiskey or you want a lighter, fruitier style for your highball, there’s a bottle below that will complement any mood.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The service lives up to its three Michelin star ranking, the room itself is iconic, and the backbar is chock-full of unicorn bottles. That ignited the curiosity of then head bartender and current Clemente bar manager Richie Millwater, who was so inspired by the ingredient that he started using it in all sorts of R and D projects.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Sometimes, choosing to spend a modest amount on a more affordable bottle after years of passing it by can lead to finding a brand-new favorite. Bartenders are familiar with this concept. s Cyrus Noble bourbon is [made from] a traditional mash bill, aged five to six years, and bottled at 45 percent ABV.

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Cheers

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

We carry Old Duff Genever, and it’s a fun bottle to grab if you want to turn some classic gin cocktails on their heads.” Gins play well with fresh herbs, fruits and produce so they’re a natural choice as a base for more refreshing, citrus-forward cocktails such as highballs, smashes and sours, says All Saints’ Weller.

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The Bartender Company

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Some of the most popular feature two measurement options, allowing the head bartender to craft perfect drinks. These openers can also be used in a pinch for other drinks; to slit boxes open, cut foil seals around bottlenecks, and open beer bottles. Jiggers come in a variety of shapes and sizes.

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VinePair

MAY 23, 2024

However, choosing a bottle to complement your next nightcap while also being kind to your wallet can prove to be a complicated task. Thankfully, 25 bartenders from around the world have come to the rescue. Though it is not the cheapest, it creates exotic and complex sours, highballs, and Negronis.”

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VinePair

JUNE 25, 2024

Whatever the reason, they compel the imbiber to reach for a singular bottle to match the moment’s zeitgeist. If you visit their distillery, you can volunteer to help hand-dip the bottles in their iconic wax tops. Patrick Gibson, bartender, Jack Rose Dining Saloon , Washington, D.C. It’s kind of my platonic ideal of a bourbon.

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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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Cheers

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Inventive cocktails incorporating the flavor already abound, such as the Cherry Pistachio Old Fashioned at The Scarlett Knife in Latham, NY, made with New Riff bottled-in-bond bourbon, pistachio syrup and Marie Brizard Cherry Jolie syrup. No wonder every top international craft cocktail bar seems to have dedicated most of their menus to it.

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