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.” Queen in Miami’s Negroni riff Idol’s Eye, with N3 gin, Campari infused with strawberries and plum wine. He’s also a fan of genever, “the super-malty, Holland-based precursor to gin.

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VinePair

JANUARY 25, 2024

But taking a cue from my “suitcase bottle” habit of transporting back home favorite bottles of amaro from Italy, I was able to secure two bottles of Pronto! While some Trader Joe’s do sell spirits, in addition to branded private-label bottles of tequila, vodka, and whiskey, Pronto!

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

With Rose Mary’s Croatian-Italian focus, that house-made infusion fits perfectly alongside imported bottles of slivovitz and plenty of customers who love it. But what do you do when life sends you plums? But according to the restaurant’s beverage director, Kyle Davidson, that might be a very different story somewhere else.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

I sat down with beverage director Jonathan Adler and head bartender Danny Reylock to find out what’s possible with an armory of high-tech tools like chamber vacuums, sonicators, liquid nitrogen, and a full-time pastry chef handling prep. Rather than settle or substitute, Adler turned the drink on its head.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Their guidance included distinctive yet approachable mezcals for newbies, a few smoke bombs for the adventurous, and plenty of bottles in between that will make your Margarita shine. The label designs are works of art, so also it’s a good-looking bottle to have on your back bar.” One brand that is a great example of this is Borroso.

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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

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. I’m biased, of course, because I was head bartender at both bars.

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The Bartender Company

JANUARY 16, 2024

These can include infusion (soaking the botanicals in water or a non-alcoholic liquid), maceration (a similar process to infusion but often using a gentle heat source to aid extraction), or distillation. Bottling: The final non-alcoholic spirit is then filtered, if necessary, and bottled.

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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

JANUARY 23, 2024

The range of use is great — from sweet, creamy cheese foam garnishing a cocktail to hard cheese grated on top or even infused within spirits,” the report says. For example, Kimpton Shinjuku Tokyo is offering a Martini that features vodka infused with Japanese salmon jerky. ABV brew from Oskar Blues , maker of Dale’s Pal Ale.

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VinePair

JULY 31, 2024

Wiseman infuses agave with mustard seeds, adds in mezcal to emulate the smokiness from a grill, and a few drops of vinegar to provide acidity, and says that Lustau Vermut provides a touch of saltiness and umami. Hot dogs and non-beer alcoholic pairings are just salt, fat, acid, and sugar working together in perfect harmony.”

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VinePair

JULY 16, 2024

Whether it’s a new expression from an old, trusted brand or a label you’ve never heard of, you’re likely going to encounter something that recently rolled out every time you visit your local bottle shop. With each new bottle that emerges, the question must be asked: “Why should I buy it?” Evan Flynn, head bartender, Death and Co.

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Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 12, 2025

Bartenders incorporate herbal infusions or housemade mignonettes, opt for gin or vodka bases, and experiment with proportions. He infuses Axta dry vermouth with charred onion and rosemary to create distinctive, herbaceous flavors. Boil until the salt dissolves, then cool and strain into a bottle. 2 1/2 oz.

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VinePair

JANUARY 28, 2025

Given there are so many options to consider, theres bound to be more than a few excellent bottles that fly under the radar. These bottles could be a new label with a tiny marketing budget, an underhyped special release, or even a longstanding product that doesnt get as much love as it should.

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

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). It just soars.

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Cheers

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

For instance, Gin & Juice, the RTD line of ready-to-drink cocktails from Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, are available Chicago-based Puttshack , a tech-infused mini-golf concept, and the movie house chain AMC Theatres. Menus across the country are infusing their drinks with functional mushrooms. Pittsburgh restaurant Scratch & Co.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Releases with names like Easy Tiger, infused with Douglas fir; Fallen Pony, produced from quince tea kombucha; and Charlene McGee, smoked on juniper wood and rested in sherry casks. Like all Empirical releases it was packaged in a simple clear bottle with a small, printed-out, all-text sticker label. It sold out in 45 minutes online.)

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