VinePair

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Shaken apple brandy, good pomegranate grenadine, and lemon. Apple brandy can be underwhelming on its own, but in a Jack Rose it screams, um… apple! We make a pot and build a solera of spice and brandy additions each day. Winter cocktails don’t have to adhere to the rules of rich reds, big bourbons , or brandy drinks.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Nick Jackson, head bartender, The Rum House , NYC “My recommendation has to be Haku Vodka. Nik Sparks, head bartender and beverage director, The Wooly , NYC “My favorite is Ketel One Vodka because it’s so smooth and great for infusing. It’s made from the coffee fruit that is leftover from coffee production.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Depth and Complexity In London’s cocktail world, fruit distillates in general are “mega trendy,” according to Alex Kratena, former head bartender at Artesian and the co-founder of both Tayēr + Elementary and Muyu liqueurs. But those fruit spirits are primarily coming from French and U.K.

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Bar Magazine

JANUARY 2, 2024

Commenting on the success that the company achieved this year at the London Spirits Competition, Gordon said: “It is always rewarding to win any medal when competing against so many great and much bigger brands, but to win the Best Brandy at this year’s LSC event was absolutely brilliant.”

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VinePair

MAY 23, 2024

It’s aged in a mix of European and American sherry-seasoned casks and the peat is present but balanced, so I find it fun to mix with other whiskies and fruit brandies like bonded apple brandy.” Allan Camarena, head bartender, Pendry West Hollywood , Los Angeles “My favorite cocktail Scotch is the Naked Grouse from Famous Grouse.

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VinePair

JULY 16, 2024

Evan Flynn, head bartender, Death and Co. Claudia Lara manager/head bartender, Rogue Bar , Queens, N.Y. As a person incredibly fond of unaged brandy and agave spirits, the idea of an eau de vie made in Oaxaca was already enticing. Denver “ Maestro Dobel Diamante Reposado Tequila.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Rums began arriving from the New World, joining French brandies , fortified wines of Spain and Portugal, and Irish whiskeys already lining London backbars. In other words, bartenders here had a wide array of ingredients with which to craft their creations. The more elaborate the disguise, the more clientele they could attract.

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Bar Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Available year round at the highest bar in all of Venice, the weekly sessions will be led by Skylines award-winning bar manager Valentina Mircea along with Head Bartender Alan Cescon. The post Valentina Mircea, Head Bartender at Skyline Rooftop Bar, Venice appeared first on Bar Magazine.

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Chilled Magazine

MARCH 13, 2025

While I had experience bartending, I initially focused on bussing tables and running food. Then, I worked my way up the ranks to barback, bartender, head bartender, program curator, and eventually beverage director, though I will always be a bartender at heart.

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VinePair

JANUARY 28, 2025

Resting in six distinct casks sourced from every continent, it draws on a world of flavor: Three rum barrels from across the Caribbean, north and south of the Americas; sherry barrels from Europe; mizunara oak from Asia; brandy from Africa; and Aussie tawny casks from Oceania.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Published in 1930, the book was compiled by bartender Harry Craddock, who served as the head bartender at the Savoy Hotel’s American Bar in London for over a decade. At least it would then just read as a riff on a Brandy Milk Punch. Add slice of pineapple or orange, 1 cherry or strawberry. Butter pecan?

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