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These Bartenders Are Redefining the Classic Japanese Highball

VinePair

Traditionally made with Suntory Toki Whisky and soda water, the classic Japanese highball first took off in Japan in the 1950s and can now be found just about everywhere in the country, from renowned cocktail bars to vending machines. And while highballs as a broad category have been popular in the U.S.

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Brandy and Cognac Trends for 2024

Cheers

What goes up must come down, and thats been the case with the brandy and Cognac category. Volume consumption for the brandy and Cognac category declined 10.2% Just one of the leading brands, Sazeracs Paul Masson brandy, posted growth in 2023, and that was a scant 0.3% in 2023 to pre-Covid levels of 12.8

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Inside Junebug: New Orleans’ Bold New Bar, Kitchen & Vinyl-Fueled Vibe

Chilled Magazine

Signature cocktails include Move the Crowd: a savory Whiskey Highball alternative made with Etter Pear Brandy, Iwai Mars Whiskey, and House Preserved Meyer Lemon Soda Dry Spell: a Negroni featuring soft plum and wine made with Yebiga Bela Plum Brandy, Picon Vasco, Dolin Blanc Vermouth, Lemon and Orange Oil Kiss Me Now!:

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In the Limelight: Apple

Chilled Magazine

The Big Apple, as the city is ironically nicknamed, is seeing a renaissance of classic cocktails like whiskey sours, martinis, and highballs. Other NYC spots have also added creative drinks spotlighting the apple to their menu, like Foxtail’s Honey Baked Apples, Lindens Apple Shiso Highball, and Altair’s Roasted Apples. Lemon Juice.5

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All the Ways to “& Tonic”

PUNCH

Bartenders recommend five spirits, from Meletti amaro to mango brandy, for easy, two-ingredient highball cocktails this spring and summer.

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Celebrate The Season With These Holiday Cocktails!

Chilled Magazine

Photo by Las Californias Gin Gin , Liqueur Figueroa Street Highball Ingredients 1 ½ oz. Photo by Las Californias Gin Absinthe , Brandy , Gin A Manzanita A Day Ingredients 1 ½ oz. Pear Brandy 1 oz. Add potato to a container with 2 cups of Las Californias Citrico, shake and seal, and let rest for five days. Fine strain and bottle.

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Our Limelight Ingredient is the Cucumber

Chilled Magazine

Brandy , Liqueur Monet’s Impression by Bar Bastion - 610 Lexington Ave, New York, NY Ingredients 1 ½ oz. Strain into the collins slim highball glass. Strain into highball glass filled with ice, top with soda water. Garnish with cucumber slices. Calvados ½ Bar spoon Matcha Powder ¼ oz. Ginger Syrup ½ oz. Cucumber Juice ½ oz.

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