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We Ask Nikki McCutcheon, Beverage Director, What’s in a (Cocktail) Name?

Chilled Magazine

Over the next four years, I mastered the art of inventory, bar management, cocktail development, and wine list curation. Although familiar, they are eye-catching and evoke the freshness and approachability coupled with the elegance of NYC’s cocktail culture.

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From the Alabama Slammer to the White Russian: Were Any Good Cocktails Created in the ’70s?

VinePair

Cheap, industrial-grade spirits and bottled mixes had cemented themselves as standard inventory, which Maloney says explains the maligned lower quality of ingredients and sweet-leaning ratios that tend to define the majority of drinks from the era. The view from behind the stick looked a little less glam.

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The State of American Whiskey in 2024

Cheers

But cocktail culture isn’t going anywhere. Short-term we have road bumps coming off of Covid with excess inventory in stores. Short-term we have road bumps coming off of Covid with excess inventory in stores. “You have also got to be careful when proclaiming current negative things permanent,” he adds. whiskey industry?

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Why Hire Professional Napa Valley Bartenders?

Today's Bartender

In San Francisco bartending, where the cocktail culture is quite diverse, these mixing skills are necessary. Apart from this, the licensed bartenders should be able to keep an inventory of bar supplies such as liquor and the available liquor cocktails.

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Brandy and Cognac Trends for 2024

Cheers

We have a pretty tight backbar space, so we need to be somewhat tight on inventory. Brandy isn’t flying off the shelf via individual pours, but guests are enjoying plenty of it through cocktails, says Charles Joly, beverage director of The Riff Raff Room in New York.

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