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We Asked 12 Bartenders: What’s the Most Underrated Whiskey Cocktail? (2024)

VinePair

Some of the worlds most iconic cocktails employ whiskey as their base liquor. But there are many other whiskey cocktails, many with historic roots, that have enjoyed a quiet revival along with the boom of craft cocktail culture. Its definitely a standout that deserves more recognition in todays cocktail culture.

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5 Useful Tips to Elevate your Bar Menu and Drinks Program

Chilled Magazine

In today’s craft cocktail culture, being forward-thinking with your drink program is important. For example, if you are a tiki bar, then you want your menu to reflect cocktails, liquors, beers, and flavors that match a tropical and Caribbean theme, i.e. rums and frozen drinks.

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We’re Recapping Chilled 100 ELEVATE 2024: The Second Golden Age of the American Cocktail with Dale DeGroff and Ted Breaux

Chilled Magazine

By 1806, the word “cocktail” appeared in print. The cocktail is very much an American invention,” Breaux said, adding that it was a cultural contribution that spread across the world — and peak cocktail culture both in the U.S. and abroad was around 1914.

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Flavour finds a way into traditional Rum

Spiritz

Innovation through flavours, premiumisation and with the rise of cocktail culture, rum is being rediscovered for its versatility and we are now seeing many bartenders experimenting to make great cocktails. However, in the early 2000s, Lalit’s family decided to step away from the liquor business entirely.

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We Ask Bar Owner Joe Lamonica the Story Behind Vuolo’s Cocktail Menu

Chilled Magazine

Next, we like to have spirits placed in a container and to pour in while still hot thus “shocking” the liquor and expediting the infusion process. Where do you see cocktail culture headed? I believe cocktail culture is headed towards more infusions and what I call “chef driven” concepts.

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Brandy and Cognac Trends for 2024

Cheers

million 9-liter cases, according the Beverage Information Group 2024 Liquor Handbook. DUss Cognac has been accelerating on-premise efforts with cocktails such as the D’Uss Spicy Sidecar. Volume consumption for the brandy and Cognac category declined 10.2% in 2023 to pre-Covid levels of 12.8

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Call for More Cheer for Beer

Spiritz

Beer business in India is underdeveloped by any reckoning.The millstone around beer’s neck in India is really the perception that it is similar to and an add-on to liquor. Also, having the same retail structure for beer and liquor is an issue. This is despite the fact that there is very little in common between liquor and beer.

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