2024

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Nobody Asked for Evil Malört

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With Evil Malört, one bartender is making the polarizing, Chicago-born liqueur worse with ingredients like cuttlefish ink and peppers.

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Upgrade Your Home Bar with New White Kitchen Tools, a Black Barware Set, & More!

A Bar Above

Copyright A Bar Above Table of Contents : Black 14-piece stainless steel cocktail set Cocktail to make Mixing glasses with new designs Black pour spouts White channel knife White citrus zester Ready to give your bar a fresh upgrade? Or are you looking for the perfect gift for the bartender or cocktail enthusiast in your life? Well, no matter who you’re shopping for, we’re super excited to announce the launch of some of our best-selling products in brand-new colors and designs so you can s

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Imbibe 75 Person to Watch: Dale DeGroff

Imbibe Magazine

Dale DeGroff is the most famous cocktail bartender in the world. He kicked off the American cocktail revival when he began mixing up classics at The Rainbow Room in 1987 and wrote The Craft of the Cocktail , one of the most influential mixology manuals of the past quarter-century. His protégés include Audrey Saunders and the late Sasha Petraske , who in turn inspired hundreds of other bartenders.

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Kentucky Woman Cocktail

Chilled Magazine

Celebrate this year’s Kentucky Derby with an inspired version of the Derby favorite, Mint Julep. Kentucky Woman is the perfect cocktail to savor, whether you find yourself attending a Derby party or watching from home. Check out the recipe below, courtesy of SMOKE LAB National Mixologist, Paula Lukas! Liqueur , Vodka KENTUCKY WOMAN by Paula Lukas Ingredients 1.25 oz.

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Food & Beverage Industry Report 2024

Driven by a diverse and exciting ecosystem of passionate, ambitious, and often young entrepreneurs, the Food & Beverage (F&B) sector is a highly competitive environment full of immense challenges and exciting opportunities. Expert Market’s 2024 industry report, sponsored by Toast, is informed by a survey of 522 U.S. food and beverage professionals, from restaurant owners to food service managers, providing insights into the real-time challenges and opportunities within the industry.

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Oktoberfest Season Is In Full Swing: This Week's Beer Events & Socials

Guys Drinking Beer - Beer News

It’s August now— which means Oktoberfest season is underway! We saw the emergence of a very early version from 3 Sheeps back in late June (!) and Solemn Oath knows full well what you think about seasonal creep given the name of their Way Too Early Fest , which is where their Oktoberface just emerged a few days ago. Turns out it wasn’t really all that early.

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In Its Birthplace, the G&T Is a Reclamation

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Indian bartenders are reshaping what was once a holdover from British rule into a celebration of homegrown flavors, ingredients and a burgeoning cocktail culture.

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Detroit’s Third-Shift Bars Were a Lifeline. Now They’re a Dying Breed.

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Detroit, Michigan’s early morning bars, like Abick’s Bar and Eastpointe Pub, which serve factory workers and first responders, are in decline.

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The Who’s Who of Beer Cool

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The best craft beer breweries in 2024, from a minimalist operation serving lagers to the brewers making IPAs that spotlight regional flavors.

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Peanut Punch Is a Silky, Shape-Shifting Staple Throughout the Caribbean

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Peanut Punch, a blended Caribbean drink, is a staple throughout the region and is often spiked with Guinness, rum or both.

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Meet the Best New Bartenders of 2024

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The Best New Bartenders of 2024: These 10 talented individuals represent the future of bartending and the drinks industry.

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Top 5 Ways to Optimize Your Loyalty Strategy

Speaker: Lauren Barash, Vice President, Brand Marketing

In an ever-evolving industry, building and retaining loyal customers is critical to the success of any restaurant business. Join Lauren Barash, VP of Brand Marketing at Full Course, as she delves into the world of restaurant loyalty programs, and reveals the top five essential strategies to optimize your approach! This webinar will explore: Loyalty trends and what you should be focusing on 📊 Actionable insights and ideas to help you develop the most powerful and effective loyalty program

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A Daiquiri for Every Mood

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The 24 best Daiquiri cocktail recipes, including the classic and the Hemingway Daiquiri, plus frozen, clarified and Campari-spiked riffs.

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Introducing the Finalists for Best New Bartenders 2024

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Punch's Best New Bartenders of 2024 will be announced in August. Here are the finalists, a group driving cocktail culture forward.

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The New Vocabulary of Cocktails

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“Fruit bat,” “amaroulette,” “dirty dump.” The language developed behind the bar today has come a long way since the age of Jerry Thomas. Here, a non-exhaustive guide to the modern lexicon.

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In Search of the Ultimate Old-Fashioned

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We asked 10 of America’s best bartenders to submit their finest recipes for the Old-Fashioned—then blind-tasted them all to find the best of the best.

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Please Explain the Luxury Martini to Me

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A luxury Martini now costs more than $40 at top cocktail bars. Are bars cashing in on our love for the drink, or is there more to the trend?

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Was California’s Wine Revolution Just a Mirage?

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A growing chorus of talented winemakers say that the economics of making wine in the state have turned the promise of the “New California” into a cautionary tale.

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Are Beer Flights Passé? The Debate Captures Craft Beer’s Growing Pains.

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Beer flights are a divisive debate in craft beer. For some, they are unnecessary holdovers. For others, they're a key to accessibility.

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The Blue Negroni Cometh

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The blue Negroni, a version of the aperitivo drink that's changed color, is trending at cocktail bars across the country. Here's why.

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Have We Hunted the Beer Whale to Extinction?

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Just a few years ago, brewers could reliably expect hundreds of enthusiasts to swarm their special releases. Today, beer whales—and their attendant hype—are few and far between.

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The 25 Recipes to Make This Summer

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The 25 best cocktail recipes to make this summer, from the ultimate frozen Margarita to a Piña Colada made with amaro and other easy drinks.

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For Dave Arnold, No Ordinary Gin & Tonic Will Suffice

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The science-minded bartender found bubbly, crystalline perfection via force carbonation, distillation, clarification and more. (Don’t worry, he has an easy recipe, too.

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The Chirulín Is Peru’s Original Pisco Cocktail

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The Chirulín is a pisco cocktail from Peru. The generations-old Afro-Peruvian drink predates national staples like the Pisco Sour.

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They Made a “Sports Bar for Politics.” It Went About How You’d Expect.

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Political Pattie’s, described as a sports bar for politics, became Washington, D.C.’s most hated bar in under a week. Here's how.

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Our Favorite Easy Frozen Cocktails

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218 easy frozen cocktail recipes, including a frozen Margarita, Daiquiri, Negroni and more drinks for summer.

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The Elote Old-Fashioned Is Just Getting Started

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Five years ago, the street food–inspired drink didn’t even exist. Now, riffs on the template are making their way around the globe, from CDMX to London and beyond.

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The World’s Most Iconic Bars

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From the cradle of the Daiquiri to a New Orleans stalwart, these are 10 historic bars that still inspire modern drink culture.

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A Life and Death in Beer

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For brewer DeWayne Schaaf, a strain of wild yeast became the only living connection to his late father—then it was lost to history. Or so he thought.

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The Most Overrated Cocktails?

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Just because they’re classic doesn’t mean they’re good. Here are five drinks not worth the hype, and the recipes to try instead, according to bartenders.

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What Does Baby Reindeer Have to Say about Bartending? A Lot.

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The new Netflix series captures the uncertain power dynamic and unusual level of intimacy between bartender and patron—real, illusory, performative, sometimes all three.

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Gin Can Do Tropical, Too

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6 easy tropical gin cocktail recipes to try, from a Mai Tai riff to tiki drinks like the Saturn and the Army and Navy.

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In Search of the Ultimate Daiquiri

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We asked 11 of America’s best bartenders to submit their finest recipe for the Daiquiri—then blind-tasted them all to find the best of the best.

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In Search of the Ultimate Margarita

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We asked 11 of America’s best bartenders to submit their finest recipe for the Margarita—then blind-tasted them all to find the best of the best.

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The Vampiro Is a Streetside Staple in Jalisco. It Has One Man to Thank.

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The Vampiro, a tequila drink from Jalisco, Mexico, is a refreshing, salty cocktail that's a local delicacy at street stalls.

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N/A Beer, Why So Secretive?

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Craft beer was built on the open sharing of ideas among brewers. Nonalcoholic craft beer is taking the opposite tack—to the detriment of innovation.

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For Some Bars, the Best Ice Comes From 5,500 Miles Away

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Kuramoto Ice is the latest bartender obsession. The clear ice from Japan gets imported thousands of miles to cocktail bars around the world.

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