Cheers

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Once the star of the cocktail scene, gin has never regained momentum since vodka took off in recent decades. But based on the number of new craft gins and unique expressions hitting the market, and a few key gin acquisitions from major spirits players, the U.S. is warming to gin once again — for real this time.

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VinePair

MARCH 7, 2025

Its a simple mix of gin , citrus, mint, and sugar, but behind that refreshing exterior lies a surprisingly tangled history. And is it just a minty gin Daiquiri , or is there more to this creation? Beyond its origins, it remains one of the most debated drinks in cocktail history. Is it best served up or on the rocks?

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Chilled Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2024

We use a variety of Angel’s Envy Bourbon and other ingredients that highlight Fall flavors, like real Apple Cider and Cranberry.” – Razel Rustia Photo by Foxtail NYC Brandy , Hard Cider , Whiskey Honey Baked Apples by Razel Rustia, Head Bartender Foxtail NYC Ingredients 2 dashes of Apple Bitters 1 dash Pimento Bitters.5

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Cheers

APRIL 10, 2024

Jocelyn Jolley is head bartender at Michael’s on Naples , an Italian restaurant in Long Beach, CA. This cocktail includes housemade orange cordial, Grey Whale gin, Campari and Antica sweet vermouth, all whipped together with a fresh egg white and a splash of lemon. Amass Mushroom Reserve gin 1 oz.

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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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Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 4, 2024

It’s that rare soft drink that is as famous as its cocktail counterpart, the Gin Rickey. At the latter, head bartender Ray Fritz was inspired to add a Lime Rickey to the menu last year by his youthful work as a soda jerk at Longacre’s Modern Dairy , a soda fountain in southeastern Pennsylvania that dates back to the 1920s.

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VinePair

MAY 21, 2024

Created in 2002 by Toby Maloney — the first bartender Milk & Honey founder Sasha Petraske ever hired — this spring-like gin refresher involves muddled cucumber and lime, brightened by a pinch of salt. You have my word that the bartender will know how to make it. The bar is on No. 45 at this point.)

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VinePair

MAY 31, 2024

If you’ve been to a true dive bar, maybe you’ve witnessed a bartender grab a slimy lime wedge from a sketchy-looking jar and mount it on the rim of your Gin & Tonic. To find out which garnishes are cool to consume and which you should avoid, VinePair tapped Katie Kennedy, head bartender at Contento in NYC’s East Harlem.

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VinePair

AUGUST 14, 2024

While clear spirits like gin and tequila might feel like the most obvious choices for summertime sipping, rum and bourbon also have their place, as do lighter, low-ABV options like vermouth and Pimm’s. What better way to refresh your palate than with cucumber, mint, lime, and gin? Basically, the cocktail is a Gin Mojito.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

I sat down with beverage director Jonathan Adler and head bartender Danny Reylock to find out what’s possible with an armory of high-tech tools like chamber vacuums, sonicators, liquid nitrogen, and a full-time pastry chef handling prep. The prime example of this technical ingenuity is the Shinji’s Gin Fizz.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

After Clover Club’s namesake cocktail — a gin sour made with raspberry, dry vermouth, lemon, and egg white — the two most popular signature drinks remain The Gin Blossom and The Slope. Among the bartenders long-associated with Clover Club, there’s Tom Macy who started as a barback and became head bartender.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The program’s take on the famously arduous Ramos Gin Fizz employs liquid-nitrogen-flash-frozen whipped cream to save head bartender Danny Reylock precious minutes and arm strength, cutting the drink’s shaking time from minutes to just seconds. This thesis is a humble one, but the cocktails it’s birthed are technical triumphs.

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The Cocktail Lovers

MAY 7, 2024

The alcoholic version of the Sugar Snap Pea drink for instance, consists of Beefeater London Dry Gin, sugar snap pea distillate, manzanilla sherry, absinthe, apple and lemonade; while its non-alcoholic alternative is Seedlip Garden 108, Sugar Snap Pea distillate, pear, jasmine, verjus and CO2.

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Australian Bartender

DECEMBER 3, 2023

With the bar’s inclusive mission in mind, the range of signature cocktails to low- and no-ABV drinks by Graham and Head Bartender Wakana Murata offers something for everyone – without sacrificing on quality, even if you’re skipping the booze.

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Bar Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2025

Curated by bar manager, Andrea Di Chiara, and head bartender, Angelo Sparvoli, new menu highlights include: A Touch of Pink Since opening, The Savoy has attracted the worlds most discerning guests, from the royal family to celebrities past and present.

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Bar Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Herbal tones of Botanist Gin melt with warming Darjeeling, whilst the sweetness of violet and stone fruits is complemented with a touch of spirulina. This clear, crisp concoction blends the smoothness of Ramsbury gin with the subtle tang of dry sherry, complemented by the sharpness of pickles. Take time to reflect at The K Bar.

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VinePair

AUGUST 28, 2024

I’m biased, of course, because I was head bartender at both bars. We would store this spent juice in the walk-in until the end of the week, then clarify it and make lemon cordial, which was primarily used for stirred drinks, and lime cordial, to which we would add additional botanicals and bittering agents for our house Gin and Tonic.

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The Bartender Company

JANUARY 16, 2024

Some of the popular types of non-alcoholic spirits include those that mimic gin, whiskey, rum, vodka, and liqueurs. For additional tips, ask our event planners (or the head bartender or beverage director at your event) to guide you in creating a cocktail that satisfies your taste buds but keeps alcohol out of the equation.

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Bar Magazine

JANUARY 2, 2024

Downpour Gin enjoyed medal success at the 2023 London Spirits Competition judging. The Ambassadors selected are different personalities ranging from Masters of Wine, Master Sommeliers, Head Bartenders, Mixologisits, Instagramers, YouTubers and Writers. Being a medal winner at the LSC has had a significant impact on our sales.

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VinePair

JANUARY 14, 2025

Janice Bailon, head bartender, Leyenda , Brooklyn The Adonis! Take gin (Hyde Park Swizzle), rum ( Queens Park Swizzle ), tequila or mezcal (Jalisco Swizzle), sherry for low-ABV or Seedlip for no-ABV as examples. It includes gin , velvet falernum , lemon juice, passion fruit pure, and orgeat.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

It’s a great time to get into gin. The abundance gives the gin enthusiast several paths to wander and make new discoveries. Whether it’s because of flavor, nostalgia, or simply because it works damn well in a Gin Martini , these bottles will always be within reach. 3 London Dry Gin Roku Gin Silks Irish Dry Gin Tanqueray No.

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VinePair

JUNE 18, 2024

Gin can be divisive. But gin is an enormous category, and within, you’ll find everything from centuries-old flagships to new, small-batch products boasting fresh takes on botanicals. Exploring this wide array of offerings can take a simple gin cocktail from run-of-the-mill to revolutionary.

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Chilled Magazine

JUNE 23, 2024

The revival of Blacktail, the beloved sister-bar to The Dead Rabbit (World’s Best Bar, 2015) at Back Bar, stemmed from a connection between Will Pasternak, Head Bartender, and Chris Lauber, Senior Director of Operations for Laurent Tourondel Hospitality: Back Bar, L’Amico and Skirt Steak.

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Cheers

JANUARY 23, 2024

Jac’s On Bond in New York makes one with Grey Goose vodka, Lustau Blanco, balsamic vinegar, a pinch of salt, and garnished with skewered cherry tomatoes; Casaléna in Los Angeles has a Caprese Martini with gin, tomato, basil, vermouth and tomato celery bitters. rhubarb bitters, blood orange tincture and Fever Tree aromatic tonic.

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VinePair

AUGUST 5, 2024

Even though bartenders have a full arsenal of tools at their disposal, it’s not always wise to assume that they can whip up just about anything imaginable. ” —Tiffanie Barriere, former bartender + cocktail educator, Atlanta “I was asked once by a customer to add gin to his Cuba Libre. .’” What’s next?

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Michael Nauer, beverage director, Homemakers Bar and 50/50 Gin Club , Cincinnati “The Jack Rose. It’s a classic cocktail which most consider to be the reason we have modern Gin Martinis. Instead, I propose embracing a winter-oriented Gin Martini using a gin with floral and spiced flavor notes like Douglas fir, sage, or cinnamon.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 1, 2024

You still get that tart flavor, but you swap vodka for gin, and add Maraschino liqueur, green Chartreuse , and fresh lime juice.” Christopher Petropoulos, head bartender, Balos , Washington, D.C. “ Miranda Escalante, consultant, Pilot Light Consulting ; bartender, The Flat Iron Hotel , Asheville, N.C. The Moscow Mule.

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VinePair

JANUARY 17, 2024

By the time Booker and Dax closed in 2016, I was the head bartender, and I spent the next year at the NoMad learning to make a lot of very good drinks very quickly. Dave Arnold and Don Lee then opened Existing Conditions in 2018, and I will eternally be grateful that they saw fit to bring me on as head bartender.

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VinePair

JULY 25, 2024

Credit: Adam Reiner “Every cocktail at TGI Fridays is too sweet,” says Izzy Tulloch, the head bartender at Milady’s in New York’s SoHo neighborhood. The cloying cocktail comes in a pint glass and tastes like the bartender drained 15 unfrozen freeze pops into a glass of ice with a few ounces of bottom-shelf rum.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 5, 2023

A 160-Year Heritage “Only after working in London was Jerry Thomas inspired to write ‘The Bartender’s Guide,’ the first book to contain cocktail recipes,” explains Jared Brown, cocktail historian and master distiller at Sipsmith Gin. “He He included many recipes he discovered while here.”

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VinePair

JULY 31, 2024

Credit: Tokyo Confidential At Tokyo Confidential , founder Holly Graham leans in even more with the “Glizztini,” a drink including gin , shochu, mezcal, and Lillet Blanc, along with tomato pickle, MSG, and onion brine. “It’s a playful spin on the classic, and it doesn’t actually taste like a hot dog,” she says. “It’s

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Australian Bartender

JUNE 26, 2024

Three of them as head bartender, taking that bar to Tales and winning best international restaurant bar was incredible. Sometimes, things don’t go the way you think they should go in your head, you’ve just got to roll with the punches.” I loved it. I spent five years there. “Try not to drown. Try not to drown.

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VinePair

JULY 16, 2024

George’s Valley Gin Empirical Spirits Doritos Nacho Cheese Banhez Destilados de Fruta BroVo Spirits Uncharted Rhapsody American Forest Liqueur Bitter Journey Bing Zhou Mijenta Cristalino Avallen Calvados “The best newly released spirit we’ve added to our bar is Empress 1908 Elderflower Rose Gin.

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Chilled Magazine

DECEMBER 3, 2024

But it was while recollecting trips to both Portugal and Spain with his former Head Bartender James MacInnes when D’Antonio realized what Klaw’s menu really needed. “We We both said, ‘Man, a real G&T program would be amazing to add,” D’Antonio remembers of the epiphany, referring of course to the humble Gin and Tonic.

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Chilled Magazine

APRIL 25, 2025

Sherry , Vodka Caprese Martini by Trevor Easton Langer Head Bartender at Jacs on Bond (NoHo, NYC) Ingredients Grey GooseVodka (Basil infused) 1.5 Gin In the Mood for Love by Ashley Cibor Ingredients 1 1/2 oz. Tanqueray 10 Gin 1/2 oz. Peanut Butter Washed Bombay Sapphire Gin 3/4 oz. Pour into glass and garnish.

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Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 12, 2025

Bartenders incorporate herbal infusions or housemade mignonettes, opt for gin or vodka bases, and experiment with proportions. Brass Poppys Gibson At the lobby bar in Austins chic Hotel Van Zandt, you can order your Gibson with vodka or gin; either way, it will be a theatrical affair. gin or vodka 1/2 oz. gin 1/4 oz.

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VinePair

JANUARY 15, 2025

In it, she fat-washed gin with steak drippings, froze then strained the mixture, stirred with vermouth, then garnished with blue cheese-stuffed olives and a cube of filet mignon. For the Sour Cream & Onion Martini, beverage director Lucas Robinson combines sour-cream-fat-washed gin, vermouth, spring onion, and dill.

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