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Stop Asking Bartenders to Make Your Drinks ‘Strong’

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While it might be easy to order a double Vodka Soda or Gin and Tonic — especially when out at a nightclub or dive bar — it’s not as simple when it comes to a bar’s signature cocktails.

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Bartender’s 24th Annual Bar Awards are back, and voting is now open!

Australian Bartender

Cocktail List of the Year Bar of the Year Cocktail Bar of the Year New Bar of the Year Best Rookie Bartender of the Year Proudly Sponsored by Club Suntory Pub of the Year Proudly Sponsored by ALM Host of the Year Small Bar of the Year Nightclub of the Year Bar Manager of the Year Regional Bar of the Year Bar Operator of the Year Bar Team of the Year (..)

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The Collective opens new dining and drinks hub in The Rocks this friday

Australian Bartender

Located where the late Argyle nightclub used to be, now resides a sprawling dining and drinks hub. Curated to reflect the qualities of their titles, such as the silk cocktail, a gin-based drink which blends coconut and rose geranium and sandalwood. The Textures menu features 10 signature cocktails, each inspired by a different fabric.

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All the winners for the 23rd Annual Australian Bar Awards Announced!

Australian Bartender

Apollo Inn, Melbourne, VIC Pub of the Year Proudly sponsored by ALM The Magpie, Sydney, NSW Best Distillery Bar Proudly sponsored by Fever-Tree Never Never Distilling Co., Apollo Inn, Melbourne, VIC Pub of the Year Proudly sponsored by ALM The Magpie, Sydney, NSW Best Distillery Bar Proudly sponsored by Fever-Tree Never Never Distilling Co.,

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The Cocktail College Podcast: The 20th Century Cocktail

VinePair

On board, there was a restaurant, a café, and even a nightclub. The cocktail itself is essentially a Gin Sour variant, but it’s one of the few drinks that incorporates crème de cacao with resounding success. It might be the only train with a cocktail named after it, so we can only imagine how spectacular the 20th Century truly was.

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It’s Everywhere, It’s So Julia — Midori Is Brat

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Picture this: The year is 1978 and “Stayin’ Alive” is blasting from the speakers at New York City’s hottest nightclub, Studio 54. A Japanese Gin & Tonic,” they respond, hands already busy prepping the next drink. you ask the bartender. “A It’s to celebrate the launch of Midori, this new Japanese liqueur.” The color is a bonus.”

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The Most Iconic Booze Brand Name-Drops in Music History

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Seagram’s and Tanqueray: ‘Gin and Juice’ (Snoop Dogg) “Now that I got me some Seagram’s gin Everybody got they cups, but they ain’t chipped in” “He came through with a gang of Tanqueray And a fat ass J of some bubonic chronic” In a genre with no shortage of Cognac and Champagne shout-outs, there’s seldom love for gin.

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