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Featured Bartender November 2024: Luis Miguel Cardona, Rayo Cocktail Bar, Mexico City

Bartender.com

Luis Miguel Cardona Head Bartender at Rayo Cocktail Bar Mexico City, Mexico Luis Miguel Cardona has spent more than a decade mastering the art of mixology and crafting world-class bar programs. Cardona moved to Mexico City three years ago to join the founding team at Rayo.

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The Drinks World Has Hit Peak Astrology

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“Astrology was fun because it was pushing a lot of the bartenders out of their comfort zone — deeply researching a zodiac sign, getting inspired by it, and then making a drink that accurately represents it,” says Patty Dennison, head bartender at Grand Army Bar in Brooklyn, where an astrology-themed menu launched in October.

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We Asked 13 Bartenders: What’s the Best Tequila Under $50?

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Riesler Morales, head of mixology, Casa Chi , Chicago “The best tequila for under $50 is Arette. Haley Meritt, head bartender, Midnight Rambler , Dallas “Tequila Ocho Plata is absolutely one of my personal favorites. Like all their expressions, it’s produced in an ancestral way with high-quality ingredients.

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14 things we discovered at Flauer Alassio 2025

The Cocktail Lovers

Flauer Alassio 2025 is a unique event, exploring edible flowers, wild herbs, food sustainability and mixology. Evening by the sea, Twenty7 Bar and three cooling cocktails Over at Twenty7 Bar we met head bartender Renato Motta who told us about the three cocktails he had created to celebrate Flauer Alissio. And a whole lot more.

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Does Plucky, Plum-Based Slivovitz Stand a Chance in Modern Cocktail Culture?

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Depth and Complexity In London’s cocktail world, fruit distillates in general are “mega trendy,” according to Alex Kratena, former head bartender at Artesian and the co-founder of both Tayēr + Elementary and Muyu liqueurs. But those fruit spirits are primarily coming from French and U.K.

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Summer 2024 Featured Bar: Sip & Guzzle, NYC

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The cocktails at Sip & Guzzle were all created in partnership with members of the bar team, and in the case of this drink Steve says he had originally set out to make a strawberry Negroni, but Ben Yabrow, the head bartender at Sip suggested to rinse it in coconut oil and make it a “Miami Vice” version.

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Transforming Spirits to Liqueurs with Jonathan Adler and Danny Reylock of Shinji’s

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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.

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