VinePair

MARCH 26, 2024

If your home bar shows a conspicuous absence of rum despite an affinity for Daiquiris, then you’ve come to the right place. Seeking the best rums for cocktails, we asked bartenders around the world for their go-to bottles behind the bar. Here, the best rums for mixing into cocktails. Planteray Isle of Fiji R.L.

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VinePair

APRIL 7, 2025

Though the cocktails are simple and quaffable, they arent the same two-ingredient well drinks patrons order at a dive like a Vodka Soda or Rum and Coke. The challenge of making the perfect highball, and the increased popularity of technique-forward drinks, makes this cocktail the ideal canvas for creative bartenders to riff on.

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Cheers

AUGUST 6, 2024

15, 1954 that Ron Monchito Marrer, the head bartender at the Caribe Hilton hotel in San Juan, created the first Piña Colada using Don Q Gold rum. The original Piña Colada was not the white rum-based, cherry-garnished frozen concoction that most people now think of, however. of Don Q Gold rum, 1 oz.

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Bartender.com

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

El Dorado 8-Year Demerara Rum 3/4 oz. Sippin’ Santa green“Mersanta” bubble wand. —————————————- CREDITS: RECIPE: Created by Brad Smith for Sippin’ Santa 2016, when Brad was Latitude 29’s head bartender. SIPPIN’ SANTA Cocktail Recipe: 2 1/2 oz. Amaro Averna 3/4 oz. orange juice 1 1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice 1 oz.

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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. At Texas Roadhouse, I accepted the bartender’s invitation to add an “island kicker” to the Kenny’s Cooler. The Italian Rum Punch at Olive Garden.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Genesis Cruz, head bartender, Bar Belly , NYC “It could be due to the service industry-heavy clientele at our bar, but lately, we’ve been serving a lot of aromatized and fortified wine shots. Our go-to is a 50/50 of rum and amaro. We call it either the Rum House shot or S&M.”

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

” —Martin Fernandez, bar manager Rochambeau , Boston “Not a cocktail, but a spirit: rum. .” ” —Martin Fernandez, bar manager Rochambeau , Boston “Not a cocktail, but a spirit: rum. You can make a delicious variation of an Old Fashioned using rum, spices, and Jamaican bitters.”

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VinePair

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The best Scotches for beginners, according to bartenders: The Balvenie Caribbean Cask 14 Johnnie Walker Blue Label The Macallan Lagavulin Glenmorangie 10 The Glenlivet Glenfiddich 12 Monkey Shoulder Johnny Walker Black Label Chivas Regal 12-Year-Old “I’d say a good beginner Scotch is The Balvenie Caribbean Cask 14.

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Cheers

JANUARY 10, 2024

Notes Enrique Diaz, head bartender at Bar Bastion in New York, created this recipe. Print The Sandy Nail Course Drinks Keyword coconut water, Cognac, Drambuie, rum, Scotch Ingredients 1 ½ oz. Caroni rum 1 ¾ oz. Add ice and stir with ice. Strain into coupe glass. Garnish with rhubarb bitters.

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VinePair

JULY 24, 2024

Kitty Bernardo uses their role as head bartender at Paradise Lost to instigate bold conversations around these cultural truths, and share their own complex identity through delicious cocktails. Every drink they put on a menu needs to take up that space for a reason, and the considerations are myriad.

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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

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. For a little inspiration, we asked bartenders to recommend their favorite underrated summer cocktail. “The Saturn. .’”

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

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. Credit: Swizzle Rum Bar & Drinkery That said, less is often more, he notes. more aggressively.”

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Nick Jackson, head bartender, The Rum House , NYC “My recommendation has to be Haku Vodka. Nik Sparks, head bartender and beverage director, The Wooly , NYC “My favorite is Ketel One Vodka because it’s so smooth and great for infusing. It’s made from the coffee fruit that is leftover from coffee production.

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VinePair

AUGUST 5, 2024

Rum in the original Vodka Soda !?” Kelvin Uffre, former bartender + strategic market manager for Lalo Tequila , NYC “When I was working at Bar Pendry , someone ordered a double Martini, which is an insane amount of booze. Apparently he discovered some dead sea scroll with the ‘actual recipe’ and gin was a forgotten component.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

A shortage of a specialized bottle like green Chartreuse may go unnoticed by guests who aren’t as dialed into the cocktail scene, but a bottle from a mainstream category like rum may not have that luxury. Service Bar was grappling with the effects of the growing shortage of Wray & Nephew Overproof Rum. In Washington, D.C.,

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VinePair

JUNE 25, 2024

Evan Flynn, head bartender, Death & Co , Denver “ Wyoming Whiskey’s Double Cask Bourbon. It’s 100 proof, so it stands up well in cocktails but doesn’t blow people’s heads off if they want to drink it neat. I really love what Wyoming Whiskey is doing [with this bottle].

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VinePair

MAY 21, 2024

The Green Giant was created by former head bartender Tom Macy in 2012. This delightful rum sour is enhanced by touches of Lillet Blanc and orange marmalade. But how about honoring the bar by ordering one of its homegrown favorites? The muddled snap peas and tarragon leaves give this Old Tom Gin Gimlet riff a verdant glow.

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VinePair

APRIL 23, 2024

Nick Jackson, Head Bartender, The Rum House , NYC “The most underrated bourbon in my humble opinion is W.L. It’s hard to find another 10-year-old bourbon in this price range with the full flavor profile and approachable proof of Russell’s Reserve 10 Year.” Weller Special Reserve.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Among the bartenders long-associated with Clover Club, there’s Tom Macy who started as a barback and became head bartender. Macy no longer tends bar there, but remains a creative consultant. Williams calls him the “historian” of the bar and notes that a new drink doesn’t make the menu without his input.

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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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VinePair

MAY 13, 2024

I don’t want to take away from the damage the pandemic caused, because it took a lot away from us,” says Paradise Lost’s head bartender, Kitty Bernardo. If you’re looking for a new spot with bartenders clad in suspenders and furrowed brows, look elsewhere. But it was like any disaster. An erupted volcano creates a new path.

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VinePair

AUGUST 28, 2024

I’m biased, of course, because I was head bartender at both bars. He stirs this strawberry cordial in the “Fantasy Island” alongside Uruapan Charanda (a Mexican raw sugar cane rum ), mezcal , Dolin blanc vermouth , and saline solution. My time behind bars came to a close, but I never stopped missing those drinks.

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Cheers

JANUARY 23, 2024

in New York recently created a cocktail for Chivas Regal called the Green Knight that uses the Scotch with Malibu Rum, Kashmiri green tea, lime juice and honey syrup. The Green Knight tea cocktail. For instance, Matthew Belanger of Death & Co.

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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

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Formerly the head bartender at London’s Artesian, which won World’s Best Bar multiple times, Kratena is celebrated for pushing the boundaries of mixology through creativity, sustainability, and craftsmanship.

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VinePair

MAY 23, 2024

Its rum-cask finish adds a tropical twist to the single malt, and a simple addition of water or soda can elevate its character. Allan Camarena, head bartender, Pendry West Hollywood , Los Angeles “My favorite cocktail Scotch is the Naked Grouse from Famous Grouse. I would go with Glenmorangie 10.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Rums began arriving from the New World, joining French brandies , fortified wines of Spain and Portugal, and Irish whiskeys already lining London backbars. In other words, bartenders here had a wide array of ingredients with which to craft their creations. The more elaborate the disguise, the more clientele they could attract.

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Bartender.com

JANUARY 9, 2024

We celebrated my dad’s birthday every year at Trader Vic’s and I developed an even deeper personal affinity for tropical-style drinks during my time as the head bartender at The Polynesian.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Nic Anslemo, head bartender, Bar Meridian , Brooklyn “Gautier VS. It has a full body and mixes great in a Sazerac or a rum split base spirit forward sipper.” —Rob I love sipping this Cognac after a long shift as well as shaking it up in some of my favorite rum-based classic tiki cocktails.

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VinePair

JANUARY 28, 2025

Resting in six distinct casks sourced from every continent, it draws on a world of flavor: Three rum barrels from across the Caribbean, north and south of the Americas; sherry barrels from Europe; mizunara oak from Asia; brandy from Africa; and Aussie tawny casks from Oceania.

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Moody Mixologist

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

However, also in 1929, a book called Cocktails de Paris was published and listed the inventor of the Bee's Knees cocktail as the head bartender of the Ritz Hotel in Paris, Frank Meier. White rum, lemon and honey syrup is called a Honeysuckle or a Honey Bee.

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Cheers

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The Library Bar at Fairmont Royal York in Toronto has a reimagined the Pia Colada called the Hundred Year Storm, made with a coconut-pandan-wasabi cordial, fino sherry and yuzu juice in addition to the classic trio of rum, lime and pineapple. Its served in a hand-blown glass banana with freeze-dried banana, macadamia nuts and toasted coconut.

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Moody Mixologist

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

There are a few different stories regarding its creation, but the most commonly accepted one attributes its invention to Harry MacElhone, the head bartender at the New York Bar in Paris (now known as Harry’s New York Bar), around 1915. This gin and champagne cocktail is quite potent, which is how it got its name.

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