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

MAY 1, 2024

To find out more about triple sec’s role in the Margarita — along with what can be used as a substitute — we tapped Janice Bailon, head bartender at Brooklyn’s pan-Latin-inspired cocktail bar, Leyenda , for details. Can you use simple syrup instead of triple sec? But what if you don’t have any triple sec on hand?

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VinePair

JULY 30, 2024

Tulloch, head bartender at an eclectic and charming bar in the Soho neighborhood of New York City, brings a vibrant energy to her conceptual cocktail creations. The Anatomy of a Sour Traditionally, a Whiskey Sour consists of bourbon, lemon, simple syrup, and an optional egg white. The rest, as they say, is history.

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Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 4, 2024

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. There were plain Lime Rickeys, sweetened with simple syrup.

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VinePair

AUGUST 5, 2024

.’” —Cody Pruitt, managing partner and beverage director, Libertine , NYC “I have had so many strange requests, but a few that come to mind are a warm Margarita, a cup of hot coffee with a whole egg, and a shot of simple syrup — not to add to a drink, they actually drank it.”

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

It takes years of deliberate recipe testing to gain anything resembling fluency in this artistic endeavor, and that’s why new bartenders learn to develop recipes using the “Mister Potato Head” method. Countless terrific cocktails at some of the world’s best bars have been invented using the Potato Head template.

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Cheers

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Notes Enrique Diaz, head bartender at Bar Bastion, created this recipe for Le Jardinier in New York. Print Raspberry Wheat 75 Course Drinks Keyword lemon, raspberry syrup, sparkling rosé, whiskey Ingredients ½ oz. Raspberry simple syrup ¼ oz. Topping with sparkling wine and soda.

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VinePair

AUGUST 28, 2024

I’m biased, of course, because I was head bartender at both bars. He’s left with a liquid that has the same sweetness as simple syrup and exactly mirrors the acidity of lime juice. It’s the same sweetness as simple syrup and just as sour as lemon juice in one compact, complex, perfectly clear package.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

That ignited the curiosity of then head bartender and current Clemente bar manager Richie Millwater, who was so inspired by the ingredient that he started using it in all sorts of R and D projects. It all began when Sebastian built a cocktail featuring chef Brock’s barley miso for the menu at EMP. The result was…unremarkable.

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VinePair

MAY 9, 2024

It consists of blanco tequila, yellow Chartreuse , lime juice, simple syrup, cucumber coins, mint leaves, and salt. It’s shaken and served up, [which highlights] the bright pepperiness of blanco tequila, [and is] balanced with the bittersweet combo of Campari and grapefruit and finished with lime and simple syrup.

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VinePair

MARCH 26, 2024

Andy May, head bartender, The Golden Swan , NYC “A rum I absolutely love for cocktails is Probitas , a beautiful blend from Foursquare in Barbados and Hampden Estate in Jamaica. They especially shine when paired with dark fruit liqueurs subbed in for simple syrup in a Daiquiri-style cocktail.” Volcanique.

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VinePair

AUGUST 14, 2024

My little trick that, in my opinion, always makes it even better: a little dash of Angostura bitters and making a mint simple syrup with the leftover leaves and stems! When I was little and my dad was the age I am now, his go-to in the summer was always an Ice Pick: vodka, lemon juice, simple syrup, and iced tea.

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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. But those fruit spirits are primarily coming from French and U.K. Add large ice and shake vigorously.

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Cheers

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Beeman Hotel in Dallas offered a holiday Bourbon Tini made with espresso, bourbon cream liqueur, Mr. Black Coffee liqueur and chai tea simple syrup.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Joining us to explore them today is David Muhs, head bartender at Brooklyns Sama Street and head bartender and partner at Manhattans Monkey Thief. This is, of course, a reductive way to trace the roots of savory cocktails, but theyre things that are all indeed linked.

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Casual Mixologist

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Gin and Champagne come together with fresh lemon juice and a touch of simple syrup for a drink thats crisp, refreshing, and undeniably festive. Zesty lemon juice and simple syrup bring balance, and a splash of Champagne ties it all together. Its the perfect way to add a little extra glamour to your midnight cheers.

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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. To make honey syrup, combine equal parts honey and water (room temperature or warm) and stir until combined. This makes a honey simple syrup.

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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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