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Toast To Love With These 8 Valentine’s Day Cocktails!

Chilled Magazine

Tequila Aphrodite’s Arrow by Virgin Hotels NYC’s Everdene Head Bartender, Marlon Rowley Ingredients 1 1/2 oz. Photo by Tucker + Hossler Photography Rum Tiki Affair by Sammy’s Beach Bar Rum Ingredients 1 ¼ oz. Sammy’s Red Head Rum 1 oz. Patron Silver 3/4 oz. Raspberry Pure 1 oz. Coconut Milk 1/2 oz. Vanilla Extract 1/2 oz.

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We Asked 19 Bartenders: What’s the Most Underrated Winter Cocktail?

VinePair

” —Patty Dennison, head bartender, Grand Army Bar , Brooklyn “In the world of winter cocktails, I’ve noticed a common belief that richness and heaviness are the keys to a satisfying drink. Jill Mott, director of wine, The Carlyle, a Rosewood Hotel , NYC “Tiki drinks are surprisingly great winter cocktails.

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Novel Cordials and Mindful Mixology With Kitty Bernardo of NYC’s Paradise Lost

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Along with Sunken Harbor Club , Paradise Lost represents the new generation of tropical bars in New York that take a novel approach to the category and dive deep into what’s possible in a tiki-style cocktail.

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We Asked 25 Bartenders: What’s the Best Rum for Cocktails? (2024)

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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. Oscar, our head bartender, had this genius idea to mix it with dry vermouth and throw in some lemon and vanilla, making it a hit among our guests.”

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We Asked 22 Bartenders: What’s the Most Underrated Summer Cocktail?

VinePair

This tiki-style gin drink offers a delightful blend of tropical flavors, ideal for warm weather and summer vibes. While rum is often the go-to for tiki cocktails, gin adds a lovely layer of botanical notes that complement the tropical sweetness of passion fruit and the nutty richness of orgeat syrup. “The Saturn.

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The Sneaky Ingredients Making Your Cocktail More Expensive

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We’re very transparent with our guests,” explains Service Bar’s head bartender and partner Christine Kim. “If This could potentially make it tough for classic tiki or modern tropical bars to keep their drink prices down, since so many of the genre’s cocktails rely on pineapple usage.

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We Asked 25 Bartenders: What’s the Best Bourbon for Mixing Cocktails?

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Alessandro Arduini, head bartender, Amarena , NYC “The best bourbon that I would choose to mix in a cocktail is Garrison Brothers Small Batch. Old Forester 86 fits well in everything, from a tiki classic like the Saturn to a dryer cocktail like a Boulevardier.” It’s our twist on a classic Old Fashioned.”