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How It Started: Elixir Saloon

Imbibe Magazine

Enter Mixology In 2004, I worked my tail off pulling it all together, paying myself as a six-day-a-week bartender, and learning so many lessons it made my head spin. Enter mixology. Our lead bartender Nick Madden is on six years now. By 2005, I was tired and happy. . My team loyalty is baffling.

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The Grand Encounter: Behind the Bar With Carina Soto Velasquez and Hugo Togni of Toronto’s Bar Pompette

Imbibe Magazine

Bringing this concept to life on screen, each episode will pair industry-leading bartenders with host Carina Soto Velasquez, to explore the marriage of unlikely elements and how these unexpected fusions can create something special.

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The Cookbook That Became Every Bartender’s Trusted Companion

VinePair

Expanding the Bartender’s Mind When the book was first published in 2008, craft bartenders were already beginning to look beyond the lexicon of classic cocktail recipes. The Flavor Bible” became a seminal text for a new class of curious bartenders who wanted to test the limits of what bartending could be. “I’m

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We Asked 10 Bartenders: Which Bottle Should Disappear From Back Bars and Bar Carts Forever? (2024)

VinePair

For home bartenders], using the same mix in a Margarita , Whiskey Sour , and Tom Collins will result in subpar drinks that taste overwhelmingly similar. Jeff White, lead bartender, Experimental Cocktail Club , NYC “I wish that black or opaque bottles would disappear from the back bar — sorry Hendrick’s !

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Mellow Corn: The Bottom Shelf Whiskey With a Cult Following

VinePair

Mellow Corn has a cult following on the Camp Runamok alumni Facebook group, where various bartenders extol its virtues,” says Frederic Yarm, lead bartender at Josephine in Somerville, Mass. Beyond the simple highball and Old Fashioned options, advanced mixological implications abound.

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What It’s Like To Be a Bartender on the World’s Largest Cruise Ship

VinePair

We asked lead bartender Monica Hernandez, who has been with RC for 13 years, to shed some light on the process and its challenges. The Learning Curve Before even setting foot on the ship, Hernandez says the entire bartending team headed to Spain for an intense, two-week cocktail bootcamp to prepare them for slinging drinks at sea.

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IN-DRINKS LAUNCHES 2024 BARTENDER COMPETITION TO CELEBRATE THE SPIRIT OF THE RICH COMMUNITIES SURROUNDING UK BARS

Bar Magazine

With Hoxton’s fabulous range of spirits, and the UK’s premier bartending organisation endorsing the competition, it’s sure to result in some breathtaking – and best-tasting – entries.”