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Elevating Tradition at Arnaud’s French 75 Bar in NOLA

Chilled Magazine

Christoph Dornemann, Head Bartender at Arnaud’s French 75 Bar in New Orleans, Louisiana, began his career in the industry waiting tables at a Vietnamese restaurant in 2010. They offer a menu with modern craft cocktails inspired by classics from the late 1800s to 1940s. He transitioned to fine dining in 2012 at Brennan’s.

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The Trade Up: How Rémy V Upgrades Any Cocktail

VinePair

Initially launched in 2010 at 40% ABV, Rémy V has been refined to 35% ABV for its reintroduction. Her cocktail creations tend to evolve with the seasons, embodying the flavors and feelings of the moment. Her craft cocktail for Rémy V, “Second Summer,” was no exception.

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Are Bartender’s Handshake Shots Still Cool if They’re on the Menu?

VinePair

In New York, the cradle of the craft cocktail revival, Snaquiris purportedly first took off at cool kid bars like Suffolk Arms and Dutch Kills around 2010, and picklebacks a few years earlier at hipster dives in Brooklyn.

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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Spirits Competitions

The Whiskey Wash

In 2010, we founded the Denver International Beer Competition. In contrast, crafting cocktails is more adventurous and experimental. As the CEO of Wine Country Network , I have extensive experience running professional beverage competitions. Our company started producing wine competitions in Colorado nineteen years ago.

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The Treacherous, Untold Toll Bartending Takes on the Body

VinePair

His decades-long battle with chronic pain didn’t result from a freak accident or a sports injury; it’s the result of over two decades of bartending in craft cocktail bars across the country. When he moved to Los Angeles in 2010 to run Caña, a high-volume rum bar, the pain became unmanageable. Katz is only 42 years old.

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What Does the Future Hold for Downtown LA as a Cocktail Destination?

VinePair

The Varnish was widely considered ground zero for the craft cocktail movement in Los Angeles. It was a little bit of the Wild West frontier with extraordinary, underutilized spaces that were ripe for a creative vision and the craft cocktail scene was just starting.” They hope the 2028 Summer Olympics will be just that.

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Super-Premium Gin Has Struck a Chord With Millennial and Gen-Z Drinkers

VinePair

But those days appear to be firmly behind us, thanks to the craft cocktail revival of the early aughts, and the increasing popularity of drinks like the Martini and Negroni. Dive into any cocktail book and you’ll find gin accounts for a huge percentage of the drinks. percent to reach just under 9.3 million cases in 2020.

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