VinePair

DECEMBER 3, 2023

When you talk to someone in the bar or booze industry about “Hey Bartender,” Douglas Tirola’s 2013 documentary chronicling the 21st century rebirth and rise of the American cocktail scene, one specific quote from the film is likely to be mentioned. The film was cinema vérité. The rest of this story should be read at maximum volume.)

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Chilled Magazine

APRIL 3, 2024

When the family embarked on this journey in 2013, Autumn, then underage, was to eventually become the master distiller, but nobody wanted to teach her due to her age. They wanted the bourbon to stand out, so they opted for a round bottle, favored by bartenders for its ease of pouring and shelf fit.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Host of the award-winning podcast “Bartender at Large” is on the list, too, along with co-founder of the popular industry networking event Bartender’s Weekend. But it’s important for me to keep bartending. Gilly’s affords Castro the perfect spot to lean into his bartender designation. His preferred title?

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The Cocktail Lovers

JUNE 11, 2025

Every bartender wants to open their own bar at some point. And 2013 was our first time on the World’s 50 Best Bars list. I worked in a few other bars but I knew I really wanted to open my own cocktail place. But I wanted to create something unique. At that time the buzz in Greece and in Athens was usually music oriented.

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Good Spirits News

AUGUST 27, 2024

The classic Negroni has a storied history from its Italian origin in 1919, when the renowned Count Camilo Negroni asked bartender Fosco Scarselli to strengthen his favorite cocktail – the Americano – by replacing soda water with a splash of gin. Bartender of the Year from Tales of the Cocktail Foundation, and industry expert Don Lee.

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A Bar Above

APRIL 27, 2024

(Editor’s Note : This article has been updated from a 2013 version.) Today we are hoping to answer the classic question in bartending and mixology: do you shake or do you stir? Ever wondered why James Bond likes his Martinis shaken? Today, we’re going to answer one of the classic questions in mixology: Shaken or stirred?

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VinePair

JULY 28, 2024

Olmeca Altos Founded by bartenders Henry Besant and Dre Masso, Olmeca Altos is beloved within the industry, so it’s no surprise that it’s one of the world’s best-selling tequilas. Four years after its 2013 founding, Diageo purchased the brand for a whopping $1 billion, which only furthered its success. percent, respectively.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Casamigos Co-created by George Clooney in 2013, Casamigos is arguably the most well-known celebrity tequila on the market, and its $1 billion sale to Diageo just four years after its founding only furthered its success. Curious to see what the top 10 best-selling tequila brands are in 2023?

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

If you talk to bartenders, they are more in favor of bourbon and rye whiskey, because those are the products they usually work with. When the Austrian bartender Thomas Domenig was studying for a spirits certificate, he had serious trouble finding information about American whiskey in German.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Peruvian Pisco in particular — and for the purposes of this story the term “ Pisco ” will refer to Peruvian Pisco rather than the Chilean distillate of the same name — in theory ticks a lot of boxes for both bartenders and spirits enthusiasts. It’s clear. It’s distilled from naturally fermented grapes. million for the industry last year.

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Tales of the Cocktail

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Selected from a pool of individuals, organizations, and 501(c)(3) nonprofits dedicated to enhancing the lives of bartenders and hospitality workers, the grant recipients are chosen each year by TOTCF’s Philanthropy & Development Committee. Safe Bars ($15,000 grant awarded) Safe Bars Inc.

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Bar Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2024

Bex Almqvist has a wealth of experience within the drinks industry, beginning her career as a bartender in London where she won competitions. In 2009 she joined Absolut Vodka, before moving to its head office in Stockholm, Sweden in 2013. Nordic Dry Gin can be enjoyed chilled neat or in a variety of classic cocktails.

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VinePair

APRIL 1, 2024

The brand received a Best Whiskey medal in 2023 for its 2013 Bourbon and a 2022 Gold medal for its limited-edition 50-year Armagnac. Best Mixer: Rhoot Man Beverage Company — The Cucumber Shrub Rhoot Man Beverage Company is the culmination of years of experience by founder Sidney Lance, a veteran Savannah-based bartender.

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VinePair

JUNE 23, 2024

Illinois: Off Color Brewing Market Rate Availability: Early to Mid-Summer Founded in 2013 by David Bleitner and Goose Island alum John Laffler, Chicago’s Off Color Brewing has been making serious waves in the craft beer industry from the start — especially with its wild ales. It’s an homage to Quy Pham a.k.a.

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Cocktails with Suderman

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Cocktails With Suderman is the home bartender’s guide, with tips, tricks, techniques, anecdotes, opinions, and recipes. So many recipes! Become a paid subscriber, and never miss a drink. Three Act Your Age Three-act structure is a complicated subject; whole books have been written about it.

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A Bar Above

APRIL 23, 2024

[Editor’s Note: This article has been updated from the original 2013 version.] I don’t know about you, but since Tales this year I have been hearing about Clarified Juices on mixology blogs and craft cocktail sites all over the place. This week, my curiosity got the best of me and I decided to give it a try with lime juice.

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Bar Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Bringing top talent from the international and local bar scene to The Madrid EDITION, the hotel will offer guests and locals alike the opportunity to experience first-hand the award-winning work of some of the world’s best bartenders, including Giacomo Giannotti of Paradiso, Harrison Ginsberg of Overstory, Alonso Palomino of Lady Bee, and more.

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Bar Magazine

JUNE 26, 2024

Beginning his career as a sommelier at Petersham Nurseries Café in 2013, Mattia’s passion for wine communication led him to become a renowned wine writer and the creator of the ‘ Looking Into Wine ’ podcast. Through insightful interviews with industry experts, his podcast delves into wine regions, styles, science, and producers.

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Bevspot

AUGUST 4, 2015

Eastern Standard is another go-to: “they really set the standard for bartending in the city and that is the place I take my staff to show them how it’s done.” So Romard constantly channels that into his online persona.

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Bevspot

AUGUST 4, 2015

Eastern Standard is another go-to: “they really set the standard for bartending in the city and that is the place I take my staff to show them how it’s done.”. I couldn’t avoid grabbing a few recommendations from the townie expert, who quickly calls out Trade for it’s great beverage program, outdoor patio, and flatbread pizzas.

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Imbibe Magazine

JUNE 11, 2025

I’d rather have three of something than one and not be able to drive,” says Jeff Huss, who opened Huss Brewing with his wife, Leah, in Tempe, Arizona, in 2013. In putting an order for kölsch, then waiting while a bartender makes cocktails, won’t cut it. You need the kölsch right now,” Jacques says. “We

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VinePair

JANUARY 17, 2024

At Booker and Dax in 2013, my first day of work in the cocktail world saw me using a double beam scale to balance centrifuge rotors full of lime juice. 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.

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Chilled Magazine

MARCH 4, 2024

Ask your favorite bartender and liquor store owners to carry the products you like. ” In 2013, recognizing the potential of her passion, she took the bold step of legally changing her name to Absinthia and even trademarked it. Want to know the best way to support a small brand?

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Bartender.com

MAY 28, 2024

Angel’s Share Bar Details: Location: 8 Stuyvesant Street, New York, NY 10003 Year Established: 1993 Type: Speakeasy Notable Features: Japanese bartending techniques, hidden gem Social Links: Instagram , Yelp Overview: Tucked away in an unmarked location, Angel’s Share is celebrated for its serene ambiance and meticulously crafted cocktails.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Regulars and former Varnish bartenders lined up to squeeze once more into the booths for a final Bartender’s Choice. I had the infamously cold Gibson , with the bar’s house-pickled onion, and thought about a first date in 2013 where I sat at the table beside the piano with the woman I would go on to marry.

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VinePair

JULY 31, 2024

“I am really proud of this drink and initially worried it may be taken as gimmicky — and it is a little, that’s fine, we love silly s**t — but it’s a genuinely tasty and well-crafted drink,” she says, crediting head bartender Waka Murata for coming up with the concoction.

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VinePair

MARCH 13, 2024

I think it started during Covid, when everyone scrambled to develop to-go cocktails and delivery cocktails,” says Philip Duff, bartender, spirits expert, cocktail educator, and producer of Old Duff Genever. Bar owners, meanwhile, found that they had to be prepared to have everything that customer was thirsting for or risk losing them. “I

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VinePair

MAY 19, 2024

Starbucks vs. Exit 6 In December 2013, a small brewpub called Exit 6 — located in a strip mall in the small town of Cottleville, Missouri — debuted a beer-on-beer cocktail called Frappucino, composed of a splash of Founders Breakfast Stout served over the brewery’s vanilla cream ale. “At And here, I do not think that was the case.”

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Dry Atlas

DECEMBER 13, 2023

We’re talking late 2013, early 2014. Five of the best bartenders in London and the best spirits buyer—who is also a master of wine—they all f **g loved it. I have more of an affinity with a chef than a bartender. The category has this sort of dusty, apothecary, secret bartender-y thing going on.

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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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Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

From crafting cocktails to shaping the next generation of bartenders, Jessica Christensen blends creativity and passion as the Lead Mixologist at Graton Resort & Casino. Joining Graton Resort & Casino in 2013 as a bartender, Jessica steadily advanced to Assistant Beverage Manager and, ultimately, to Lead Mixologist in 2021.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Diageo World Class has a reach that extends to roughly 60 countries and is an eight-month commitment , beginning with a paper application on the local level and ending with the national winners competing on the global stage for the title of “Bartender of the Year.” In 2013, Reiner became the first female judge for World Class. “I

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Australian Bartender

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

This beauty was first mixed up in 2002 by bartender Chris Jepson when he was slinging drinks at Milk & Honey. Off-duty bartenders love this one Tim Philips even told us back in 2013 that it was the only drink to feature on every single M&H London menu. Served up with a grapefruit twist, its simple but seriously classy.

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VinePair

MAY 5, 2025

Essentially selling it door-to-door for over a decade, it would take until 2013 or so for luxury bars, restaurants, and nightclubs to latch onto it. Casamigos The celebrity tequila that launched a thousand ships: Started in 2013 by George Clooney, Rande Gerber (Mr.

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The Whiskey Wash

MARCH 1, 2025

In 2013, the State of Tennessee enacted legislation requiring that all whiskey produced in the state had to use the Lincoln County Process to be officially labeled as Tennessee Whiskey (with one exception). The distillerys sour mash grain recipe uses a mix of 80% corn, 12% barley, and 8% rye, combined with spring water to produce its whiskey.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Although the tradition of sober Januarys has existed in Finland since the early 1940s, Dry January, as its popularly known, was conceived in 2013 by Alcohol Change UK , an organization that raises awareness about the dangers of alcohol abuse. Over the past 20 years, drinking habits have shifted in the U.S.

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VinePair

JUNE 19, 2025

Yet bartenders, distillers, brewers, and others can’t help themselves from trying to engineer the perfect pizza-flavored cocktail, spirit, or beer. lost its brewery contract and hasn’t been produced since 2013.) But, as the last two decades have shown, pizza-flavored booze is also incredibly effective at getting attention and press.

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