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The Sazerac: The mysterious (and confusing) history of this iconic classic

Australian Bartender

He said that Antoine Peychaud, a New Orleans pharmacist, liked to serve and drink his eponymous bitters mixed with cognac in little cups (called coquetiers). There, at some point around the 1850s, they started mixing the cognac with Peychaud’s bitters, and this would have been known as a ‘Sazerac cocktail’.

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From Dorm Room Shots to At-Home Aperitifs: Millennials Re-Embrace Pregaming

VinePair

Sinsabaugh Pick says drinks haven’t been affordable at cocktail bars in New York or Boston (her former home) since probably 2015. Respondents in Fort Worth, Texas, where the cocktails are “expensive and tiny,” and Los Angeles alike told me that finances play a role in why they pregame at home, too.

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It’s Everywhere, It’s So Julia — Midori Is Brat

VinePair

According to the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS), Japanese whisky was the fastest-growing luxury spirit from 2015 to 2020, with volume sales increasing 42 percent in that period. As craft cocktails push the boundaries of what bars can do, bartenders have been able to use Midori in unprecedented ways.

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Meet The Beverage Directors Behind NYC’s New Wave of Korean Fine-Dining Restaurants

VinePair

By crafting cocktails based on Korean ‘sool,’ we aim to convey the contemporary drinking culture and menu preferences enjoyed by Koreans these days,” Ellia says. One of his favorites from the premium pairing menu is aged duck with a 2015 premier cru Pommard. It starts with sweet, salt, and bitter at the same time.

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Interview with John Wiseman, Founder of Curious Elixirs

Dry Atlas

When I launched back in 2015, there was a need, but no community of “sober curiosity” for a couple more years. That’s why we’re “booze-free craft cocktails.” But making a craft cocktail infused with that—we were the first people to do that. I’d say that and shipping—how to ship glass bottles.

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There’s No “I” in Team for Collin Griffith, Beverage Director at OAK

Chilled Magazine

I started working for Bryan Dayton in 2015 at Denvers Acorn and really started to dig into the craft cocktail side of things. It gave me a profound appreciation of attention to detail and pride in craft. Benedictine, then add a touch of honey and a couple dashes of Oak Aromatic bitters from Cocktail Punk.