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Is Craft Vodka Ready for Its Moment?

VinePair

Smooth Ambler phased out its vodka in 2015 as its whiskey business began taking off, and many distilleries followed the same pattern. Barr Hill has seen a positive response to its vodka, which is priced on the high end at about $70, in markets with strong cocktail culture and consumer curiosity about ingredients and process.

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How Black Bartenders and Restaurateurs Are Creating More Blended Fusion Bar Programs

VinePair

Opened by James Beard Award-winning Saint Lucian chef Nina Compton in 2015, the establishment highlights cocktail ingredients including 10 varieties of Jamaican rums, black strap rum from St. In New Orleans, restaurant Compere Lapin is using its beverage program to celebrate some of the Caribbean’s most iconic spirits.

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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. Its growth carried into this decade, with the category reporting a 30 percent sales volume increase in 2023 alone. .”

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Interview: Ali Reynolds Is Out Stauning

BarLifeUK

It was in 2015 where I competed for the GB world class title with Diageo and I won the GB heat and represented the GB in South Africa in 2015. I finished fourth in the world in after that I joined Diageo as a brand ambassador for Johnny Walker and that’s how I got into the ambassador role.

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25 Bartending Blogs That you should check out in 2022

Today's Bartender

It’s a beautiful cocktail blog written by home-enthusiast Elana, and it’s still one of the best cocktail blogs in the industry. To prove it, she’s been a finalist for Saveur’s 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2018 best cocktail blog award. Favorite Post: The Single Most Important Bottle In Your Home Bar 22.

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Bartending Blogs You Should Read

Today's Bartender

It’s a beautiful cocktail blog written by home enthusiast Elana, and it’s still one of the best cocktail blogs in the industry. To prove it, she’s been a finalist for Saveur’s 2014, 2015 AND 2016 best cocktail blog award.

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Copy Taste 2025: shining a light on Croatia’s brilliant bar scene

The Cocktail Lovers

After this I bartended in Milan, before coming back to Croatia, where I worked in a few cocktail bars, then joined Monin in 2015. Me and my best friend for 15 years had a dream to open a cocktail bar, but the bar cocktail culture Croatia is very basic, so we were afraid our philosophy for a bar wouldnt work.

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