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Bartenders Love to Hate Espresso Martinis. Here’s Why They Shouldn’t

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In October 2021, New York Magazine’s Grub Street published a piece titled “‘No More Espresso Martinis!’ It ranked sixth in 2021, slipped to No. As the latest iteration in the speedball genre — once defined by low-brow offerings like Four Loko and Vodka Redbulls — some still see it as more about function than flavor.

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Brandy and Cognac Trends for 2024

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Vodka, gin and whiskey remain crowd favorites at Travelle Bar in The Langham Chicago hotel, but brandy plays a key role in shaping many of our most celebrated cocktails both classic and contemporary twists, says lead mixologist Joy Rivas. Memento ($25) is a refined Martini that balances fruity aromatics without leaning into sweetness.

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GSN Review: Draft Top Lift & Can Clips Bar Tools

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On February 12, 2021, Draft Top® aired on Shark Tank and astonished everyone’s favorite Shark, Daymond John. Daymond offered an impressive 300K for 20% of the Company. In November 2021 they launched version 3.0 Great for rum or bourbon & cola, a beer-ita, or vodka & soda. and it was an immediate hit.

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Meet the Winner and Finalists of VinePair’s Best New Bartender Competition

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Fuller shook up a tiki cocktail crafted with a blend of three rums , tahini-infused amaro , espresso liqueur, and a raspberry Demerara syrup. In November 2021, she landed a job at Avanzare , an Italian restaurant in Springfield, Mo., From there, Pedraza quickly cut her teeth in the industry.

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The 10 Best Selling Vodka Brands In The World in 2023

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It’s clear that vodka is beloved worldwide: It’s a centuries-old staple in Eastern Europe, Americans love it , and it remains the world’s second-largest spirits category behind only baijiu. million in 2021 to 341.5 One Indian vodka brand, though, managed to elevate sales by over 30 percent — the largest increase of all top 10 brands.

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We Celebrate 90 Years of Hood River Distillers with President and CEO David Ballew

Chilled Magazine

By the late 40s brandy’s popularity began to wane with Americans who had begun to favor vodka as the tipple of choice, and in 1949, three West Coast businessmen, whose families are still owners to this day, purchased the operations and the company transitioned to rectification. Big Gin was created by bartenders for bartenders.

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GSN Alert: New Spirits Releases 3.8.24

Good Spirits News

(SRP $89) BARCELÓ IMPERIAL MAPLE CASK Imperial Maple Cask is of three expressions released in 2024 for Barceló’s Rare Blends Collection, each featuring rum reserves aged for an extended time in barrels from different latitudes. Here, rums aged 8-10 years in ex-bourbon casks spend an additional year in maple staves.

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