Chilled Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2024

Our judging panel comprised of working bartenders, bar managers, bar owners, bar consultants and, more importantly, top influential Chilled 100 members with on-premise buying power, who are ready to judge, rate, and award your spirit’s brand. Enter you brand today to get liquid to lips of these highly influential bartenders!

Sommelier

Chilled Magazine

MARCH 7, 2024

The offerings included Broken Shed vodka, Spearhead single grain scotch whisky, Mandarine Napoléon liqueur, Amaro Nonino, Hirsch whiskeys, and DeGroff aperitivo, to name a few. Today the HDRF is here to assist bartenders going through cancer treatment. With your support, we have been able to help over 70 bartenders affected by cancer.

Bartender

Chilled Magazine

APRIL 17, 2024

In 2020, generational family member Ronald Dodge, Executive Vice Chair, handed the reins of the company to industry veteran David Ballew, who was subsequently named President and CEO in 2022. What is important for bartenders to know about your expressions? Big Gin was created by bartenders for bartenders.

Brandy

Chilled Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Where most cocktail festivals celebrate local talent and bars, Arizona Cocktail Weekend champions both local and international bartenders with the Top Bars event, held on Sunday. This event is what really sets Arizona Cocktail Weekend—founded by celebrated bartender Ross Simon— apart from others. We’ve been coming here for five years.

Tiki

Booze Business

JUNE 16, 2022

It’s described as the drink of the summer 2022. BB: How did the Dark Cherry infused vodka come about? Michael: Our position in the market is based on vodka naturally infused with fruit — just fruit and neutral grain spirits, no artificial flavors, no other additives, no extra sugar. BB: And how did the RTD product come about?

Infusions

Imbibe Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2024

When Los Angeles bartender Adam Fournier was spotlighted as an Imbibe 75 Person to Watch in 2022 , he was helping to change how people viewed the spirit-free drinks category by creating provocative and unique NA recipes. I presented a martini-style cocktail with a brioche-infused sherry and a caviar-infused vodka.

Bar

VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Credit: Jeff Brown But what’s invisible to the naked eye are the highly technical calculations and formulas that have powered the bar, a project from restaurateurs David Hess, Aiden Carty, and Justin Hauser, since its fall 2022 opening.

Bar

Cheers

DECEMBER 22, 2023

And for more bubbly ideas suggestions, here’s our New Year’s drinks roundup from 2022.) Print Amanda’s Holiday Spritz Course Drinks Keyword apple brandy, cinnamon, Crop Meyer lemon vodka, sparkling wine, spiced pear liqueur Ingredients Makes 25 5-oz. Crystal Head Aurora vodka ¾ oz.

Brandy

VinePair

MAY 31, 2024

“Cocktail College” is brought to you by Ketel One Vodka. Certain brands out there, certain vodka brands, want you to believe that these spirits should be flavorless and odorless. And you know that vodka should have character, subtle character, and that arrives from the base ingredient and the production technique.

Vodka

Cheers

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Once the star of the cocktail scene, gin has never regained momentum since vodka took off in recent decades. The nature of gin, being a complex blend of herbs, spices and fruits, makes it one of the most playful and versatile spirits in our bartenders’ toolkit. Brown-Forman acquired Gin Mare in 2022. Brown-Forman Corp.,

Gin

VinePair

MARCH 4, 2024

right now, outselling even red-hot American whiskey and just a few paces behind longtime leader vodka, according to the Distilled Spirits Council (DISCUS). percent over 2022. As bartenders discover it, they are experimenting with it and that’s ultimately reaching consumers,” she says. Last year, tequila sales totaled 31.6

Tequila

VinePair

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

The bartender thrusts a Hulk green cocktail into your hands and you take a sip, allowing the melon-flavored concoction to wash over your taste buds. you ask the bartender. “A Now, bartenders are eager to demonstrate that Midori is more than just a one-trick pony. What is this?” But something shifted in the mid-2010s.

Liqueur

The Cocktail Lovers

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

We hear their thoughts on participating in the programme, how it has impacted their bartending style, find out their greatest learnings and much, much more besides. Amine: I first heard about it from my former colleague at Swift Bars Pablo Navarro who was also one of the Dojo 2022 winners. Francesco: Wa, the harmony with nature.

Bartender

VinePair

APRIL 5, 2024

s House Spirits Distillery, Aviation Gin is the brainchild of distillery co-founder Christian Krogstad and bartender Ryan Magarian. growing by over 38 percent in volume from 2020 to 2022. The distillery then joined forces with bartender Ryan Magarian to formulate Aviation American Gin. Founded in 2006 at Portland, Ore.’s

Gin

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. Rocket Vodka is American-made, created in small batches from a blend of California-grown Fuji and Golden Delicious apples. Spirits Awards is a great place to start. Best in Show Winners — L.A.

Bottling

VinePair

JANUARY 25, 2024

When I lived in Seattle, the Trader Joe’s around the corner from my apartment carried beer and wine but my local Brooklyn Trader Joe’s can only sell beer (the popular Trader Joe’s wine store in Union Square opened in 2006 and was the only one in New York State, but unexpectedly closed in August 2022). After L.I.B.’s

Bitters

VinePair

OCTOBER 2, 2024

It sometimes shows up in the form of a bar bet, in which a bartender might offer to pay for the pint if a drinker can split the G perfectly on the first try, or as a competition between friends to see who pays for the round, or just as a bit of fun. “In If you had vodka and Coke, you wouldn’t take a picture of it,” she says.

Pub

Bar Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2024

This marks its first market expansion since global industry figure and master distiller, Bex Almqvist launched the distillery in 2022. Bex Almqvist has a wealth of experience within the drinks industry, beginning her career as a bartender in London where she won competitions.

Gin

VinePair

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Nikka Coffey Vodka Back in the ‘60s, Nikka Whisky Distilling Co. acquired two unique Coffey stills from Scotland, and has since honored their use with a line of fine whisky, gin , and vodka. Cereal and bright stone fruit notes shine throughout. Average Price: $80 Rating: 93 See Review 49. Average Price: $35 Rating: 92 See Review 38.

Gin

A Bar Above

JUNE 2, 2024

We’re talking about global sales hitting over $30 million in 2022 (US dollars). To me, it offers a distinct alcohol flavor similar to that of vodka mixed with Chartreuse. If they do, head on over and have your bartender shake you up an Alaska cocktail.

Liqueur

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.

Bar

Bar Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

For Paragon Brands, this is the latest acquisition in a long line of major new brand distributions, following Żubrówka Vodka, the third-largest vodka brand worldwide and fastest-growing major vodka in UK retail, and Heaven’s Door whisky, Bob Dylan’s first and only consumer brand partnership in his 50-year career.

Gin

Tales of the Cocktail

AUGUST 16, 2023

In July 2022, Tales of the Cocktail Foundation announced a partnership with the Singapore Tourism Board to highlight the culture and talent that abounds within the island nation of Singapore. The first cocktail menu was crafted around popular drinks that people often call for such as vodka sodas, beer, and gin and tonics.

Club

Tales of the Cocktail

AUGUST 16, 2023

In July 2022, Tales of the Cocktail Foundation announced a partnership with the Singapore Tourism Board to highlight the culture and talent that abounds within the island nation of Singapore. The first cocktail menu was crafted around popular drinks that people often call for such as vodka sodas, beer, and gin and tonics.

Club

Imbibe Magazine

JANUARY 3, 2024

Gonzalez is the founder of Los Angeles’ The New Bar spirit-free bottle shop , which opened in July of 2022. He’s a bartender by trade. ’ In January of 2022, I left my career in tech and started focusing full-time on building The New Bar. Not just a concert bar experience with options like Vodka Soda.

Bar

VinePair

OCTOBER 23, 2024

From 2020 to 2022, the New Western Dry gin was one of the fastest-growing gins in the U.S., Gin is often that step people take from drinking vodka.” When considering the spirits most enjoyed by younger drinkers, vodka and tequila are easy choices for their associations with party culture. percent, and vodka down 3.4

Gin

Tales of the Cocktail

JULY 25, 2024

Founded in 2022, the New Orleans Spirits Competition is an international spirits competition that celebrates and recognizes best-in-class spirits from producers around the world. Additionally, the prestigious Distillery of the Year award was unveiled today at Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans.

Speed Rack

Cheers

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Caprese Martini at Jac’s On Bond in New York, with Grey Goose vodka, Lustau Blanco, balsamic vinegar, a pinch of salt, and garnished with skewered cherry tomatoes. For example, Kimpton Shinjuku Tokyo is offering a Martini that features vodka infused with Japanese salmon jerky. ABV brew from Oskar Blues , maker of Dale’s Pal Ale.

Gin

VinePair

MAY 13, 2024

Their top-selling drink is a Vodka Soda. The Vodka Y Soda isn’t just a two-ingredient highball; they add guava and pasilla into the mix, and the result is refreshing and intensely flavorful. This brings us back to the Vodka Soda, a drink that many cocktail snobs have rendered beneath them for years. There’s a lot to unpack.

Vodka

VinePair

MARCH 31, 2024

When I sat down before Kayama last month, he was well-prepared for my arrival, and to tell the story behind his “Fresh Campari”, a seven-year old viral curiosity that requires more than a dozen ingredients including angelica and calamus roots, licorice, cinnamon, grapefruit juice, and vodka.

Aperitif

VinePair

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

It’s all very tantalizing, esoteric, somewhat mysterious stuff and it’s no wonder so many people (myself included) were eager to read more about this far-flung company that was making neither whiskey nor gin nor vodka but, instead, “freeform spirits.” I’m a decent bartender, but no Mr. Lyan.

Liquor

VinePair

MAY 2, 2025

Big beverage brands are rolling out canned vodka lemonades left and right. It started with Surfside , which launched its vodka-spiked hard teas and lemonades in 2022, propelling the brand into a stage of exponential growth over the following few years. Gallo have also announced vodka lemonade RTDs. Tune in for more.

Vodka

Spiritz

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Short Story was launched by Third Eye Distillery as a portfolio of three white spirits in October 2022 with Pankaj leading the product as its Brand Director. “Short Story’s portfolio contains a pot-distilled classic London dry gin, a charcoalfiltered grain vodka, and an IndoCaribbean white rum,” informs Pankaj.

Rum

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. Earlier this year, the Providence-based Industrious Spirit Company released Li’l Rhody Pizza Strip , a vodka made from wheat, spices, and pizza strips, a Rhode Island staple.

IPA

VinePair

MAY 5, 2025

As people partied like it was 1999, they were almost certainly drinking vodka, which at the time accounted for about a quarter of the spirits market. billion in revenue in 2024, according to the Distilled Spirit Council , just a hair behind vodkas $7.2 Craft beer was just on the precipice of booming.

Tequila

Tales of the Cocktail

APRIL 23, 2025

The bar has been recognized as a Spirited Awards Canada Regional Honoree several times, including Best International Cocktail Bar in 2025, 2024, 2023, and 2022, Best International Bar Team in 2025, and Best New International Cocktail Bar in 2020. Tales Catalyst 2025 is supported by Titos Handmade Vodka and Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey.

Speed Rack

VinePair

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Agave spirits, in their myriad guises, enjoy similar billing, as well as eye-opening gins, vodkas with distinctive character, and a healthy showing of sugar- and grape-based distillates. The palate comes into its own with mineral-rich texture and green botanical notes, ample evidence that vodka can exhibit unique character.

Tequila