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Celebrating 15 years of Baba Au Rum with 15 questions for founder Thanos Prunarus

The Cocktail Lovers

A key bar in putting Athens on the map for contemporary cocktail culture it’s picked up its fair share of awards, most recently taking home the World’s Best Spirit Selection presented by Tales of the Cocktail Foundation in 2024, and is a regular on the World’s 50 Best bars list, currently sitting at No.

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From the Alabama Slammer to the White Russian: Were Any Good Cocktails Created in the ’70s?

VinePair

It was the height of the jet age as well, and tiki culture was soaring. Of course, what we’ve also learned from the era of the extra Martini, unicorn latte, and increasingly absurdist Bloody Mary is that there are also times in history when we drinkers explicitly reject serious cocktail culture.

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How St-Germain Went From Bartender’s Ketchup to Spritz Sensation

VinePair

Bartenders at pioneering cocktail establishments like NYCs Please Dont Tell and Death & Co. latched onto the flavorful liqueur, stirring it into everything from tequila-based Martini variations to intricate gin-forward Tiki drinks. In 2022, roughly 390,000 cases were shipped to the U.S. Its just so easy to work with.

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