The Cocktail Lovers

APRIL 11, 2025

And while the emphasis at Flauer Alassio 2025 might appear to be on chefs, dishes and restaurants, this was the first year the event also welcomed in spirits, bars and bartenders to explore the increasingly important role edible flowers are playing in cocktails. Non-alcoholic refreshment amongst the Wisteria at Villa della Pergola 8.

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VinePair

JULY 9, 2024

A recent report published by beverage data analytics firm ISWR indicated that agave spirits — a space primarily driven by tequila — was the only alcohol category to experience growth in the U.S. That’s why we asked 14 bartenders to share their own go-to tequilas, both behind the stick and on their home bar carts. Here’s what they said.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Its neutrality can also provide a cocktail’s anticipated pop of alcohol without masking the flavors of its other ingredients. In some cases, a vodka imbued with a little flavoring can even be a bartender’s friend, whether that flavoring comes straight out of the bottle or through something fancy like an infusion.

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VinePair

AUGUST 22, 2024

To bridge the gap, we asked bartenders to recommend their favorite bottles for bourbon beginners. Some bartenders mentioned bottles that are slightly lower in alcohol to soften the spirituous burn the category is known for, while others chose their picks because they’re ubiquitous and accessible.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Gustavo Rojas, mixologist and bartender, The Pony Room at Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa , Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. Juan Salgado, bartender, El Jardin , San Jose, Calif. “A Derrick Osbeck, bartender, Bravas Bar de Tapas , Healdsburg, Calif. Vida Mezcal Clásico is the clear answer for Margaritas.

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VinePair

AUGUST 14, 2024

For a little inspiration, we asked bartenders to recommend their favorite underrated summer cocktail. Christine Wiseman, Beverage Director, LilliStar , NYC With lower-ABV and non-alcoholic cocktails becoming essential for menus these days, the New Orleans-classic Old Hickory is a drink that should be on everyone’s radar.

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The Cocktail Lovers

MAY 7, 2024

We’re flying nine bartenders over to launch the full menu, so from that aspect, it’s similar to last year as we’re not just doing a guest shift or a small takeover with four or five drinks. We’ll be sending one of our lab guys over to Rome along with another bartender four or five days before. We’ll be taking over the entire venue.

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VinePair

APRIL 8, 2025

A final ruling from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) published on Dec. Balcones head bartender Don Phet is here to help break down what this new ruling means for the industry and consumers alike, as well as show off the versatility of American Single Malts in cocktails (because no, its not just for sipping neat!).

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Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 4, 2024

And it’s one of the few OG non-alcoholic drinks to have survived long enough to enjoy a new life in the current mocktail boom. It was invented by bartender George Williamson at Shoomaker’s bar and dubbed for a sport named “Colonel” Joe Rickey. It’s that rare soft drink that is as famous as its cocktail counterpart, the Gin Rickey.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

One of the most difficult concepts for new bartenders to grasp is balance. The ability to manage the delicate interplay between spirit, sweet, sour, bitter, and dilution separates great bartenders and mixologists from amateurs. You are forced to work the rest of your cocktail template around that,” he says.

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The Bartender Company

JANUARY 16, 2024

Drinking alcohol is a time-honored tradition going back thousands of years. What if you don’t want to drink alcoholic spirits, or are concerned about developing an addiction to alcohol? What if you are “sober curious” and enjoy the flavor profile of spirits but don’t want to drink alcoholic spirits for health reasons?

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VinePair

AUGUST 20, 2024

It’s also a style that brewers, bartenders, and other folks in the drinks industry can appreciate for various reasons, from feelings of nostalgia to the ease of reaching for something unfussy. It has all the flavor you want in a crisp light beer, but it has no carbs, alcohol, or calories. Can somebody bring me a case?” —Nic

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The Cocktail Lovers

MARCH 25, 2024

Their new, much-needed initiative is named after and inspired by the first woman to take up the position of Head Bartender at the American Bar at The Savoy Hotel, the incredible Ada Coleman. That naturally entails featuring bartenders and industry experts with different perspectives, backgrounds and life experiences.”

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VinePair

AUGUST 28, 2024

The New York-based food scientist, bartender, and technologist pioneered techniques like centrifuge clarification, force carbonation, rapid infusion, liquid nitrogen chilling, and nitro-muddling, just to name a few. I’m biased, of course, because I was head bartender at both bars. It just takes a bit more time.

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VinePair

JANUARY 25, 2024

Whether or not your neighborhood Trader Joe’s can sell alcohol is determined by state and local laws. In a tasting session on his YouTube channel , Los Angeles bartender Zach Zoschke describes the nose as “smells like Campari with training wheels” and notes that its price makes it a “somewhat compelling alternative.”

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Bar Magazine

MARCH 8, 2024

When Jonatan Bou Guardiola, our Head Bartender, the team and myself, were brainstorming ideas, I looked down at one of our tables and saw my reflection, which is what ultimately inspired the menu. Every technique that a bartender uses has come from a chef. We also learn so much from chefs.

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VinePair

JANUARY 14, 2025

Despite the difficulty in forecasting the drink of 2025, bartenders can certainly hope to make some drinks more often. We asked 14 bartenders from across the country to share their opinions on which cocktail they think people should order more in 2025. Janice Bailon, head bartender, Leyenda , Brooklyn The Adonis!

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VinePair

OCTOBER 1, 2024

And while some tried-and-true classics never go out of fashion, there are others that have become so overexposed that they lose their luster — or just drive bartenders bananas when ordered. Seeking to find out which drinks deserve to get the axe, we asked bartenders to spill the tea on the orders that make them wince. The Moscow Mule.

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VinePair

AUGUST 5, 2024

Even though bartenders have a full arsenal of tools at their disposal, it’s not always wise to assume that they can whip up just about anything imaginable. We asked bartenders from across the country to share the weirdest modification requests they’ve ever received, and here are eight of the most ridiculous. What’s next?

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

As Merriam Webster defines it , a speakeasy is a place where alcoholic beverages are illegally sold. Of course, we’re living in a world where people also slap the word moonshine onto the labels of fully taxed and government-approved bottles of alcohol for sale. Yet neither term is used with strict adherence to its definition.

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VinePair

JULY 25, 2024

After placing a footed glass filled with frothy, pink liquid atop a thick marble bar, the bartender gently pours something glittery and purple over my drink from a tiny pitcher. To become a bartender at Fridays back then, employees had to commit over 400 cocktail recipes to memory and pass a comprehensive written exam.

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VinePair

JANUARY 17, 2024

By the time Booker and Dax closed in 2016, I was the head bartender, and I spent the next year at the NoMad learning to make a lot of very good drinks very quickly. Dave Arnold and Don Lee then opened Existing Conditions in 2018, and I will eternally be grateful that they saw fit to bring me on as head bartender.

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Cheers

JANUARY 23, 2024

One thing everyone seems to agree on: No-/lo-alcohol drinks are here to stay. White wine blends have been picking up steam across generations with female consumers leading the surge, according to alcohol ecommerce technology supplier Drinks. Some also expect orange wines (essentially skin-contact white wines) to heat up in 2024.

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VinePair

JULY 31, 2024

“I am really proud of this drink and initially worried it may be taken as gimmicky — and it is a little, that’s fine, we love silly s**t — but it’s a genuinely tasty and well-crafted drink,” she says, crediting head bartender Waka Murata for coming up with the concoction.

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Bartender.com

JANUARY 9, 2024

We celebrated my dad’s birthday every year at Trader Vic’s and I developed an even deeper personal affinity for tropical-style drinks during my time as the head bartender at The Polynesian.

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VinePair

JULY 16, 2024

Bartenders face the same question when a brand rep drops in and introduces them to a new expression. We recently reached out to 22 bartenders to see which new (and new-to-them) bottles they were into lately. Evan Flynn, head bartender, Death and Co. Claudia Lara manager/head bartender, Rogue Bar , Queens, N.Y.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

From classic boilermakers to themed shooters and even bartender handshakes , shots are the bread and butter of the bar world. And if theres one group of people that knows exactly what the people want, its bartenders. Here, we asked 18 bartenders and industry pros which shots are currently trending in their bars.

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VinePair

MAY 13, 2025

It is exceptionally difficult to craft cocktails that are complex, delicious, and memorable without alcohol. The effect of alcohol can even help mask when a cocktail isnt perfectly balanced. In a bar setting, price points provide an additional layer of difficulty for non-alcoholic cocktails. 1nrestaurant twice by the L.A.

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VinePair

MAY 12, 2025

Sure, some bartenders held onto their Froot Loop- and Cinnamon Toast Crunch-infused creations, but for the most part cereal milk remained a thing of the past until now. Beck Hargrave, a bartender at the Korean restaurant and the cocktails creator, originally heard Have you ever had Capn Crunch and proceeded to put Hennessy in it?

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

especially among young people who are consuming alcohol at a lower rate than in prior decades. Although the tradition of sober Januarys has existed in Finland since the early 1940s, Dry January, as its popularly known, was conceived in 2013 by Alcohol Change UK , an organization that raises awareness about the dangers of alcohol abuse.

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VinePair

APRIL 17, 2025

With more bartenders pushing the creative envelope behind the stick, cocktails are arguably better today than theyve ever been before. With that in mind, we were curious to learn more about which cocktail ingredients and techniques the pros believe are the most overrated, so we asked nine bartenders to share their opinions.

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Moody Mixologist

MARCH 19, 2025

This bar is perhaps best known for one of its legendary bartenders, Harry Craddock, who wrote The Savoy Cocktail Book in 1929. Ada Coleman invented the Hanky Panky sometime between 1903 and 1926 when she was the head bartender at the American Bar. It's said that she created the drink for an actor, Charles Hawtrey.

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Cheers

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

For one, the popularity of low- and no-alcohol drinks remains so strong that theyre no longer a trend but now a menu mainstay for many operators. Spritz-style drinks have also become a year-round menu mainstay, as demand for light, low-alcohol cocktails and interest in Italian aperitivo culture continues.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

That same month, September 2017, Vice Munchies was perhaps the first alcohol industry publication to write about Empirical in an article titled “This Once-Abandoned Warehouse Might Contain the Future of Booze.” I’m a decent bartender, but no Mr. Lyan. At the least, it’s not exactly a cocktail a home consumer would typically make.

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