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We Asked 11 Bartenders: What’s Your Most Controversial Cocktail Take?

VinePair

To learn about some of the most controversial cocktail opinions held by the pros, we asked bartenders from across the country for their hottest cocktail takes. Of course, if a bartender calls out something you personally enjoy, that does not make it bad — the best thing about hot takes is that they’re often meant to be disagreed with.

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Master Mixology: Advanced Techniques & Pro Secrets for Bartender Mastery

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Introduction: The Ascent to Mastery: Why Advanced Mixology Matters for Bartenders In the fiercely competitive world of bartending, merely knowing the basics is insufficient for true distinction. aging cocktails in small oak barrels), allow bartenders to create unique and complex flavors, pushing the boundaries of traditional cocktails.

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Employees Only Turns 20: An Oral History of the Iconic NYC Speakeasy

VinePair

Excellent craft drinks, yes, but ones that were free-poured, doled out with haste, and in high volume. It was talking about how this is going to become a thing, and it was a couple months before we opened (the article was published on Sept. It was the bartenders in the white coats that got me. I was hooked.

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How Jackson Cannon Helped Build (and Rebuild) Boston’s Cocktail Culture

Imbibe Magazine

For a long while, it looked like Eastern Standard—the stylish and influential high-volume bar and restaurant near Fenway Park that opened in 2005—might also be among those casualties. ” The band metaphor is apt, since Cannon’s pre-bartender career was as a musician. “This is probably not one of them.”

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The Mount Rushmore of American Craft Cocktail Bars, According to 7 Noteworthy Bartenders

VinePair

Asking a bartender to name the most influential craft cocktail bar of all time is a heavy question bordering on unfair. So when I recently asked six acclaimed bartenders what bars were on their Mount Rushmore, most responded with a request for a few days to marinate on their choices. It took me several days to think things over, natch.

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The Treacherous, Untold Toll Bartending Takes on the Body

VinePair

Allan Katz loves bartending. His decades-long battle with chronic pain didn’t result from a freak accident or a sports injury; it’s the result of over two decades of bartending in craft cocktail bars across the country. The Occupational Hazards of Mixology Bartending can be glamorous.

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We Asked 10 Bartenders: What’s the Hardest Cocktail to Master?

VinePair

After conquering low-lift highballs and easy equal-parts concoctions, most aspiring bartenders are eager to step into the big leagues and attempt more intricate cocktails. How much you slightly alter the volume of the three primary spirits — or more consequentially, the Benedictine — will result in a very different cocktail each time.”

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