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We Asked 12 Bartenders: Which Tequila Offers the Best Bang for Your Buck? (2024)

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It’s no surprise that Americans are constantly shopping for tequila — it’s now the second most-popular spirit in the United States, second only to vodka. In this crowded market, it can be especially difficult to discern quality, as not all tequila is made equal. Johnny Codd, bar director, Selland Family Group , Sacramento, Calif. “It’s

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We Asked 11 Bartenders: What’s the Best New Tequila That’s Earned a Spot on Your Bar? (2024)

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Tequila is a liquid goldmine for the curious drinker, and every month seemingly delivers a cavalcade of new options to try at bars and liquor stores. It can be tough to keep up with this steady barrage of new tequilas to try. Fortunately, bartenders love to geek out about what’s new in the marketplace.

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We Asked 10 Bartenders: What’s the Trendiest Shot to Order Right Now?

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It doesn’t matter if you’re in a fancy craft cocktail spot serving $20 Negroni riffs or a seedy dive bar with sticky floors and the faint smell of urine wafting through the air: Shot glasses are always on hand, waiting to be filled. That’s because a shot is more than a quick blast of liquor to lips. appeared first on VinePair.

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Regional Indian Ingredients Are Getting the Main-Character Treatment in Cocktails

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“We focused our cocktails on different, lesser known heritage properties,” says Izler Thomas, Pippal’s bar manager, of the bar’s impressive booklet. For example, a cocktail named after Kolkata’s Howrah Bridge is made with Jaan Paan liquor.

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A New Era of High-End Infused Cocktails Is Upon Us

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Defining the Dividing Line Infused spirits are liquor projects made with purpose, whether that intent focuses on slow, pleasurable sipping or slamming them until the wee small hours. Infusing vodka or a tequila with shishito peppers is a favorite of mine,” Shea says. “It It depends on how they’re used.

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We Asked 10 Bartenders: What Makes the Perfect Hot Toddy?

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The Hot Toddy is, at its core, straightforward: It consists of liquor, water or tea, sugar, and spices. And while its history has a number of origin stories — and a number of liquors involved — we know a few things to be true: It’s often cited and used as a cold remedy, both in reference to illness and weather.

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Chain Restaurant Cocktails: The Good, the Bad, and the Outrageously Boozy

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The structure that these systems provided also helped shape his career as a consultant for bars and liquor brands. Fridays used to be the cocktail bar,” Duff says. I worked in a Chili’s in high school,” says Sarah Morrissey, the bar manager of the recently reopened Le Veau d’Or on New York Upper East Side. “I

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