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Nothing says ‘professional mixologist’ like making someone a drink and pausing to pour from a bulbous canteen like a toddler pouring juice. ” —Josh Gandee, host, No Proof podcast “Not all celebrity tequilas deserve to be behind the bar. The most comfortable way to empty its contents is with two hands.
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Bill Sabine is barmanager at the Nautilus Pier 4 in Boston. I enrolled in a local bartending school with job placement and landed an event bartending gig, then worked up to the clubhouse bar. Tequila and vodka are always popular, so Tequila Mockingbird and Kermit the Frog. Blanco tequila 2 oz.
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