Bar Spoon Gin Whiskey 
Mixologists
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Essential spirits include vodka, gin, rum, tequila, and whiskey, each offering a unique flavor profile. A shaker, strainer, jigger, and bar spoon are the cornerstones of any home bar. Essential Bar Tools: Shaker: For chilling and mixing ingredients. Bar Spoon: For stirring and layering ingredients.
A Bar Above
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Photo by Paige Ledford via Unsplash OLD FASHIONED 2 ounces Ritual Whiskey Alternative ¼ ounce Simple Syrup 2 Dashes Stirrings Blood Orange Non-alcoholic Bitters Technique : Add simple syrup, Stirrings bitters, and Ritual whiskey to your mixing glass. Add ice and stir with a bar spoon to chill. I started with gin.
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Mixologists
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Start with the "holy trinity" of base liquors: vodka, gin, and rum. Then, add tequila and whiskey. For gin, Tanqueray 10 offers a citrusy profile. Rittenhouse Rye is a bold whiskey option. A long-handled bar spoon is ideal for stirring. Highball Glass: For Gin & Tonic, Moscow Mule.
A Bar Above
DECEMBER 28, 2023
Monday : With whiskey and gin alternatives, you can recreate many classic cocktails with Monday’s non-alcoholic spirits. Amass : Although they are known for their alcoholic spirits, Amass also makes a zero-proof spirit using gin botanicals– although they say not to expect a gin proxy, per se. Top with ginger beer.
VinePair
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
For other more complex cocktails, like the Ramos Gin Fizz , nailing it is a little more straightforward. Misha Chavez, founder, The Museum , NYC “The hardest cocktail to master, in my opinion, is the Ramos Gin Fizz. I think it’s the only cocktail I’ve had sent back or requested an adjustment for at every single bar job I’ve had.
A Bar Above
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
If you know your wedding party loves cocktails, adding some garnishing items to their bar carts is a practical gift that they may not buy themselves but that can really elevate their drinks. a personalized flask (the all-time classic groomsman gift), or more of our cocktail bar tools (see below).
Mixologists
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Basil adds a peppery, aromatic note, complementing gin and tomato-based cocktails. Rosemary provides a woody, piney flavor, enhancing whiskey and vodka drinks. The Green Gin Gimlet: A Herbal Delight Ingredients: 2 oz Gin, 1 oz Fresh Lime Juice, 0.75 Add whiskey and ice. Top with soda water. oz Cucumber-Mint Syrup.
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