Chilled Magazine

MARCH 11, 2024

Vuolo’s a popular Italian restaurant and bar located in Winthrop, Massachusetts offers a detailed cocktail menu featuring between 15-17 cocktails every three months and rotates a specials menu with their most exciting three-four ideas every month. The “Agony and the Ecstasy” was a cocktail I developed on a trip to Florence, Italy.

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A Bar Above

DECEMBER 21, 2023

We here at A Bar Above obviously love cocktails– as do you, I’m sure, since you’re on this site. Note : You’ll need the same equipment for non-alcoholic beverages as you would for alcoholic cocktails, so make sure to visit the A Bar Above shop for all your barware if your home bar isn’t already stocked.

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Drinkhacker

DECEMBER 22, 2023

While homesteading in southern New Jersey farm country, Danny applied lessons learned to his own local brews and shrubs, eventually helming the bar program at well-known restaurant The Farm and Fisherman, where his focus on natural, seasonal ingredients and modifiers earned him national acclaim.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 10, 2023

But we’re also keen on sharing the knowledge that makes their contents special, and that’s where the best new drinks books come in. And, if nothing else, all of our picks look handsome on any bookshelf or bar cart. Here are some of the best drinks books to gift in 2023. Norton & Company, May 2023.

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Mixologists

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Introduction: The Art of the Home Bar - Why a Stylish Bar Cart Matters In the theater of home entertaining, the bar cart is the star, a mobile stage for your mixology prowess. This guide will walk you through the essentials, transforming your space with a bar cart that's both stunning and functional.

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Chilled Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2024

“I’m currently working on opening my own bar, which is an exciting and challenging endeavor. I also enjoy relaxing with a good book, especially ones about the history of spirits and mixology.” ” Any favorite bars? “One of my favorite bars is Service Bar in DC. What is it stocked with?

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A Bar Above

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Tiki Cocktail Book & Tiki Glasses Surprise your closest friends who are standing by you on your wedding day with some really cool cocktail recipes. Pair a set of hurricane glasses or tiki mugs with a tropical cocktail book for your own customized, fun gift box. Photo by Gianluca Riccio via www.unsplash.com 1.

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Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

The distillation of medicinal liqueurs, emergence of punch and bitters, and commercialization of vermouth followed from 1500 CE to 1796 CE. was in its disco area, and the high-volume bar concept was introduced. The first indication of wine appears in 5,000 BCE, and the word “aperitif” first shows up in writing in the 5th century CE.

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Chilled Magazine

AUGUST 28, 2024

And, if there’s one thing I’ve learned from his vivid depictions of Paris in books like A Moveable Feast and The Sun Also Rises, the writer knew how to throw a few back. Dirty Martinis in La Marais My first stop is the Boubalé bar here at the Mazarin, which opened in October. Chartreuse, and lime bitters.

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Chilled Magazine

MARCH 3, 2024

DeGroff Bitter Aperitivo and DeGroff New World Amaro event photographed by Rose Callahan at Amor Y Amargo on May 10, 2023 “I’m a research scientist and New Orleans native, both of which factored into my falling down this deep rabbit hole,” jokes T.A.

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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. Sometimes bitter, sometimes sour, one reminiscent of lemon, another of orange.

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The Cocktail Lovers

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

As the title suggests, they’re front of centre of our featured book ‘ The Martini The Ultimate Guide to a Cocktail Icon’ by Alice Lascelles; then they pop up in fine style in our bar review at one of the oldest restaurants in London Rules, as well as in this week’s Cocktail Hack with Simon Ford.

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VinePair

AUGUST 16, 2024

To be honest, it’s not something we ever fully considered until browsing the menu at NYC’s newly opened Bar Contra. Featured among the Lower East Side cocktail bar’s list of shaken drinks is the Sagittarius B2, a drink that, according to the menu, replicates “the taste of the center of the galaxy.” It’s also known to smell like rum.

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A Bar Above

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Copyright A Bar Above 1. Your favorite bartender can create gorgeous patterns with bitters, spray the inside of a cocktail glass with vermouth, or make custom stenciled patterns on an egg white cocktail. These bitters bottles come in classic amber brown or gorgeous matte black– and in two sizes: 2 oz or 4 oz. Who doesn’t ?

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The Cocktail Lovers

JANUARY 25, 2024

But before we hear from Steve, we’re doing the usual: opening up bottles, dipping into a book and heading off to a cocktail bar to sample its goodies. Our book choice this week is Aperitif by Kate Hawkins and our bar review sees us falling for Dram, the recently opened, tardis-like spot in London’s Soho.

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Advanced Mixology

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Bar owners gravitate toward the store to find the most elusive drinks from premier regions for Old World and New World wine such as Bordeaux, Burgundy, Tuscany, Marlborough, Finger Lakes and Napa Valley and snag the best liquor and wine deals. The result is an equally sour and bitter elixir. Mike and his staff have never looked back.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The Bartender: Simon Banks Cocktail: Fortune Teller Simon Banks introduction to bartending began at a dive bar in Louisville, but working in Denvers burgeoning craft cocktail scene in 2014 further cemented his interest. Falernum and mole bitters provide a backbone of subtle spice.

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VinePair

AUGUST 9, 2024

Beautifully bright, curiously clear, and perfectly balanced between bitter and sweet, Luxardo’s Bianco Negroni is built for summertime. Named after the cities where this two-ingredient cocktail originated, the Milano-Torino is made from half Italian sweet vermouth and half bitters. Look no further than your cocktail glass.

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VinePair

AUGUST 28, 2024

His book “ Liquid Intelligence ” is a James Beard and Spirited Award-winning masterwork that changed the way bartenders around the world make drinks. Arnold’s bars, Booker and Dax and Existing Conditions (which he opened in collaboration with Don Lee) may have closed, but both were bastions of his brand of understated technical excellence.

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Cocktails with Suderman

OCTOBER 18, 2024

But today, home bartenders with modestly stocked bars can make their own similar alterations and improvements. Yes, there were spirit-heavy mixed drinks that preceded it, particularly punch, but the Whiskey Cocktail was the first libation to combine whiskey, sugar, and bitters in a single-serve drink. It’s recipe number 109.

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Australian Bartender

JUNE 3, 2024

She is the co-owner of Goodwater in Melbourne and the face and talent behind the cocktailing YouTube channel Behind the Bar. Instead, it has taken him back behind the bar – this time, his own bar, the newly opened Latteria in Adelaide. But, while the role has many perks, he missed being behind the bar. “I

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VinePair

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Mix, who co-owns pan-Latin cocktail bar Leyenda in Brooklyn and literally wrote the book on Latin American spirits, has long championed the Peruvian grape distillate both as a versatile cocktail component and as a neat sipping spirit, and for good reason. And year after year, she’s disappointed.

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Australian Bartender

JUNE 24, 2024

She is the co-owner of Goodwater in Melbourne and the face and talent behind the cocktailing YouTube channel Behind the Bar. I expected that its story would be quite well documented, with perhaps a squabble over which exact bar in New Orleans had first mixed one, but instead, I opened a can of worms. How hard could it be?

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A Bar Above

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Here are some of our favorite recommendations: Seedlip : This is the one we use the most at A Bar Above, including all of our company-wide meetings. Using a bar spoon , give a quick stir to mix the ingredients. They offer three expressions: Garden, Spice, and Grove. Top with ginger beer. Garnish with a slice of lime.

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Mixologists

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Its velvety texture, rich coffee aroma, and invigorating kick have cemented its status in bars worldwide. The secret to perfection lies in the espresso's quality and the balance of sweetness and bitterness. Simple syrup, with its neutral sweetness, balances the bitterness of coffee.

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The Whiskey Wash

JUNE 8, 2024

Manhattan Cocktail Recipe The classic Manhattan recipe: 1 oz of Cocchi Torino (different brands will give you different flavors) 2 oz of a rye of choice 2 dashes of Angostura bitters. Or as many dashes of bitters as you want Maraschino cherry to garnish. A lemon twist works just as well. Sazerac Rye, 45% ABV BUY NOW: $19.95

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Australian Bartender

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Photography by Petrina Tinslay Bobbie’s, 24 Bay Street, Double Bay @bobbies_doublebay Bobbie’s, a new underground bar by Neil and Samantha Perry, has just opened its doors in Double Bay. It’s Neil’s first dive into the bar scene after years as a top Sydney restaurateur.

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VinePair

AUGUST 28, 2024

Mario Firmani, bar manager at an establishment that’s in the 50 Best Bars list, knows a thing or two about the aperitivo. There was a lot of self-education, books, going to other bars, … but I had a lot of mentors and a close group of friends that I’m still working with today.”

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Old Liquors Magazine

JUNE 25, 2024

But if you do ever happen to bring peace to the world and travel to Norway in December to collect your prize from the King of Norway, you won’t have to go far from the king’s palace or your hotel suite to one of the best bars in the city, situated on top of the 143-year-old hotel. The hotel opened in 1874. People of all ages come together.

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Tales of the Cocktail

MAY 22, 2025

The Spirited Awards honor excellence across the global bar industry, recognizing achievements in both domestic and international categories. The program includes awards for writing and media, as well as top honors that celebrate the best in the worldsuch as Worlds Best Cocktail Bar and Worlds Best Cocktail Menu.

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VinePair

JANUARY 25, 2024

As the author of books on amaro , bitters , and a writer who frequently chronicles Italian drinking culture , I’ve had the chance to try countless bottles of amaro over the years and I’m always curious, and often skeptical, of a new release, especially one from Trader Joe’s. ”) on the blue neckband label.

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Cocktail Whisperer

MARCH 12, 2025

And another person, Beach Bum Berry, who influenced a generation of Tiki Bars and party people. Warren Bobrow is a master mixologist and author of 6 beverage books on cannabis cocktails, mocktails, and tonics. You could say he is a great influence upon me. How much THC? That is up to you, my friends. Dont destroy yourself!

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Australian Bartender

JUNE 19, 2024

Running from June through to September, expect Disaronno in various media platforms including podcasts, a collaboration with Palace Cinemas, a robust social media presence, and partnership with acclaimed publications like Broadsheet and Concrete Playground driving foot traffic to bars that offer an authentic amaretto sour, made with Disaronno.

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VinePair

AUGUST 16, 2024

This is especially true for traditional, spirit-forward ones like the Old Fashioned, which blends whiskey, bitters, and sugar to create a full-bodied flavor that’s meant to be sipped and savored. This mixture of base spirit, bitters, and sugar became wildly popular, prompting bartenders to create new versions with varied ingredients.

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Bar Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

PocketSquare – the east London rooftop bar with skyline terrace – will launch a winter menu celebrating gin cocktails. Accompanying the menu will be collection of pop-art inspired cocktail prints and a seasonal makeover of the bar’s alfresco terrace. The drink showcases one of the incredible non-alcoholic gins that are now available.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Entire books have been devoted to the subject. Mellow corn was the unique and very affordable missing puzzle piece to my back bar. Yarm has seen the liquid work its way onto many bar menus across the country in boilermaker form. “But Sure, it’ll make a fine whiskey cola or ginger with bitters. Peach and corn?

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Barina Craft

DECEMBER 31, 2023

The Daily Cocktail book actually listed the Happy New Year cocktail recipe as their drink of the day recommendation for December 31st back in 2006.* Classic Champagne Cocktail - sugar cube, aromatic bitters and Champagne with optional brandy for an IBA official drink. Coffee Cocktail - Cognac, ruby port, egg and sugar.

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