Chilled Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2024

This fall, El Mayor Tequila invited nine Chilled 100 bartenders, a distinguished group of mixologists from across the United States, to craft an exclusive collection of fall-inspired cocktails. This cocktail has allowed me to show off one of the homemade syrup techniques that have I learned to improve my bartending skills.

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Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

These are the workhorses, the reliable voices in the bartender’s orchestra, always ready to harmonize with bitters, liqueurs, and fresh ingredients. This is just a snapshot of the spirits that keep bartenders around the world stocked and inspired. So, what bottles reign supreme on top shelves across the country?

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Chilled Magazine

MARCH 21, 2025

To quench your curiosity, we’ve gathered insights from top-notch bartenders in the city to predict the springs palate-pleasing trends. Of course, agave-based drinks like the Margaritas and Palomas continue to do well, but as we’ve seen with our Cut Above Margarita, it’s not necessarily tequila what people are looking for.”

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Chilled Magazine

AUGUST 7, 2024

In cocktail bars, bartenders are creating their own spin on classic cocktails. To fight the monotony and repetition of making drinks the same way year after year, bartenders are designing drinks using seasonal ingredients and flavors and adding their own personal twists to them. They want to keep them fresh and exciting.

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Chilled Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

This fall, El Mayor Tequila invited nine Chilled 100 bartenders, a distinguished group of mixologists from across the United States, to craft an exclusive collection of fall-inspired cocktails. Tequila forward, decadent and savory, with a hint of bitterness and tropical undertones. El Mayor Reposado Tequila ½ oz.

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Chilled Magazine

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

This fall, El Mayor Tequila invited nine Chilled 100 bartenders, a distinguished group of mixologists from across the United States, to craft an exclusive collection of fall-inspired cocktails. The nuttiness in Amontillado sherry really helps stretch the complexity of the anejo tequila even further. Añejo El Mayor Tequila ½ oz.

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Chilled Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Bartender Barrymore “Bud” Shaw from Phoenix has been crowned the 2nd Annual Coramino Cup Bartender of the Year Winner ! The one-of-a-kind bartender competition celebrates and shines a light on the hustlers of nightlife and high-energy spots that often go unappreciated. Congratulations to Bud and our five finalists!

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Every professional bartender has a few bottles they don’t like. With that in mind, we asked 10 bartenders to name the bottles they wish would go away for good. For home bartenders], using the same mix in a Margarita , Whiskey Sour , and Tom Collins will result in subpar drinks that taste overwhelmingly similar.

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PUNCH

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This is the best top-shelf liquor, from tequila to whiskey, according to bartenders who recommend these spirits for cocktails.

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VinePair

JANUARY 2, 2025

Or in extreme cases, theres a chance some folks wrote off cocktails bars for decades after living through the era of Harvey Wallbangers and Tequila Sunrises. At the same time, bartenders never aim to make cocktails that are too anything. Whatever the case may be, nobody likes a cocktail thats overly saccharine or cloying.

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VinePair

JUNE 6, 2025

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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Chilled Magazine

MAY 28, 2024

Kevin Hart and Gran Coramino Tequila search the nation for this year’s Gran Coramino Bartender of the Year. Gran Coramino Tequila created The Coramino Cup bartender competition to celebrate bartender’s blood, sweat, and tears behind the bar. It’s a competition about you and your hard work as a bartender.

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Chilled Magazine

JUNE 26, 2025

Coco Lopez Cream of Coconut, the bartender’s favorite for summer is Coco Lopez Cream of Coconut. This National Coconut Day, June 26th, bartenders bring the tropical vibes behind the bar using a timeless favorite— Coco Lopez Cream of Coconut. Liqueur , Tequila Coco Loco Ingredients 1 ½ oz. Herradura Silver Tequila 2 oz.

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Chilled Magazine

MAY 20, 2024

In partnership with Gran Coramino® Tequila, we’re excited for the return of The Coramino Cup Bartender Competition for another thrilling year! These bartenders are the backbone of the industry, and The Coramino Cup gives them the recognition they deserve. The post Bartenders, Hustling Behind the Bar?

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VinePair

MARCH 18, 2025

While tequilas rise in popularity grabs headlines and drives conversations, vodka remained the top-selling spirit in the U.S. Nobody knows these differences better than bartenders committed to whipping up the best drinks possible for guests, even if that drink is a humble Vodka Soda. Were still living in a vodka world. We love it.

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Chilled Magazine

JUNE 7, 2025

Tequila , Vermouth 21Seeds Manhattan Ingredients 1 ½ oz. 21Seeds Valencia Orange Tequila ¼ oz. Liqueur , Tequila , Vermouth 21Seeds Negroni Ingredients 1 ½ oz. 21Seeds Valencia Orange Infused Tequila ½ oz. Liqueur , Tequila , Vermouth 21Seeds Negroni Ingredients 1 ½ oz. 21Seeds Valencia Orange Infused Tequila ½ oz.

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Imbibe Magazine

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Cafe Martini Give the trendy Espresso Martini more dimension and kick by swapping the vodka for a reposado tequila. Matriarch Martini For her Speed Rack–winning Espresso Martini recipe, bartender Haley Traub found inspiration from her mom’s Black Forest trifle dessert.

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Imbibe Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2024

En route, guides from the Arca Tierra project , which connects farmers with bartenders, chefs, and consumers, explained that the many man-made islands in the canal belong to a massive agricultural project built to feed the Aztec empire centuries ago. Natália Faustino Creativity is always a big part of cocktail bartending.

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PUNCH

APRIL 4, 2025

A tequila and grapefruit cocktail called the Chatazo is a staple in Jalisco, Mexico thanks to longtime bartender Jess Azpeitia Morales.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Come fall and winter, though, when much of America’s greenery is frosted over, it can take a little more creativity — especially for the at-home bartender. To help you seize the seasons, we chatted with three NYC bartenders and got their secrets on how to get the most out of fall and winter produce.

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Chilled Magazine

MAY 19, 2024

On May 4th, Ghost Tequila hosted a record-breaking event by creating the world’s largest Perfectly Spicy™ Margarita! That’s equivalent to 120 750ml bottles of Ghost Tequila Blanco, 1,480 servings of the signature Perfectly Spicy™ cocktails, and a handful of 10×10 ice blocks meticulously crafted by Carlos Leal of Mixology Ice !

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PUNCH

APRIL 4, 2023

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VinePair

MAY 1, 2025

Over almost 10 years of tasting and recommending tequilas at VinePair, weve watched the category grow and evolve, ultimately becoming one of the best-selling and most popular spirits in the U.S. And tequila , specifically, is facing something of a reckoning: Are there too many celebrity brands?

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Chilled Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2024

The key to a perfect margarita is choosing the perfect tequila. Here’s a carefully chosen collection of tequilas, each with its own unique opportunity to make a superb cocktail! high-quality blanco tequila 2 oz. high-quality blanco tequila 2 oz. Classic Margarita Ingredients: 4 oz. triple sec 1 ½ oz.

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VinePair

JUNE 17, 2025

It’s no secret that tequila has become exceedingly popular throughout the United States in recent years. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of knock-out tequilas on the market offering some real bang for your buck. It’s a phenomenal tequila that consistently over-delivers for its price point.

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Imbibe Magazine

JUNE 30, 2025

Across the country, bartenders are stocking lowboy coolers with farmstands’ worth of herbs and vegetables to create seasonal, savory drinks. The herbaceous sweetener highlights the vegetal notes of blanco tequila, so each component shines in tandem. blanco tequila 1 oz. lemongrass-dill syrup 1 oz.

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PUNCH

JULY 7, 2025

We regularly return to the classics (and the modern classics ), pick up new favorites from around the world and throw in the occasional bartending project here and there. As our extensive archive might suggest, we try a lot of cocktails.

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Imbibe Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2025

Although this fundraising initiative for Habitat goes through March, at the restaurant’s Tuesday kickoff event, funds raised will directly benefit a Mirate bartender whose house burned down in the Eaton fire. Imbibe: What helps you conceive of Mirate’s cocktails and menu?

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A Bar Above

JUNE 8, 2025

Types of Cocktail Strainers 4-Prong vs. 2-Prong Strainer How to Use a 4-Prong Bartender Strainer Cocktails to Make with a Hawthorne Strainer Elevate Your Bar/Final Thoughts Hey, friends! Designed with both professional bartenders and home mixology enthusiasts in mind, this style of cocktail strainer combines stability with a classic design.

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Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The group of bartenders boarded the bus at the Brown Hotel for the short ride to La Bodeguita de Mina, a Cuban-themed restaurant. We walked up to the sidebar and took a highball glass filled with their delicious Havana Punch with the addition of a kick of Rooster Rojo Reposado Tequila. Katy welcomed the group. No diffuser is used.

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Chilled Magazine

MARCH 7, 2025

With its dreamy, floral aroma, lavender plays well with everything, from gin and vodka to tequila and whiskey. Bartenders love using lavender in all kinds of waysthink lavender syrups, infused spirits, aromatic mists, and even as a pretty purple garnish. Its like that effortlessly cool friend who gets along with everyone.

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PUNCH

JULY 23, 2024

The Toreador, a Margarita variation, thrives in Australia, where the tequila drink has become a go-to cocktail for bartenders.

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VinePair

JULY 9, 2024

A recent report published by beverage data analytics firm ISWR indicated that agave spirits — a space primarily driven by tequila — was the only alcohol category to experience growth in the U.S. This sustained popularity coincides with a market increasingly flooded with new tequilas. Tequila Ocho Plata. Here’s what they said.

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Imbibe Magazine

DECEMBER 31, 2024

And while the community’s reception to a craft cocktail bartender scooping up a neighborhood dive was not exactly warm at first (Castro received no small amount of online harassment), he had something different in mind for the spaceor rather, nothing in mind. When he got word Gilly’s was up for sale, he leapt on it.

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PUNCH

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Bartenders across the country are combining ancestral and modern techniques, curating backbars that go beyond tequila and mezcal and bringing a personal touch to their menus.

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Chilled Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Photos by Paul Chang Whether you are a seasoned bartender or a curious enthusiast, join us as we raise our spirits to the creative union of ingredients and technique and delve into what makes a great drink unforgettable. In 2000, I started in the industry as a bartender at Kirin’s Hartland Bar in Tokyo. cardamon-infused tequila ¼ oz.

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Imbibe Magazine

JUNE 9, 2025

It’s no surprise that Indy’s fellow bartenders are fans of the space. But the program offers wide appeal to cocktail enthusiasts with a rotating menu of originals like the Absinthe Mojito (cantaloupe-infused absinthe, ginger syrup, lime, cucumber) and the Gochugaru Sazerac (apple brandy, tequila, gochugaru honey, chocolate, Angostura).

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