The Cocktail Lovers

JUNE 11, 2025

Every bartender wants to open their own bar at some point. The history of mixed drinks from the 19th century, going through cocktail history – Manhattans, Martinis and Tiki culture. For example, if you’re a 20 year old with a younger palate you can have a light rum and ginger beer. But I wanted to create something unique.

Rum

Cocktails with Suderman

AUGUST 1, 2025

This time it’s the spaghett—Aperol mixed with beer—which Insider says might be a recession indicator. There are many obvious exceptions to the rule, especially in the wild world of tiki. I’ve been using Michter’s far more frequently over the last couple years, especially for Manhattans and Monte Carlos.

Liqueur

Cocktails with Suderman

JUNE 27, 2025

Like I said last week, I do enjoy a beer-topped cocktail when it’s warm out… This is not technically a link, but I just wanted to note that the new Wes Anderson movie , The Phoenician Scheme , is a great drinking movie. For most home bartenders, that call is most likely to come during colder weather. So many recipes!

Tiki

Just Drinks

JULY 23, 2025

The flavor profile—featuring full-flavored oranges with cardamom notes on a body of rum, vanilla, and grains of paradise—enables bartenders to craft unique cocktails, whether served on the rocks, mixed in tiki classics, or used to elevate modern creations.

Liqueur

Imbibe Magazine

JUNE 23, 2025

Bond Street “Every city needs a good dive bar, and this is it—a gritty spot perfect for a shot and a beer,” says David Viana. Opt for a local drinks combo, like a shot of New Jersey’s own Laird’s Apple Brandy and a beer from Last Wave Brewing, paired with the platonic ideal of bar food—which includes a full menu of grilled cheeses.

Live Music

Cocktails with Suderman

JUNE 20, 2025

Subscribe now It’s the Strange Brew, a tiki-ish, gin-based beer cocktail from bartender Thomas Waugh. And because it’s a juicy, crushable beer drink served over ice, it’s also fantastic on a hot summer day. Like I said—it’s a gin-and-beer-based kinda-sorta-tiki drink.

Tiki

Chilled Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2024

For example, if you are a tiki bar, then you want your menu to reflect cocktails, liquors, beers, and flavors that match a tropical and Caribbean theme, i.e. rums and frozen drinks. Italian restaurant? The flavors and style of your drinks and product selection should reflect your concept or theme.

Bar

VinePair

AUGUST 28, 2024

When anyone embarks on their bartending journey, one of the first steps is usually learning how to make the classics: Old Fashioneds, Martinis, Negronis, Daiquiris, and the like. To find out which ones are the simplest to nail, we hit up 10 professional bartenders and got their input. It elevates the drink to top-tier status.”

Bartender

VinePair

AUGUST 27, 2024

For a brief spell in the late ‘90s I was a lunch bartender at a neighborhood seafood restaurant in New York City. I’d been brought on as a waiter, but the seasoned bar staff, mostly primadonnas who conscientiously objected to daytime bartending, refused to work lunch. Ten or 15 years ago, dive bars were beer-and-a-shot spots.

Bartender

A Bar Above

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

I spoke with our resident bartender & Head of Education, Rob Harrah , and he gave me a few mocktail ideas he’s been playing around with for our upcoming Mocktails course. Double strain into a Hurricane or Tiki glass filled with pebble ice, topping with more ice if needed. Garnish with grated nutmeg and a pineapple slice.

Mocktails

Australian Bartender

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Supplied The much-anticipated venue from the boys that brought us Jakoby’s Tiki Bar, The Trocadero Room and Earl’s Juke Joint has opened The Magpie, their nod to classic Australian sports pubs. It’s intimate and cozy, with plenty of space to grab a beer and pop good old Aussie lean.

Bar

PubClub

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

At PubClub.com, it’s The Bartender. He is the site’s roving party animal, a man not afraid to put himself out there, to experience and experiment, to go where the action is and to report on it through the lenses (admittedly, sometimes through beer goggles) of his life. Whatever happened to Dixie Beer?

Nightlife

A Bar Above

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

However, most bartenders agree that these two glasses are interchangeable, so this specific cocktail glass mix-up isn’t really a faux pas at all. Photo by Jon Parry via www.unsplash.com Craft Beer Glasses While not specifically for mixed alcoholic drinks, having some pint glasses or other beer glasses on hand can be useful.

Bar

VinePair

JUNE 24, 2024

The Mexican beer cocktail classically merges a lager with lime juice, hot sauce, and perhaps tomato juice or Clamato , with no two recipes alike. It was the most labor-intensive beer that we’d made,” Ramey says of the canned Michelada , first released in early 2020.

IPA

VinePair

AUGUST 1, 2024

For years, much of American cocktail culture treated rum as little more than a summertime spirit or a match for Coke and ginger beer. With this in mind, bartenders and beverage directors have grown increasingly interested in the new and small-batch rums popping up on shelves. But thankfully, those days are behind us, and the U.S.

Rum

Dry Atlas

JUNE 26, 2024

In 2019, Taylor launched Bartender Rental, a mobile bar service that quickly became known for its quality, creativity, and unique ability to craft memorable moments through cocktails. This transformation from Bartender Rental to Refind is more than a rebranding; it’s a renaissance of the cocktail experience.

Mixologist

A Bar Above

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

I spoke with our resident bartender & Head of Education, Rob Harrah , and he gave me a few mocktail ideas he’s been playing around with for our upcoming Mocktails course. Double strain into a Hurricane or Tiki glass filled with pebble ice, topping with more ice if needed. Garnish with grated nutmeg and a pineapple slice.

Mocktails

VinePair

JUNE 20, 2024

The spirit-and-soda base provides a blank canvas for mixologists and at-home bartenders to easily create more complex libations. Brightened by a hit of lime juice and ginger beer, this drink can be likened to a fruity Mexican Mule. That said, this straightforward format also presents an opportunity for some seasonal experimentation.

Highball

Australian Bartender

AUGUST 11, 2024

Estrella Damm was the official beer of Taste Drinks & Eats The Tin Shed The Tin Shed (The Port Douglas & Districts Combined Club) 7 Ashford Avenue, Port Douglas Thetinshed-portdouglas.com.au You can watch the cruisers from the reef pulling in and out of the marina while you sip on a cold beer and a 700g bucket of prawns.

Customer Service

Moody Mixologist

JUNE 1, 2023

You can opt for simple highballs, three-ingredient, sweet and sour drinks like the Daiquiri , or more complex tropical or tiki drinks like the classic Mai Tai. Simple tiki drinks The world of tropical rum drinks can be overwhelming, even for a seasoned home bartender. Think Rum Manhattan, Rum Old Fashioned , or Rum Negroni.

Rum

PubClub

AUGUST 8, 2024

PubClub.com bartender Gabi is double fisted with rum cocktails. Photo: PubClub.com As home of the Tonga Room, Smuggler’s Cove and The Zombie Village, San Francisco is a mecca for tiki bars and rum drinks. hour program for trade members (bar, restaurant & retail sale of beer/spirits) and beverage media. 31 and Sept.

Rum

Tales of the Cocktail

JULY 27, 2023

Bartender of the Year presented by Pernod Ricard USA Christine Wiseman — Marygold’s Brasserie / Broken Shaker, Miami, FL Best U.S. The winners of this year’s Spirited Awards have made an indelible contribution to invigorating and elevating the collective cocktail community. CATEGORIES U.S. Bar Mentor presented BarSmarts Chris Patino Best U.S.

Rum

PubClub

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The bartenders are kept busy with the day-and-night crows flow at Sloppy Joe’s. One fact that is not myth is that Captain Tony’s patrons, fed up with local politicians, elected their favorite bartender (Tony) mayor of Key West some years ago. Locals tend find their thrills at a few pubs away from this busy area.

Nightlife

Australian Bartender

JULY 17, 2024

This is the entire list of finalists for the 23rd Annual Bartender Magazine Australian Bar Awards, as voted by you, the bar industry of Australia. The Bar Awards Finally, they are all here.

Bar

VinePair

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Your local dive with beer-stained pool tables and neon signs touting budget macro beers can likely whip up a basic Old Fashioned at a reduced price, but capacity does not equal quality. We’re very transparent with our guests,” explains Service Bar’s head bartender and partner Christine Kim. “If The cost of citrus may drop.

Bartender

VinePair

MAY 13, 2024

That was a drink strictly reserved for one of the neighborhood’s numerous dank, sticky-floored dive bars, where drink expectations beyond a beer and a shot were low and the quality of the Vodka Soda even lower. If you’re looking for a new spot with bartenders clad in suspenders and furrowed brows, look elsewhere.

Vodka

VinePair

APRIL 22, 2024

but also brought journalists, bartenders, and spirits professionals along with him. The funky spirit works extremely well with the intense, tropical flavors in tiki-style cocktails and also makes for a great accompaniment to other strong beverages like amaro, Chartreuse , Aperol , and even mezcal. Sandhaus says yes.

Liquor

PubClub

AUGUST 29, 2024

Austin is such an awesome town you party before games at the Scholz Beer Garden and after the games on 6th Street (with really cheap beer, $2 on Thursdays) with the college students or a couple miles down the road with the age 30+ party people. 10-man beer bongs on stilts, and the Krewe of Ragoo, the world champions of tailgating.

Bar

Bartender.com

JANUARY 9, 2024

The Salty Dog’s 17 original creations are each named after a famous pirate ship, draw inspiration from classic cocktails and tropical drinks you might find at a Tiki bar and are executed with Trick Dog’s signature culinary approach.

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Imbibe Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Mothership Mothership steers away from the tiki bar trope by infusing its 1,500-square-foot space with immersive sci-fi elements. Your next drink lives in the minds of the two brilliant bartenders behind the bar. Instead of a desert island, your spaceship has crash-landed on an alien planet. It’s mixology magic.

Mixology

Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Im impressed every day by the knowledge and the thirst for knowledge that bartenders have across the city, he says. UnderTow is a tiki bar with tropical drinks. Greenwood Brewing Megan Greenwood is a local who is making unbelievable beer, Snapp says of this woman-owned downtown brewery. Its a promising playlist.

Highball

VinePair

MAY 15, 2025

However, considering the fact that the majority of these drinks are products of the 1930s and 40s tiki craze, its apparent that most tropical cocktails are largely founded on fantasy. The simple highball consists of tequila, lime juice, crme de cassis, and a splash of ginger beer, making it a refreshing respite from its rum-based cohorts.

Rum

VinePair

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

When the VinePair team isn’t busy working at HQ, we’re in the field doing what we do best: scoping out the best cocktails, wine, and beer in the five boroughs. Sidle up to the bar and ask for a gin Martini with a twist, and you’ll get a finely tuned take — the bartender made ours with Askur, a London dry gin with a Nordic sensibility.

Happy Hour

Bartender.com

APRIL 10, 2025

Beyond basic equipment, aspiring home bartenders should consider specialized tools to expand their repertoire. Bartenders at bartenderschool emphasize the importance of using high-quality components like fresh citrus, herbs, and spices to enhance the taste profile of drinks.

Mixology

PubClub

JANUARY 13, 2025

Enjoying a big and cold beer in Croatia. PubClub.com’s blogger and PubClubette Ashley enjoy drinks at the Smuggler’s Cove tiki bar in San Francisco. Slugging down whiskey cocktails is not the same as having a few beers or glasses of wine. The Bartender is PubClub.com’s columnist.

Alcohol

PubClub

JANUARY 24, 2025

Photo: PubClub.com By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger Jimmy Buffett may not have known where to go when the volcano blows but I sure do when I’m in San Diego: Straight to The Lobby Tiki Bar & Grill in Oceanside. Yes, there is the legendary Bali Hai but that place is more of a restaurant than a true tiki bar.

Tiki

VinePair

APRIL 28, 2025

If its not bad enough that bartenders have to deal with hordes of drunk patrons, the occasional rude interaction, and lousy tippers, hearing the whole bar erupt into a slurred chorus of Wagon Wheel at 100-plus decibels for the 10th night in a row only adds insult to injury. We hit up 10 bartenders from around the country to find out.

Bartender