VinePair

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

When it comes to a timeless American whiskey cocktail like the Old Fashioned, the iconic brand Elijah Craig is a perfect choice. For their second annual Old Fashioned Cocktail Contest, Elijah Craig and VinePair teamed up to challenge bartenders around the country to some good old fashioned fun. and, What did it remind you of?

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VinePair

AUGUST 22, 2024

To bridge the gap, we asked bartenders to recommend their favorite bottles for bourbon beginners. Some bartenders mentioned bottles that are slightly lower in alcohol to soften the spirituous burn the category is known for, while others chose their picks because they’re ubiquitous and accessible.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 1, 2024

On Tuesday, Tennessee whiskey brand Uncle Nearest launched Nearest Green, a lower-proof expression made with cocktails in mind. Until now, the brand’s least-boozy offering was Uncle Nearest 1884, a small-batch whiskey bottled at 93 proof, while all of its other expressions have clocked in at 50 percent ABV or higher.

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VinePair

JULY 8, 2024

You’ll see black-and-gray Champagne coupes and wine bottles, script-fonted song lyrics dedicated to whiskey and rum, and linework designs honoring the city in which their wearers sling drinks. For the Love of the Game “Just last night, I met a bartender in Williamsburg, Va., Ba-dum tshh.” Strong and stirred is my specialty,” she says.

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The Whiskey Wash

AUGUST 20, 2024

Credit: Reel Media Agency Southern-style bar, restaurant, and Blues joint, The Twisted Tail is set to host its 10th annual Whiskey Bonanza this September 26th. What To Expect At The Whiskey Bonanza The Whiskey Bonanza is an annual, ticketed event hosted by The Twisted Trail in celebration of Bourbon Heritage Month.

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The Whiskey Wash

JULY 21, 2024

The Whiskey Sour is a classic American cocktail. Discussing the history, recipe, and variations of this timeless cocktail, this is the ultimate guide to the Whiskey Sour. Discussing the history, recipe, and variations of this timeless cocktail, this is the ultimate guide to the Whiskey Sour. Click here.

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The Whiskey Wash

JUNE 8, 2024

However, you can put your own personal spin on your Manhattan cocktail just by changing the rye whiskey used in the recipe. Find the perfect 6 rye whiskeys to get you started, here. In the column, the writer says that “[i]t is but a short time ago that a mixture of whiskey, vermouth, and bitters came into vogue.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Nobody knows this hidden gem-studded landscape quite like the pros, so we asked 14 bartenders to name their favorite underrated gems. Afzal Kaba, bartender, Musaafer , Houston “ Lion’s Tail. It’s a Whiskey Sour with a little allspice dram to really bring in those fall flavors. It’s very crisp, autumnal, and delicious.

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VinePair

JULY 18, 2024

National Whiskey Sour Day arrives on Aug. 25, and if ever a cocktail deserves its own day, it’s the Whiskey Sour. And while it’s fruity and sweet enough to appeal to novice drinkers, it packs a full 2 ounces of whiskey to satisfy fans of spirit-forward libations. But which bourbon makes the best Whiskey Sour?

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In the case of most whiskeys , his aphorism holds true: Japanese whisky is a local product that is beloved outside Japan. And Irish whiskey is growing so fast it might catch up to Scotch in the U.S. But American whiskey, and bourbon in particular? Scotch is considered the standard of quality around the globe. Well, not so much.

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VinePair

JULY 30, 2024

Inspired by this summertime memory, it’s no surprise that fresh blackberries take center stage in Tulloch’s sparkling and inventive riff on the classic Whiskey Sour. Tulloch, head bartender at an eclectic and charming bar in the Soho neighborhood of New York City, brings a vibrant energy to her conceptual cocktail creations.

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Cocktails with Suderman

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Before the Old Fashioned , there was the Whiskey Cocktail. And almost as soon as there was a Whiskey Cocktail, there were variations, modifications, and “improvements” — small tweaks that generally stuck to the template but altered the drink with clever additions. It’s recipe number 109.

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A Bar Above

DECEMBER 21, 2023

DIY mocktail books abound, such as the famed Aviary Restaurant’s Zero, A New Approach to Non-Alcoholic Drinks. INSPIRED FLAVORS: COCKTAIL BOOKS THAT EXPLAIN FLAVOR PROFILES Aristotle said, “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” These books helped me to understand flavor pairing. I started with gin.

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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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Australian Bartender

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

When I started as a young bartender, everyone emphasized using fresh fruit. That’s how we get whiskey and other spirit drinkers to respect rum as a craft. With an array of flavours that are reliable and deliver quality drinks, Reàl is a win for any bartender or event. IB: Exactly.

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Chilled Magazine

MARCH 11, 2024

Chloe and I were on a tour to the statue of David by Michelangelo when the guide mentioned the book about Michelangelo’s life entitled The Agony and the Ecstasy. The second is “Real Peanut Butter” our peanut butter infused whiskey. I think of myself as a “working class” bartender. I motioned over to Chloe and said, “That’s it”.

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Australian Bartender

JUNE 24, 2024

The story which I had always heard was one made famous by Stanley Clisby Arthur, author of 1937 book ‘Famous New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix ‘Em’. When absinthe was banned in the US, bartenders also turned to Herbsaint as a replacement for the herbal element. So, I put it to the Melbourne Bartender Exchange hive mind.

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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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VinePair

OCTOBER 1, 2024

And if you’re a whiskey fan, October is also a time to get excited about Elijah Craig’s Old Fashioned Week , which takes place from October 11th to the 20th. Known as the Father of Bourbon, it was his decision to age whiskey in charred oak barrels in 1798 that made a notable difference in whiskey making.

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VinePair

APRIL 12, 2024

With a build of bourbon, crème de cassis, lemon juice, simple syrup, and bitters, this modern classic bridges the gap between a Whiskey Sour and a Bramble for a cocktail that’s ready-made for spring sipping. While first officially documented by bartender Jerry Thomas (a.k.a. The late Shasha Petraske’s childhood friend T.J.

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VinePair

MARCH 8, 2024

From the very beginning, as one of the oldest distilleries in Tennessee, George Dickel was determined to do things differently — rethink American whiskey using fresh spring water as well as tried and true distillation techniques. You can argue the differences between yourselves. You can argue the differences between yourselves.

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A Bar Above

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Monday : With whiskey and gin alternatives, you can recreate many classic cocktails with Monday’s non-alcoholic spirits. Ritual : With four different varieties of NA spirits, Ritual has you covered in terms of versatility with their zero-proof tequila, rum, whiskey, and gin. They offer three expressions: Garden, Spice, and Grove.

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Tales of the Cocktail

MAY 22, 2025

Bartender of the Year Presented by Pernod Ricard Michael Aredes Superbueno, New York, NY Erika Flowers Compre Lapin, New Orleans, LA McLain Hedges Yacht Club, Denver, CO Andra “AJ” Johnson Serenata, Washington, D.C. In that spirit, the Foundation is proud to announce the Top 10 U.S. 2025 Spirited Awards Top 10 U.S.

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VinePair

JUNE 18, 2024

Gerwin laments that when a technique becomes popular, bartenders can run wild with it, without considering how it will improve or change a cocktail. Many bartenders consider Dave Arnold a sort of father of the resurgence of clarified cocktails. Sometimes clarifying a drink is the right technique to achieve a creative vision.

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Australian Bartender

JANUARY 15, 2024

The back bar features a 150+ bourbon list for the corn-whiskey lovers. For the next four years I sunk my head into cocktail books and learnt everything I could about classic cocktails eventually moving up to the roll of bartender and then manager. Are you a classics or an experimental kind of bartender?

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Cocktails with Suderman

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

But there are establishments where you’re better off ordering a beer or a whiskey. (Or Cocktails With Suderman is the home bartender’s guide, with tips, tricks, techniques, anecdotes, opinions, and recipes. A top-notch Whiskey Sour might require you to juice an orange or find a bottle of Velvet Falernum. Much harder.

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Bar Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2024

Taking place on 18th March , the competition will showcase the creativity and passion of the UK’s leading bartenders. Photography: www.themakers.co.uk Photography: www.themakers.co.uk

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

One of the most difficult concepts for new bartenders to grasp is balance. The ability to manage the delicate interplay between spirit, sweet, sour, bitter, and dilution separates great bartenders and mixologists from amateurs. Credit: Jeff Brown “I haven’t really read a cookbook or a cocktail book for a long time,” he says. “I

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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. Sold exclusively at Trader Joe’s, the $1.99

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VinePair

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Method and Madness Rye and Malt Method and Madness is the experimental project from the parent company of Jameson and Redbreast Irish whiskeys , Irish Distillers-Pernod Ricard. This blend of 60 percent rye and 40 percent malted barley isn’t just an outlier in the Irish spirits realm but all of whiskey.

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Cocktails with Suderman

OCTOBER 11, 2024

It’s essentially a rye whiskey Old Fashioned but with some bitter, herbal, peppermint-tinged Fernet-Branca. Cocktails With Suderman is the home bartender’s guide, with tips, tricks, techniques, theories, anecdotes, opinions, and recipes. It’s built on a base of rye whiskey. So many recipes! Not initially.

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Barina Craft

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Winston Churchill’s American mother hosted the victory celebration, and a forgotten bartender invented the Manhattan there, naming the drink after the club. The 1923 book contains a story written by a certain William F. Mulhall, a bartender who plied his trade at New York’s Hoffman House in the 1880s.

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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. It’s clear. The Pisco Sour landed in the U.S.

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Bar Magazine

JULY 18, 2024

That Boutique-y Whisky Company, believes that just as everyone ‘has a book inside them’, everyone also has ‘a serve inside them’. And, what a turn up for the books… 3 of the four that made it through were made up by the on trade! And, what a turn up for the books… 3 of the four that made it through were made up by the on trade!

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Australian Bartender

APRIL 23, 2024

It continues to be a unique bar in Ballarat with over 200 whiskeys, signature cocktails and mocktails, and many gins, vodkas, and wines. I reply to a few emails, create plans for bookings, grab a pink Monster from the fridge and set up the bar. What advice do you have for rookie bartenders starting out in their careers?

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Bar Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Taking place on 18th March , the competition will showcase the creativity and passion of the UK’s leading bartenders. Photography: www.themakers.co.uk Claudia Carrozzi , President at UKBG said: “We are thrilled to collaborate with the Japanese Sake and Shochu Makers Association for another year.

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Dry Atlas

MARCH 20, 2024

Then, it was just a given; we’re in Scotland, we’re proud Scots, we had to look at whiskey. We looked at how we could complete the circle for the bartender and, ultimately, for anyone wanting to recreate the cocktail list. When I read somebody’s book about how they made it, I’m fascinated.

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