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We Asked 14 Bartenders: What’s the Best Vodka for Cocktails? (2024)

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Skilled bartenders can identify these singular properties and use them to their advantage. To find out, we asked 14 bartenders what vodka they prefer to use in their drinks. Nick Jackson, head bartender, The Rum House , NYC “My recommendation has to be Haku Vodka. But which brands are beloved behind the bar?

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Fourth of July Cocktails for 2024

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Print Sunset Paradise Course Drinks Keyword butterfly pea flower tea, cranberry, lime, orange juice, peach brandy, tequila, Triple sec, vodka Ingredients ½ oz. Peach brandy 1 ½ oz. Notes Oscar Garcia, lead bartender at seafood grill Corvina in Boca Raton, FL, created this recipe.

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We Asked 25 Bartenders: What’s the Best Scotch for Cocktails?

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Thankfully, 25 bartenders from around the world have come to the rescue. Keep reading for the Scotches bartenders love to use when mixing up cocktails, along with drink ideas that will fit seamlessly into your summertime repertoire. Karl Goranowski, bartender/beverage director, BATA , Tucson, Ariz.

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We Asked 22 Bartenders: What’s the Best New Spirit You’ve Added to Your Bar?

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Bartenders face the same question when a brand rep drops in and introduces them to a new expression. We recently reached out to 22 bartenders to see which new (and new-to-them) bottles they were into lately. Evan Flynn, head bartender, Death and Co. Claudia Lara manager/head bartender, Rogue Bar , Queens, N.Y.

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Mardi Gras Cocktails For 2025

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Print King Cake Clarified Milk Punch Course Drinks Keyword brandy, Fireball, lemon, milk, rum cream liqueur, Simple syrup, vanilla Ingredients 1 oz. Seven Tails brandy oz. Notes Heather Blanchard, lead bartender at The Pool Club at Virgin Hotels, created this recipe. Milk oz.

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The Bourbon Trail’s Best Kept Secret? World-Class Cocktails at Distillery Bars

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Field, noted former bartender of Pariss Bar Hemingway. The first time I had it, I was blown away by how a typical brandy cocktail had been transformed into one highlighting Michters US1 Kentucky Straight Bourbon. In turn, White has become a bartending celebrity of sorts, invited to guest-shift at top spots like Torontos Library Bar.

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Long Associated With Sherry, Solera Aging Is Redefining Spirits and Cocktails

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Iberian brandy and Spanish-influenced rum producers like Guatemala’s Zacapa have leveraged it both as a production tool and key marketing message for decades, while whiskies from Scotland continue to employ some form of the system for certain products. A small barrel can impact the spirit or cocktail dramatically, he adds.