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

JANUARY 16, 2024

The Big Apple, as the city is ironically nicknamed, is seeing a renaissance of classic cocktails like whiskey sours, martinis, and highballs. Other NYC spots have also added creative drinks spotlighting the apple to their menu, like Foxtail’s Honey Baked Apples, Lindens Apple Shiso Highball, and Altair’s Roasted Apples. Dolin Dry 0.5

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Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

And for the chocolate lovers, Lovers Lane delivers pure decadence with vodka, chocolate liqueur, and fresh raspberries because whats Valentines Day without a little indulgence? Photo by Virgin Hotels NYC Tequila Aphrodites Arrow by Everdene Head Bartender, Marlon Rowley Ingredients 1 oz. Stoli Razberi Vodka oz. Chambord 1 oz.

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Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Tonic Water Preparation Add ice into highball or balloon glass. Tequila Aphrodite’s Arrow by Virgin Hotels NYC’s Everdene Head Bartender, Marlon Rowley Ingredients 1 1/2 oz. Liqueur , Vodka Lover’s Lane by Mixologist Jessica Christensen, Graton Resort & Casino Ingredients 3/4 oz. Charbay Vodka 3/4 oz. Chambord 3/4 oz.

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VinePair

JUNE 20, 2024

Enter: the Highball. Typically consisting of a spirit, soda, and ice, Highballs don’t require much effort, which is ideal when there’s already sweat rolling down your neck. The spirit-and-soda base provides a blank canvas for mixologists and at-home bartenders to easily create more complex libations.

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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.”

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Advanced Mixology

JANUARY 21, 2025

This is now all changing with more and more spirits being available to bartenders and at-home cocktail enthusiasts such as Shochu, Soju and Baiju. So with such global popularity and the USAs best bartenders hooked, its only a matter of time before Asian ingredients and drinks become easier to get your hands on.

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Cheers

JANUARY 22, 2025

Strain into highball glass over fresh ice. Print Lunar Blossom Course Drinks Keyword cranberry, lemon, lychee liqueur, Simple syrup, strawberry, vodka Ingredients 1 oz Ketel One vodka oz. Notes Jose Martinez, bartender at The St. Haku Japanese rice vodka oz.

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Australian Bartender

APRIL 3, 2025

Signature house-made sodas elevate the whisky highball menu, offering six highballs, all available in mocktail versions. Standouts include, Botanical Seltzer Highball (Roku gin, shiso, yuzu), Mixed Citrus Highball (Haku vodka, blood orange, mandarin, yuzu), Classic Whisky Highball (Suntory Toki whisky, soda, lemon).

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Imbibe Magazine

JULY 1, 2024

This superpower gives it incredible versatility—whether in an indulgent dessert drink or a light, unfussy highball. Pandan is strong and will stand out in cocktails, but also subtle enough that it can still let the spirit shine,” says Alex Law, lead bartender for Bar Podmore in Honolulu. “It vodka 1/4 oz. dry vermouth 3/4 oz.

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Chilled Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2024

Last year, Pantone’s Viva Magenta was named 2023’s Color of the Year and we wrote about how this inspired many bartenders to welcome the inclusion of pomegranate and/or hibiscus in cocktails, to honor Viva Magenta’s bright, ruby velvet color. Photo by Joia Beach Vodka Froze Sundreams by Joia Beach Ingredients 1 oz.

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Chilled Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Where most cocktail festivals celebrate local talent and bars, Arizona Cocktail Weekend champions both local and international bartenders with the Top Bars event, held on Sunday. This event is what really sets Arizona Cocktail Weekend—founded by celebrated bartender Ross Simon— apart from others. We’ve been coming here for five years.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

After conquering low-lift highballs and easy equal-parts concoctions, most aspiring bartenders are eager to step into the big leagues and attempt more intricate cocktails. Andrew Boutselis, bartender, ALTAR , Brooklyn “The f*cking Blood and Sand. Here’s what they had to say.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

When you disclose the precious and telling information, the bartender offers you a drink that is just like you — diligent and soft, yet stubborn. Credit: Nick Johnson At Harridan Vodka in Ovid, N.Y., Imagine walking into a bar and, upon ordering a cocktail, being asked what your zodiac sign is. Or fiery and direct.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 28, 2023

If a cocktail or technique goes viral among the social media app’s estimated 145 million American users , it’s almost inevitable that bartenders will get flooded with requests for whatever the trend is, even if nobody knew it existed the week before. Bartenders typically tolerate such shenanigans with grace and aplomb.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 3, 2024

It’s part of the Spirit & Mixer, well drink, dive bar canon: Vodka & Soda. Nothing is seen as more basic — in more ways than one — than the Vodka Soda, yet Superbueno ‘s Vodka Y Soda is anything but. There’s vodka and there’s soda in there, sure, but it’s a fruity, spicy flavor bomb.

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Cheers

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The new generation of bartenders draws inspiration from the distilled wine spirits timelessness, versatility and range to create Cognac cocktails, Velez says. Guests appreciate how Calvados enhances body and adds complexity to drinks, whether served in a simple highball or a reimagined Old Fashioned, says Rivas. Franky Marshall.

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Imbibe Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2024

When Los Angeles bartender Adam Fournier was spotlighted as an Imbibe 75 Person to Watch in 2022 , he was helping to change how people viewed the spirit-free drinks category by creating provocative and unique NA recipes. I presented a martini-style cocktail with a brioche-infused sherry and a caviar-infused vodka.

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Chilled Magazine

APRIL 3, 2024

Originally starting with moonshine and vodka, the team realized the importance of packaging. They wanted the bourbon to stand out, so they opted for a round bottle, favored by bartenders for its ease of pouring and shelf fit. It’s inspired by a sketch from Autumn’s father he created in 2014. Add ice and remaining ingredients.

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A Bar Above

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Popular cocktails for a lowball glass: Old Fashioned Sazerac Negroni Copyright A Bar Above Highball Glass The highball glass is the taller, thinner sibling of the lowball. The highball is often confused with a Collins glass, which is actually just a taller glass. Copyright A Bar Above Where to Buy Cocktail Glassware?

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VinePair

AUGUST 5, 2024

This bright concoction of ginger beer, vodka, lime and soda in its distinctive copper vessel might not garner the media love of its posher, pre-Prohibition counterparts — except perhaps that time word got out that it’s Oprah Winfrey’s favorite cocktail. Martin acquired the American rights to a large Russian vodka brand called Smirnoff.

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Steve the Bartender

DECEMBER 9, 2024

The drink is a punchy, flavourful vodka-based cocktail that heroes Shiraz gin–an intensly-flavoured gin infused with Shiraz grapes. Print Shiraz Me Not The Shiraz Me Not is The Winery's (Sydney venue) signature cocktail. It's served tall over ice and accompanied by Shiraz caviar. Grab yourself a copy !

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Moody Mixologist

MARCH 11, 2025

Most classic gin cocktails can be categorized into spirit-forward sips (like Martinis and Negronis), sours (like the Gimlet), and highballs (Gin and Tonic). Vesper Martini (gin, vodka, Lillet Blanc) Like the classic Martini, the Vesper features a mix of gin and a wine-based modifier. The most famous gin highball is the Gin and Tonic.

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Barina Craft

MARCH 28, 2023

Kansas City Ice Water Is A Limey Combo Of Vodka And Gin The Kansas City Ice Water cocktail tastes like a Gimlet or Gin Rickey with a sweetness that sort of falls in between the two depending on the recipe. It is also one of the few mixed drinks that contains both vodka and gin. See the list below. Also known as Valencian water.

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Cheers

JUNE 26, 2024

Print Sunset Paradise Course Drinks Keyword butterfly pea flower tea, cranberry, lime, orange juice, peach brandy, tequila, Triple sec, vodka Ingredients ½ oz. Lime juice Vodka float Instructions Combine peach brandy, orange juice, triple sec, lime juice and tequila and shake. . Vodka ½ oz.

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VinePair

JUNE 30, 2025

For many bartenders and drinks enthusiasts, the right glassware is essential to the cocktail experience. Imagine trying to sip a Martini from a highball glass, or build a Ramos Gin Fizz in a coupe — it just doesn’t work. It closely resembles a highball glass but with some key differences.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

But the real magic comes in the form of a vermouth highball that hits your table at the exact same time, containing mineral water and the “dirty ice” the Martini was stirred with. Part of this new direction included introducing Sunday brunch, with a dedicated drinks menu designed by renowned NYC bartender Sother Teague.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

That ignited the curiosity of then head bartender and current Clemente bar manager Richie Millwater, who was so inspired by the ingredient that he started using it in all sorts of R and D projects. The miso syrup is married with vodka, maraschino, fennel liqueur, cherry blossom vermouth, and Vin Santo del Chianti.

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VinePair

MAY 22, 2024

“I feel like we’re betraying what a Paloma should be,” she says from the office of her winery, articulating her stance that any attempt to update or riff on the Paloma’s fast-and-easy highball format misses the point of the cocktail entirely. “It It can’t be gluten-free, vegan, you know, it has to be dirty. Paloma is a cantina drink.”

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VinePair

JULY 1, 2024

Depending what bartender you’re ordering from, it might have kombucha! Some bartenders run it back to the drink’s original core elements as a White Wine Spritzer, where wine with a splash of soda and a citrus garnish suffice. Beer, even! Spritz means everything and nothing at all, and its form shifts from bar to bar.

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Cheers

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Once the star of the cocktail scene, gin has never regained momentum since vodka took off in recent decades. The nature of gin, being a complex blend of herbs, spices and fruits, makes it one of the most playful and versatile spirits in our bartenders’ toolkit. is warming to gin once again — for real this time.

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Australian Bartender

AUGUST 7, 2024

Outside of guests who love to sip their way through the backbar, or are partial to a tasting flight, tequila shots are generally quickly followed with lemon, vodka has found its home with soda and fresh lime, and whilst not a lot can beat a good gin and tonic, ordering straight gin tends to raise some eyebrows outside of hospo circles.

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Australian Bartender

AUGUST 5, 2024

Outside of guests who love to sip their way through the backbar, or are partial to a tasting flight, tequila shots are generally quickly followed with lemon, vodka has found its home with soda and fresh lime, and whilst not a lot can beat a good gin and tonic, ordering straight gin tends to raise some eyebrows outside of hospo circles.

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VinePair

APRIL 25, 2024

There’s a Margarita & Soda, which reinvents the drink as a highball. And now we have Margaritas, because tequila is the fad, not vodka. It will be a cross between a standard Marg and the Breakfast Martini , a modern classic cocktail employing marmalade that was invented by London bartender Salvatore Calabrese in the 1990s. “My

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Mixologists

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

By incorporating edible flowers and floral liqueurs, bartenders and home enthusiasts are crafting exquisite beverages that tantalize the senses. Pairs well with gin, vodka, and champagne. Complements gin, vodka, and tequila. Versatile, works well with gin, vodka, and champagne. Violet: Complements gin, vodka, and tequila.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

The type of fruit and category of booze can be arbitrary, but for the sake of argument, let’s say the fruit is pippin apples and the booze is vodka. You fill the container with the apple slices and the vodka, seal the lid, and wait a day or two for the fruity essence to penetrate the spirit’s soul as it absorbs some of the alcohol.

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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. Let’s dive into the drink categories: Simple highballs These are your most basic mixed drinks and always a crowd-pleaser. Love a Cosmopolitan ? Like cachaca?

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