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As Exports Soar, the Czech Republic’s World-Record Beer Consumption Is Slumping

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Last month, the Czech Beer and Malt Association announced what many saw as unwelcome and apparently shocking news: In the country that regularly drinks the most beer per capita, consumption dropped last year, down to 126 liters, or just over 266 foam-capped 16-ounce mugs for every Czech citizen, including newborns.

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We Asked 11 Bartenders: What’s Your Most Controversial Cocktail Take?

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At Sanjh, we value both technique and hospitality. Bartender of The Year – USBG Presents World Class Sponsored by Diageo “Overly complex cocktail builds just don’t fit the reality of a busy, high-volume NYC bar. I get it; coming from a high-volume background, I understand the need for efficiency.

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Why selling Imperial Blue makes sense for Pernod Ricard

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The high-potential Indian market – placed in sharp relief as growth becomes so elusive elsewhere – is transforming, and on multiple fronts. This is still a high-volume market – it’s Pernod Ricard’s biggest in those terms – but it has also become, over the past couple of fiscals, the company’s second-largest in terms of net sales.

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Do Upscale Dives Belong in the Modern Bar Landscape?

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When you walk into Gilly’s House of Cocktails in San Diego’s North Park neighborhood, you’ll catch folks circling around one of the two billiards tables playing pool for free, likely with a beer in hand. She calls out the Stoli Blueberi, a handshake shot that’s recently picked up speed, as a great example of this high-low shift. “She

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The Most Egregious Scams Pulled by Bartenders, According to Reddit

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The Double Drop Allegedly a fairly common scam in the hospitality industry, this strategy involves a server or bartender reprinting checks from early in the shift to give to current tables when they’re ready to pay. To complete the scam, bartenders avoid ringing in draft beer or well-drink orders when customers pay in cash. Easy-peasy.

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Employees Only Turns 20: An Oral History of the Iconic NYC Speakeasy

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Twenty years ago, a handful of roommates and Dale DeGroff disciples bound together to turn their hospitality-forward house parties into their life’s work. Excellent craft drinks, yes, but ones that were free-poured, doled out with haste, and in high volume. Employees Only (EO) came into the world on Nov. It was amazing.

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Gen Z and spirits: a golden opportunity?

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The data analytics group found Gen Z tends to be “underrepresented in traditional, high-volume categories” like beer but are “more likely to be over-represented in spirit-based RTDs, cocktails, liqueurs, and aperitifs”. Will blurring the lines between spirits and beer appeal to Gen Z?

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