VinePair

APRIL 9, 2025

Rather than ordering a classic like a Gin & Tonic or Old Fashioned and asking the bartender to make it strong , there are a few particularly powerful cocktails that pack a punch all on their own. The recipe calls for light rum, dark rum, and overproof rum, not to mention apricot brandy and grenadine.

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Bar Rum Simple Syrup Gin 112

Chilled Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2024

The smooth and flavorful sipper is a true comfort cocktail, combining Angel’s Envy Rye, Apple Brandy, Apple Cider, House-made Cranberry Shrub, Apple and Pimento Bitters, and Honey. I think Apple Brandy is very underrated and pairs perfectly with the Bourbon in this drink. Apple Brandy.75 Beezwax Belvedere 0.5

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Highball Tinctures Brandy Head Bartender 246

Drinkhacker

JUNE 8, 2024

The operation makes a huge range of products, including whiskey, gin, liqueurs, and ready-to-drink offerings, but it’s a pair of flavored vodkas (made from a corn distillate) that we’re looking at today. 80 proof. It’s quite winey from the start — no one shined on the vermouth in this recipe. 70 proof.

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Brandy Vodka Wine Liqueur 119

Australian Bartender

JANUARY 24, 2024

Some classics would simply not be the drinks they are without the cocktail bitters. Back then, it skipped the brandy and came with ice. You start with a sugar cube splashed with bitters, hot tip, do this on a napkin to soak up extra bitters before you drop it in your flute. Mixing champagne with quality brandy?

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Bitters Club Brandy Gin 98

Chilled Magazine

MAY 9, 2024

The bar’s preferred spirits include brandy, rye, rum, gin, and amaro, often enhanced by absinthe, saline, Peychaud’s bitters, or orange blossom water, lending more depth and complexity to their menu.

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Bar Head Bartender Brandy Bartending 244

Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 11, 2024

Its wine-forward character is dry and cleanly acidic with a soft, supple, spice-accented bitterness. Bitter orange, rhubarb, and mint come through in the aroma, leading to a bracing and enduring bitterness perfectly balanced with an undercurrent of sweetness. regulations prevent the label from mentioning that here.)

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Aperitif Bitters Wine Bartending 289

VinePair

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

In 1806, The Balance and Columbian Repository in upstate New York published what would become known as the original definition of a cocktail: “C**k-tail is a stimulating liquor, composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters.” Bitters themselves have evolved, too. Regans’ Orange Bitters No.

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Bitters Tiki Gin Bartending 98

Chilled Magazine

APRIL 17, 2024

Founders Albert Peters, Edwin Pooley, and Edgar McClain began making fruit wine and brandies from the abundance of fruit in the region, taking only a brief hiatus to make industrial alcohol for the war effort. Big Gin was created by bartenders for bartenders. We’ve got a great team, and great brands and now we’re ready to grow!

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Brandy Vodka Tequila Bartending 241

Drinkhacker

JUNE 12, 2024

For other spirits, I have begun enjoying botanical spirits, such as gin. Psyche Smoked Gin is not constructed liked a typical gin. Adding to this, the bourbon barrels of choice originally matured their catawba brandy before maturing their high-rye bourbon, The Mattie Gladden. JW: I’m a different person.

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Gin Whiskey Brandy Bitters 115

Drinkhacker

APRIL 9, 2024

The California operation launched last year with three spirits, a gin, a bourbon, and a rye. Touches of lime leaf and grapefruit peel give the finish a somewhat bitter rush. A somewhat brooding, “thinking-person’s” gin that will take some forethought and testing to properly cocktail with. Thoughts follow.

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Liquor Gin Whiskey Mixology 116

VinePair

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The drink blends Rémy V, Cointreau Noir, Bitter Bianco, Cocchi Americano, and tonic for a refreshing and complex spritz. I used some softer flavors like a prickly pear brandy and Manzanilla, a grape-based fortified wine infused with fresh tarragon. It balances the botanical notes of gin. It adds complexity to a vodka drink.

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Brandy Infusions Vodka Tequila 105

VinePair

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

There are also dozens of ways to work the fruit into libations with apple brandy, apple juice, syrups, or even fresh slices, though no one method is superior. Featuring applejack or apple brandy , the cocktail is sweetened with grenadine for a tart hint of pomegranate.

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Brandy Simple Syrup Bitters Gin 112

Cocktails with Suderman

JANUARY 7, 2025

Cynar is earthy, intense, subtly sweet, and intriguingly bitter. Like a great character actor with some eccentric qualities who nevertheless occasionally finds his way into leading roles—think Paul Giamatti, who also balances sweet, bitter, and complex—Cynar really can do just about everything.

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Bottling Digestif Bitters Gin 52

Cocktails with Suderman

DECEMBER 22, 2023

For the season, there are few better drinks than the Brandy Alexander. It’s an exceptionally simple cocktail, just three ingredients — brandy, creme de cacao, and heavy cream — shaken and strained into a glass, with a bit of nutmeg dusted on top. Happy Friday, and happy holidays. But nevermind this imposition.

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Brandy Bitters Gin Bottling 59

VinePair

OCTOBER 2, 2024

A cozy mix of apple brandy, honey, and warming spices is lightened by the fizz of Prosecco. Cranberry Gin Fizz This refreshing ruby-red cocktail features tart cranberry, the woodsy aromatics of rosemary, and the botanical flavors of gin. It’s an elegant autumn welcome in a glass. Add ice and shake well until chilled.

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Simple Syrup Brandy Bitters Gin 98

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. Peach brandy 1 ½ oz. Lime juice Vodka float Instructions Combine peach brandy, orange juice, triple sec, lime juice and tequila and shake.

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Simple Syrup Mixologist Vodka Muddling 98

Cheers

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The new drinks are: Green Swizzle: Choice of Planteray 3 Star rum or Fords gin, velvet falernum, lime juice, absinthe, soda and Angostura, swizzled. Myrtle Bank Special Punch: Planteray 3 Star rum and Smith and Cross rum, pot-still Jamaican rums plus lime, sugar and a dash of Italian cherry brandy.

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Rum Brandy Bitters Gin 105

VinePair

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The Pendennis Club Cocktail is a tart, tangy mix of gin, apricot brandy, lime juice, and Peychaud's bitters. Check out the recipe here.

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Club Brandy Bitters Gin 71

A Bar Above

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Chocolate Raspberry Martini Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz Raspberry Vanilla Infused Vodka 3/4 oz Dark Chocolate Liqueur 1/4 oz Raspberry Syrup 2 dashes of Vanilla Bitters Directions: Combine all ingredients into a cocktail shaker tin, add ice, and shake well for 10secs. Strain into Martini or coupe glass.

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Simple Syrup Vodka Bitters Liqueur 130

Drinkhacker

MAY 17, 2024

He devised the cocktail to accompany shellfish, with a gin-based spirit mixed with fruits and spices. Gin and Tonic A drink so straightforward that its name almost entirely contains its full recipe, the classic gin and tonic is about as clean and refreshing as a summer cocktail can get. RS Gin and Tonic 2 oz.

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Simple Syrup Gin Rum Tequila 121

Cocktails with Suderman

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

And it’s a story that results in one of my favorite clever drink variations — an apple brandy-forward riff on the Penicillin (a honey-ginger Scotch whisky sour) that I’ve never seen published anywhere. You’ll need bottles of apple brandy and Scotch whisky. What sort of words will they focus on?

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Brandy Bartending Bartender Gin 52

VinePair

APRIL 5, 2024

Plus, we’ll touch upon Sazeracs , Martinis , and a vegan Ramos Gin Fizz. Garnish with a brandied cherry. Garnish with a brandied cherry. It’s all right here on the “Cocktail College” podcast. Tune in for more. Stir until chilled. Strain into a chilled Nick & Nora or coupe glass. Stir until chilled.

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Brandy Bitters Whiskey Liqueur 82

Barina Craft

JANUARY 25, 2024

This drink is basically an Income Tax cocktail minus the bitters. Cincinnati Bengals: Bengal Tiger - the namesake is a tawny, red brandy drink while an original recipe adds black licorice stripes to an orange vodka cocktail that could be a spooky sip on Halloween too. San Diego Seabreeze - this legacy drink preserves team history.

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Brandy Vodka Rum Liqueur 98

PubClub

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Other drinks include neighborhood-inspired creations such as Golden Gate with Bozal EnsambleMezcal; Pacific Heights, made with Nolet’s gin and Riondo prosecco; and Cole Valley, a floral blend with a base of Ketel One Botanical Vodka and Yellow Chartreuse.

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Cocktails with Suderman

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In previous years, this newsletter has always featured a Thanksgiving cocktail: First, there was the Thanksgiving Sour , a basic brandy sour made holiday friendly by an infusion of apple, cinnamon, and other spices. Some years it’s brandy. A basic Sidecar is just cognac (brandy) shaken with lemon juice and orange liqueur.

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Brandy Whiskey Liqueur Simple Syrup 52

Australian Bartender

MAY 6, 2025

From the Ottoman Empires spiced coffee liqueurs to the 19th-century European tradition of a brandy or whiskey mixed coffee, this pairing has long been a favourite among those looking to balance the bold bitterness of coffee with the smooth complexity of alcohol.

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Simple Syrup Liqueur Mixology Infusions 59

Barina Craft

JANUARY 1, 2025

More Alaskan And Related Drinks Alaska Cocktail - mixed with gin, yellow Chartreuse, orange bitters and a twist of lemon. Eskimo - vanilla ice cream, curacao, maraschino liqueur and brandy. Alaskan Polar Bear Heater - Jerry Lewis as Buddy Love in the comedy Nutty Professor orders this drink at the bar in the Purple Pit.

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Australian Bartender

MAY 6, 2025

From the Ottoman Empires spiced coffee liqueurs to the 19th-century European tradition of a brandy or whiskey mixed coffee, this pairing has long been a favourite among those looking to balance the bold bitterness of coffee with the smooth complexity of alcohol.

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Simple Syrup Liqueur Infusions Mixology 52

VinePair

APRIL 1, 2024

Spirits Awards 2024 Best Vodka: Rocket Vodka Founder Dariusz Paczuski created Rocket Vodka in homage to his father, a hobbyist distiller who created brandy using a makeshift still and apples from his backyard in Drammen, Norway. On the palate, sweet and bitter notes balance themselves nicely. Best in Show Winners — L.A.

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Bottling Rum Bitters Vodka 105

Cocktails with Suderman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

When you think about Negroni variations, you probably think about Negroni-class drinks that swap out the gin for a different base spirit. All you have to do is add fortified wine/vermouth and bitter liqueuer/amaro. We’re going to close out with one of my favorite lesser-known Negroni riffs. Put it in everything! Everything! )

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Brandy Rum Bitters Gin 59

VinePair

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

It’s a mantra that countless tropical cocktails are built upon, but today’s multifaceted drink sees the unlikely appearance of gin and sherry in the mix. Can gin truly double as bitters? Can gin truly double as bitters? For Don the Beachcomber’s version, replace brandy with pisco.) The cocktail in question?

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Club Tiki Rum Muddling 61

Barina Craft

JUNE 15, 2023

US Open Golf Themed Cocktails Club Cocktail: 2 oz brandy ½ oz maraschino liqueur ½ oz pineapple juice 2 dashes Peychaud’s bitters Probably named for a sporting club or clubhouse rather than a physical golf club with a shaft, grip and head, this drink recipe was first printed in W.C. Does he love beer?

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Bitters Club Gin Liqueur 52

Barina Craft

MAY 31, 2023

Yellow Parrot Drinks Elixir Of Long Life From Wormwood Perch The Yellow Parrot Cocktail is a potent drink mixed with equal parts absinthe, apricot brandy and yellow Chartreuse. Yellow Parrot Cocktail Recipe: ¾ oz absinthe ¾ oz yellow Chartreuse ¾ oz apricot brandy Shake well and strain into a cocktail glass.

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Brandy Simple Syrup Gin Liqueur 52

Australian Bartender

MAY 8, 2025

Whether youre running a cocktail-forward bar, a restaurant with a solid beverage offering, or a high-volume venue pouring gin & tonics by the dozen, your rail setup needs to be intentional. Dont forget the upsell opportunity Gin and vodka upsells are low-hanging fruit in most cocktail bars, especially with martini drinkers.

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Speed Rail High Volume Rum Gin 52

PubClub

JULY 9, 2024

This type of cocktail has several other variants with a different alcohol base consisting of tequila, gin or another liquor. Stringer For this cocktail, the only ingredients needed are brandy white crème de menthe liqueur. Stringer For this cocktail, the only ingredients needed are brandy white crème de menthe liqueur.

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Nightlife Brandy Liqueur Liquor 52

PubClub

APRIL 6, 2024

crème de pêche, vanilla simple syrup, lemon, lime, dash of Angostura bitters) Huntress Steakhouse (Gaslamp) – Shoot to Kill (Hendrick’s Gin, strawberry shiso shrub, Amaro Nonino, falernum, lemon, egg white) insideOUT (Hillcrest) – Homa’s Nectar (Reyka Vodka, St. Bernard’s Cure All (Tullamore D.E.W.,

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Simple Syrup Muddling Infusions Gin 52

VinePair

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Its experimentation knows no bounds, boasting a vast selection of spirits and liqueurs like California Shochu, Dry Rye Reposado Gin, Green Chile Vodka, and this Spiced Pear Liqueur. This bottle bursts with citrusy, earthy notes on the nose, followed up by a tannic grip on the palate with a touch of added cane sugar to temper its bitterness.

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Liqueur Aperitif Digestif Infusions 105