VinePair

MARCH 18, 2025

Its smooth and mixes well, and its flavored variants (particularly the honeysuckle and bitter orange options) arent overly sweet and can be easily incorporated in cocktails as well. Its ultra-smooth for the price point, and it has a slightly citrusy note that makes it great for cocktails like a Lemon Drop or Mule.

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Vodka Bartender Bartending Bar Management 105

VinePair

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

It doesn’t matter if you’re in a fancy craft cocktail spot serving $20 Negroni riffs or a seedy dive bar with sticky floors and the faint smell of urine wafting through the air: Shot glasses are always on hand, waiting to be filled. Cameron O’Brien, bartender, Swan Bar , San Diego “Shooting Branca Menta is the way to go!

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Bartender Bartending Head Bartender Bar Management 105

Chilled Magazine

MARCH 6, 2025

I started working for Bryan Dayton in 2015 at Denvers Acorn and really started to dig into the craft cocktail side of things. It gave me a profound appreciation of attention to detail and pride in craft. At this point, I decided to get some new experience and worked at Beast and Bottle as the lead bartender.

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High Volume Lead Bartender Hospitality Bartending 147

VinePair

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

This is a delicious combination of sweet, smoky, herbaceous, and bitter goodness. It really works well chilled but it’s also just served neat depending on the bartender. Hard-to-get bottles like Malrt are being brought across state lines by New Yorkers eager to experience the cult-favorite, ber-bitter liqueur.

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Bartender Bartending Head Bartender Shooter 89

VinePair

MAY 20, 2025

However, if you ask any professional bartender, choices of ingredients and spirits like Tequila Ocho, a single estate tequila from the multi-generational Camarena family in Jalisco, Mexico are important factors for any variation. Marshall’s Lolita Paloma cocktail. It’s wild. It’s beautiful how different it is.

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Tequila Bartender Bartending Lead Bartender 98