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We Asked 10 Bartenders: What’s the Hardest Cocktail to Master?

VinePair

The hardest cocktails to master, according to bartenders: Vieux Carré Blood and Sand Ramos Gin Fizz Martini Sazerac Margarita Manhattan Daiquiri Whiskey Sour “Every bartender learning classic cocktails wants to tackle the Vieux Carré because of its iconic name and historic significance. It leads to a lot of subpar misses.

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How to pick your rail

Australian Bartender

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. Words by Priscilla Leong from The Flowing Bowl Lets be real, your speed rail isnt just a place to park bottles.

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At Modern Cocktail Bars, It’s Every Drink, Everywhere, All at Once. Is That Such a Bad Thing?

VinePair

Also on offer may be a frozen cocktail or two, draft cocktails, a fat-washed cocktail, a clarified milk punch, a Boilermaker, a fancified whiskey highball, something with shochu, and a spritz. And also people are realizing that at those high-end cocktail bars, those cocktails are very, very expensive and the margins are very tight.

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Storm Evans is now the Head of Service at MUCHO

Australian Bartender

I saw a Facebook ad from the wonderful Martin Lange looking for bartenders for Cobbler Whiskey Bar in Brisbane. This was where I really learnt how to move and shake in high-volume cocktail bars. This is where I fell in love with hospitality while making 12 espresso martinis at a time. Quite simply, I was horrible.

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Building Faster Rounds — and Better Drinks — With Attaboy’s Haley Traub

VinePair

Many bars and restaurants are attempting to do ‘high volume’ without any of the training, systems, infrastructure etc. The first ingredients added are miniscule — things like dashes or drops of bitters — or solid ingredients like mint leaves, berries, or sugar cubes. needed to accomplish said goal.”

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There’s No “I” in Team for Collin Griffith, Beverage Director at OAK

Chilled Magazine

I always seek improvement and education so after doing high volume for some time, I decided to pursue fine dining cocktail bartending because of the craft, added Griffith. They start with an American Rye whiskey and then travel across the Atlantic to France with the addition of Lillet Rouge and D.O.M.

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How to pick your rail

Australian Bartender

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. Words by Priscilla Leong from The Flowing Bowl Lets be real, your speed rail isnt just a place to park bottles.