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We’re Recapping Chilled 100 ELEVATE 2024: The Second Golden Age of the American Cocktail with Dale DeGroff and Ted Breaux

Chilled Magazine

By 1806, the word “cocktail” appeared in print. The cocktail is very much an American invention,” Breaux said, adding that it was a cultural contribution that spread across the world — and peak cocktail culture both in the U.S. and abroad was around 1914.

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We Ask Bar Owner Joe Lamonica the Story Behind Vuolo’s Cocktail Menu

Chilled Magazine

The “Agony and the Ecstasy” was a cocktail I developed on a trip to Florence, Italy. Chloe and I were on a tour to the statue of David by Michelangelo when the guide mentioned the book about Michelangelo’s life entitled The Agony and the Ecstasy. Where do you see cocktail culture headed?

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Book Review: Malort: The Redemption of a Revered & Reviled Spirit

Drinkhacker

Whether you identify with anything just referenced or have no clue what I’m talking about, I’ve got a book for you! In this new book, Josh Noel tells the origin story of Malört up to the present day. It’s rare to see a spirit be celebrated and adored as it accumulates a museum of “worst liquor on Earth” awards. You love Malört.

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Bartending Blogs You Should Read

Today's Bartender

From the latest in industry news & culture to beautiful cocktails, to the deadly specific details on the different types of liquor , you’ll find the answers to all of your bartending questions (and more) throughout these websites. In my book, that’s what this industry needs and these guys are doing a bloody good job of it.

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25 Bartending Blogs That you should check out in 2022

Today's Bartender

From the latest in industry news & culture to beautiful cocktails, to the deadly specific details on the different types of liquor , you’ll find the answers to all of your bartending questions (and more) throughout these websites. The Spirits The Spirits calls itself “a book club but for cocktails,” which seems to ring true.

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Colin Asare-Appiah Is Reshaping the Bar World

Imbibe Magazine

Asare-Appiah has been such a fixture on the international cocktail and spirits circuit for so long that its easy to take him for granted. In 2022, he and Tamika Hall published Black Mixcellence , a book featuring recipes by dozens of Black mixologists. By 2012, he was at Bacardi, one of the largest liquor names in the world.

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The Many Disputed Origins of the Term ‘Cocktail’

VinePair

Although the term first appeared in print in 1798, it wasnt until 1806 that cocktail shared the definition it bears today. As The Balance and Columbian Repository of Hudson, New York put it , a cocktail is a stimulating liquor, composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters it is vulgarly called bittered sling.

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