VinePair

OCTOBER 31, 2024

It’s a subcategory stuffed with tried-and-true labels and buzzy emerging brands, but there are some splendid bottles that fly under the radar — and this collection of underrated gems is thrilling to explore on its own merit. Dant Bottled in Bond Kentucky Bourbon will always have a spot in my well and home. Here’s what they had to say.

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Imbibe Magazine

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Pore through the bar’s 41-page menu featuring over 200 bottles of agave spirits, the largest collection in the city. You have to know someone to get into the Social Club , a pink-walled space with a curated experience. Coa also hosts mezcal and tequila workshops with all of the proceeds going to Habitat for Humanity.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Imagine getting a bottle of wine on your birthday that matches your moon rising, along with a 10-minute consultation with an astrologer. Or getting into the weeds of Pluto’s transit through Aquarius over a bottle of whiskey. Each bottle is sold with a smudge stick, crystals, and other energy-cleansing aids. Or fiery and direct.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Malört is a lot more consistent than what it used to be when it was contract-distilled,” explains Charles Joly, a Chicago native and bar partner at Manhattan’s Riff Raff Club who’s been drinking the juice for over two decades, by his estimation. “CH The drink provides Joly enough justification to put a bottle of Malort in Riff Raff’s well.

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Chilled Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2024

simple syrup Club soda Lemon twist for garnish Preparation In a shaker, combine Noces Royales, lemon juice, and simple syrup with ice. Shake well and strain inta highball glass filled with ice. Top with club soda and garnish with a lemon twist. With its depth of flavor and bottled at 40% ABV, it shines in a variety of cocktails.

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Moody Mixologist

MARCH 11, 2025

Distilled Bottles of gin that are labeled as Distilled Gin means that they are a distilled spirit made with botanicals including juniper that may (or may not) have flavorings or other additives introduced after distillation. Get the Clover Club recipe. These long drinks are served in highball or other tall, large capacity glasses.

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VinePair

MARCH 6, 2024

Ideal for an afternoon in the sun or to mix up after a long day at work, builds that incorporate seltzer or club soda are typically simple, and offer that extra invigorating pop of energy. The version that’s popular today includes gin , lime juice, and a good amount of club soda to keep things cool and effervescent.

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VinePair

APRIL 17, 2024

We received one bottle of everything that year: Lot B 12-year, 14-year Rye, plus the big dogs, Pappy 15, 20, and 23. The p **g contest of who can have the most bottles or the craziest allocation isn’t alluring. And once the bottles are in-house, how does one turn them into drinks that allow their contents to shine?

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Cheers

JUNE 26, 2024

Top off with club soda. Pour into a highball glass filled with ice. bottle Hampton Water Rosé 3 cups Watermelon juice ¼ cup Lemon juice ½ cup Simple syrup Instructions Add all ingredients to a pitcher and stir. Add all ingredients and ice to a shaker tin. Pour into Collins glass.

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Drinkhacker

JANUARY 4, 2024

The menu includes both perennial offerings and seasonal specials (all about £15), the latter of which I dipped into with the Pear & Gooseberry Highball, a mix of Nc’nean single malt, Christina’s own crab pear whiskey liqueur, honey fermented crab pear, and Idyll gooseberry soda.

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Moody Mixologist

MARCH 20, 2025

Remove the pan from the heat and all the syrup to cool for at least twenty minutes before removing the leaves and bottling the syrup. Combine 1 oz of bay leaf simple syrup with 1 oz of fresh lemon juice in a highball glass filled with ice and top with several ounces of cold still or sparkling water.

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Australian Bartender

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

3: Zombie Highball 10ml Appleton signature 15ml Pampero Blanco 2.5ml Wray and Nephew 2.5ml Maraschino Luxardo 15ml Apricot liqueur 5ml orange curacao 5ml Eucalyptus Grapefruit sugar 1-1* 15ml Magic Water* 30ml pineapple juice 75ml water Combine all the ingredients in a Keg 19L Ball Lock Cornelius “corny” keg X 100 Portions.

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Drinkhacker

MAY 17, 2024

Add ice to a highball glass. RT Sangria 1 bottle of Gamay, Zinfandel, or Garnacha wine (note: it’s okay to go cheap here) 1/2 cup brandy 1/2 cup cranberry juice 1 tablespoon of sugar summer fruits of choice (start with lemons, limes, and oranges), quartered Vigorously mix the juice, sugar, and cut fruit together in a large container. -RL

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Moody Mixologist

JUNE 1, 2023

You can opt for simple highballs, three-ingredient, sweet and sour drinks like the Daiquiri , or more complex tropical or tiki drinks like the classic Mai Tai. Let’s dive into the drink categories: Simple highballs These are your most basic mixed drinks and always a crowd-pleaser. Try my Brazilian Buck.

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Cocktail Contessa

JULY 8, 2022

parts whiskey, 3/4 part sweet vermouth, 3/4 part Campari highballs: 1 part whiskey to 2-4 parts soda Batch Method for Summer Old Fashioneds For the first example, we’ll create an orange, spice-infused syrup, and use it to create a fast and easy cocktail you can batch up in an empty 750mL spirit bottle. Shake well.

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Bartender.com

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Bursting with flavor in every drop, Cilantro shines in margaritas and sparkles with club soda. Perfected and bottled on site in Brooklyn, it’s a reflection of how the brand is excited about its new location and its communities. Top with the club soda and gently stir to combine. Located at 53 Scott Ave.,

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Moody Mixologist

MAY 2, 2024

To make a Paloma with fresh juice, you’ll also need simple syrup and club soda or sparkling water (seltzer water is fine). It’s best to squeeze your own grapefruit juice, but you could use an unsweetened, bottled grapefruit juice if that’s all you have. With Fresh Grapefruit Juice: Fill a highball glass with ice.

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The Bartender Company

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

These openers can also be used in a pinch for other drinks; to slit boxes open, cut foil seals around bottlenecks, and open beer bottles. The Bottle Opener No bar or tavern is complete without bottle openers at the ready. Consider the knife to be one of the best bar tools you can have on hand.

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Moody Mixologist

APRIL 8, 2024

I don’t always have ginger ale or ginger beer on hand, but if I keep a small bottle of ginger juice around, I can whip up a fresh batch of ginger syrup in just a couple of minutes. Simply mix an ounce of ginger syrup with chilled sparkling water or club soda to make instant ginger soda.

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PubClub

JULY 29, 2024

Add club soda for a fizzy and invigorating drink. Use traditional margarita glasses for classic drinks and experiment with mason jars or highball glasses for unique flavors. The winner can receive a fun prize, like a cocktail shaker set or a bottle of premium tequila. Another great choice is the cucumber mint mockarita.

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Cheers

AUGUST 21, 2024

Print Guavabuena Course Drinks Keyword club soda, Guava nectar, honey syrup, lime, mint, tequila Ingredients 2 parts Espolón Tequila Reposado 2 parts Guava nectar ¾ parts Honey syrup ¾ parts Lime juice 3 parts Club soda 5 Fresh mint leaves Instructions Add all ingredients into a shaker except for the club soda.

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VinePair

JANUARY 17, 2024

Now the chief cocktail officer at Sunken Harbor Club , it would be understandable for Garret to take a beat and populate the bar’s menu with drinks from the book. Garret gave me a chance to preview a new cocktail hitting the menu at Sunken Harbor Club: the Port Mahon. Bottle and store in a cool, dry place.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Joining the “Sopranos” library this fall is “ The Sopranos: The Official Cocktail Book ,” though recipes like a Jersey Tomato Martini or a Pine Barrens Highball are more inspired by the characters rather than something they would’ve actually knocked back.

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Australian Bartender

JULY 17, 2024

BAR AWARDS TICKETS And if you’re a finalist in this year’s awards, ticket sales are now open at sydneybarweek.com.au/bar-awards

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VinePair

MAY 23, 2024

However, choosing a bottle to complement your next nightcap while also being kind to your wallet can prove to be a complicated task. Melina Meza, beverage director, Level 8 , Los Angeles “The handiest bottle of Scotch whisky I have for mixing cocktails is Duncan Taylor Scottish Glory. It’s a slam-dunk no matter the cocktail.”

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Casual Mixologist

DECEMBER 14, 2024

View Product Here Liquor Infusing Decanter & Infuser Kit Stuffing a bottle to make a unique and personal infusion is like trying to stuff a ship into a bottle. Thankfully, brilliant minds have created a bottle that makes it worlds easier to help those ingredients mix and mingle into an infusion that dreams are made of.

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VinePair

MARCH 13, 2024

The stout-and- Champagne combo was allegedly created by a bartender at London’s Brooks’s Club to mourn the death of Queen Victoria’s husband Prince Albert. Strain into a highball glass over fresh ice. Though it’s unclear as to which stout that bartender employed, Guinness has long been the go-to brew in this spec. Shake until chilled.

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Australian Bartender

MARCH 17, 2024

Being a prodigious dairy producer and the birthplace of the first milkshake maker (which would eventually morph into the blender we know today), it follows that Wisconsin’s famous supper clubs perfected the after-dinner ice cream cocktail.

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VinePair

MARCH 13, 2024

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. On the consumer end, once the pandemic had receded somewhat and bars began to open again, it released a bottled-up need and desire.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Sitting somewhere between Aperol and Campari on the flavor scale, Select is slightly sweet, delivering citrus fruit and an undercurrent of bitter botanicals that fuse perfectly with Prosecco and club soda. See Recipe The Revolver This Thanksgiving, leave the Espresso Martinis behind and stir up a Revolver instead.

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

That cherry was like the red dot on the 7-Up bottle. There might be Jack Daniels and maybe a big old bottle of Seagrams gin, along with Crown Royal for Mom only, but the Seven & Seven was the standard cocktail that was going to be made all day. The Seven & Seven was the standard cocktail that was going to be made all day.

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Chilled Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Unlike the large commercial shochus bottled at 25%, produced largely as inoffensive offerings designed for long business dinners and social occasions, Mizu Shochu is meant to show off the true character of traditional shochu historically bottled at 30-45% abv. MizuLemongrassShochu oz. Lemon Juice oz. Top with soda.

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Imbibe Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Indulge in a banana coconut milkshake with rhum agricole and Benedictine at the 24-hour Beginner’s Diner or end the night with a tequila and aged rum Espresso Martini at supper club Lou Lou’s Jungle Room. But don’t sleep on the in-room minibar curated by Paul McGee, formerly of Lost Lake.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Together they combine art and science to ensure that each bottle meets their very high standards. Additionally, the Horse Soldier story comes full circle with the brand’s patriotic-themed packaging: Each bottle is forged in a mold built from steel salvaged from the World Trade Center itself.

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VinePair

APRIL 17, 2025

As part of this work, VinePairs tasting team and editorial staff sample thousands of bottles annually. These bottles were submitted free of charge producers didnt pay to submit nor did VinePair pay for the products. Instead, this list showcases the best bottles across every price and for every scenario.

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

One way to celebrate the holidays is by gifting a special someone or — let’s be serious, yourself — an extraordinary bottle of Cognac, the 300th Anniversary Coupe. and a neo-classic using the 1738 Accord Royal, Club or V.S.O.P. expressions.

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Moody Mixologist

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Spring is almost here again so let's dust off that bottle of violet liqueur and shake up some floral cocktails! The gin fizz is a classic cocktail that combines gin, citrus, sugar, egg white and a splash of club soda. The gin fizz is a classic cocktail that combines gin, citrus, sugar, egg white and a splash of club soda.

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