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Where to Drink in Tucson, Arizona

Imbibe Magazine

says Amanda Sierra, a veteran of Tucson’s hospitality scene with more than 30 years in the city, and currently a bartender at cocktail bar SideCar. Whether you’re seeking a well-made craft cocktail, a beer brewed with local ingredients, or an education on mezcal, Tucson brings it home.

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Revisiting the ‘Hey Bartender’ Documentary, 10 Years After It Captured the Craft Cocktail Renaissance

VinePair

The rockstars in question — particularly the influential bartenders from the early aughts that served as the film’s “talking heads” — happened to be performing at a uniquely transitional moment within the industry, and were captured by a curious filmmaker seeking to bottle something that turned out to be lightning. The film was cinema vérité.

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We Asked 21 Bartenders: What’s the Best Vodka for Mixing Cocktails?

VinePair

Truman Vodka is the perfect blend of tradition and innovation Gabriel Urrutia, professor of spirits, FIU School of Hospitality & Tourism Management , Miami If youre looking for a top-notch vodka to mix in your cocktails, try Cardinal Spirits Pride Vodka. Distilled in Bloomington, Ind., Distilled in Bloomington, Ind.,

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Raising the Bar: What It Takes To Succeed as a Bartender Today

VinePair

The cocktail renaissance hadn’t happened yet, so the back bar was polluted with the usual suspects of flavored vodkas like Stoli Vanilla and Absolut Kurant along with dusty bottles of Galliano and Tuaca that probably hadn’t been opened in years. I could never be hired to do the same job today. Those things can all be learned.

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Exciting, Affordable, and Walkable, Athens Has the Most Exciting Cocktail Scene In Europe Right Now

VinePair

A colleague, my wife, and I were leaving Baba au Rum, one of the oldest of the new breed of craft cocktail bars in Athens, with the idea of heading to The Bar in Front of the Bar, another leading saloon. Baba au Rum — which helped kick off the Athens craft cocktail movement when Thanos Prunarus opened it in 2009 — has its own rum.

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The Treacherous, Untold Toll Bartending Takes on the Body

VinePair

Since the late ‘90s when he used to lobster claw bottles to speed-pour Long Island Iced Teas at TGI Fridays, he’s been hooked on the rush of delivering liquid happiness. Years of grabbing heavy bottles and shaking mixing tins had severely damaged the nerves in both hands, but like many bartenders, he soldiered through the pain.

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It’s Everywhere, It’s So Julia — Midori Is Brat

VinePair

“I think this made people look at Midori again, but this time in relation to the quality of shochu and all these whiskies that weren’t really a thing in the States before the craft cocktail movement.” “As As craft cocktails push the boundaries of what bars can do, bartenders have been able to use Midori in unprecedented ways.

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