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We Asked 11 Bartenders: What’s Your Most Controversial Cocktail Take?

VinePair

Many bartenders look down upon the art of technical free pouring (using timing techniques and cuts to control the amount of liquid poured from bottles), but the use of jiggers has become lackadaisical. I’ve used it in everything from Dirty Martinis to clarified tomato highballs. Pun intended. Nic Wallace, 2025 U.S.

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

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Many bars and restaurants are attempting to do ‘high volume’ without any of the training, systems, infrastructure etc. It’s all about understanding the context of every individual bottle pickup in relation to what’s come before and what’s up next. In a follow-up story, he added: “This is not an isolated problem.

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Where to Drink Cocktails in San Diego

Imbibe Magazine

With high-end barware and glassware, recipe cards, and quality bottles such as Don Fulano tequila and Jefferson’s Ocean “Aged at Sea” bourbon, you’ll be tempted to stay in. But don’t sleep on the in-room minibar curated by Paul McGee, formerly of Lost Lake.

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Ask a Bartender: How Do You Accurately Count Out a Free Pour?

VinePair

But in high-volume sports bars and dives where the cocktail menu doesnt stretch beyond two- to three-ingredient highballs, many bartenders resort to free pouring (with a speed pourer attached to a bottle) to maximize efficiency. That isnt to say that theyre just winging measurements.

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10 Unexpected Cities to Visit This Year for Top-Tier Cocktails

VinePair

Park Distillery has played a large role in Banffs beverage boom, with its bottles available across the region. Craftroom , tucked in the basement of a large office building amid innocuous izakayas, offers a vast whisky selection alongside seasonal cocktails crafted with precision like a lacto-fermented, lemon sour highball.

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Summer Cocktails & Outdoor Entertaining Essentials: Your Refreshing Sipping Guide

Mixologists

Finally, ensure you have readily accessible the often-overlooked yet utterly indispensable essentials for effortlessly opening beverages: a dependable bottle opener and a trustworthy corkscrew are items frequently forgotten until the precise moment they are desperately needed. Top the mixture generously with chilled grapefruit soda.