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

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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. At Sanjh, we value both technique and hospitality. Pun intended. Nic Wallace, 2025 U.S.

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Why selling Imperial Blue makes sense for Pernod Ricard

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Richard Woodard July 1, 2025 Share Copy Link Share on X Share on Linkedin Share on Facebook A bottle of Imperial Blue Light whisky for sale at a store in the Philippines in August 2022. The high-potential Indian market – placed in sharp relief as growth becomes so elusive elsewhere – is transforming, and on multiple fronts.

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As Exports Soar, the Czech Republic’s World-Record Beer Consumption Is Slumping

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That hits high-volume producers in two ways, while it offers at least one advantage to small brewers. That could be four bottles of ležák, instead of five bottles of výčepní. (Or, Or, God forbid, it might be a single bottle of Moravian wine.) These younger people, they don’t drink that much,” Hojdar says.

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The Treacherous, Untold Toll Bartending Takes on the Body

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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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Mana for a Cause: Teremana Tequila Is Giving Back During the Holidays With Ezana ‘EZ’ Million

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Teremana Tequila is serving holiday cheer by the bottle while giving back to the hospitality community that shines so brilliantly, now and year-round. Between Irish pubs and high-volume cocktail bars, Million honed his flavors as a barback, squeezing his own custom juices and lemonades, earning him the moniker “The Lemonade Man.”

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

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On the consumer end, once the pandemic had receded somewhat and bars began to open again, it released a bottled-up need and desire. Harrison is the founder of Rachel Harrison Communications, a publicity firm that is prominent in the food, drink, and hospitality world. You need an element that is high-volume.

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Gen Z and spirits: a golden opportunity?

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The data analytics group found Gen Z tends to be “underrepresented in traditional, high-volume categories” like beer but are “more likely to be over-represented in spirit-based RTDs, cocktails, liqueurs, and aperitifs”. What they would do is probably spend £30/£40 ($41/$55) on an upper level but not explicitly luxury bottle.”

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