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Fourth of July Cocktails for 2024

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Print Sunset Paradise Course Drinks Keyword butterfly pea flower tea, cranberry, lime, orange juice, peach brandy, tequila, Triple sec, vodka Ingredients ½ oz. Peach brandy 1 ½ oz. Notes Oscar Garcia, lead bartender at seafood grill Corvina in Boca Raton, FL, created this recipe.

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We Asked 14 Bartenders: What’s the Best Vodka for Cocktails? (2024)

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Grace Tomczak, lead bartender, MAKfam , Denver “ Square One ’s lineup of rye vodkas. I use it at The Golden Swan in the Dorothy Day cocktail alongside Clear Creek Pear Brandy, GE Massenez Golden 8 Pear Liqueur, St. If ever I am craving a vodka cocktail, Ketel One is always my call.”

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We Asked 25 Bartenders: What’s the Best Scotch for Cocktails?

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It’s aged in a mix of European and American sherry-seasoned casks and the peat is present but balanced, so I find it fun to mix with other whiskies and fruit brandies like bonded apple brandy.” Gee Lee, lead bartender, Loch Bar Houston , Houston “I just fell in love with a new Scotch launched recently: Ardray Blended Scotch.

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We Asked 22 Bartenders: What’s the Best New Spirit You’ve Added to Your Bar?

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Stevie Ruiz, lead bartender, Birch , Milwaukee “ Casa Obsidiana Tequila is absolutely fascinating and has earned a spot at Bar Sprezzatura. Raymundo Arvizu, lead bartender, Bar Sprezzatura , San Francisco “I recently brought in Brucato Chaparral amaro and it’s become a new favorite.

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Mardi Gras Cocktails For 2025

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Print King Cake Clarified Milk Punch Course Drinks Keyword brandy, Fireball, lemon, milk, rum cream liqueur, Simple syrup, vanilla Ingredients 1 oz. Seven Tails brandy oz. Notes Heather Blanchard, lead bartender at The Pool Club at Virgin Hotels, created this recipe. Milk oz.

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The Bourbon Trail’s Best Kept Secret? World-Class Cocktails at Distillery Bars

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The first time I had it, I was blown away by how a typical brandy cocktail had been transformed into one highlighting Michters US1 Kentucky Straight Bourbon. We wanted to have an offering for everyone, and we wanted to meet people where they are, says Matt Magliocco, the executive vice president of Michters Distillery.

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Long Associated With Sherry, Solera Aging Is Redefining Spirits and Cocktails

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Iberian brandy and Spanish-influenced rum producers like Guatemala’s Zacapa have leveraged it both as a production tool and key marketing message for decades, while whiskies from Scotland continue to employ some form of the system for certain products. A small barrel can impact the spirit or cocktail dramatically, he adds.

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