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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Jeff White, lead bartender, Experimental Cocktail Club , NYC “I wish that black or opaque bottles would disappear from the back bar — sorry Hendrick’s ! Doing inventory with them is absolutely impossible.

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JUNE 26, 2024

Top off with club soda. Notes Oscar Garcia, lead bartender at seafood grill Corvina in Boca Raton, FL, created this recipe. Print Red, White, and Bleu Course Drinks Keyword Alize Blue Passion, coconut rum, pineapple, vodka Ingredients 1 oz. Bushwacker Rum Cream 2 oz.

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Simple Syrup Mixologist Vodka Muddling 98

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

The best Scotches for beginners, according to bartenders: The Balvenie Caribbean Cask 14 Johnnie Walker Blue Label The Macallan Lagavulin Glenmorangie 10 The Glenlivet Glenfiddich 12 Monkey Shoulder Johnny Walker Black Label Chivas Regal 12-Year-Old “I’d say a good beginner Scotch is The Balvenie Caribbean Cask 14.

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Bartending Bartender Mixologist Rum 105

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Andy Pratt, lead bartender, Dovetail Bar , New Orleans “I’ve started seeing bottled-in-bond rye shots being ordered more frequently at my bar and at the bars I go to. Our go-to is a 50/50 of rum and amaro. Typically, this is Santa Teresa 1796 rum and Amaro Montenegro amaro, which surprises most with just how good it is!

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

It’s tough when a bar is hinging their cocktails on the nuances of juices and the prepping of raw materials,” explains Ash Miyazaki, lead bartender at The Let’s Go! Disco & Cocktail Club in Los Angeles. Service Bar was grappling with the effects of the growing shortage of Wray & Nephew Overproof Rum.

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MAY 23, 2024

Its rum-cask finish adds a tropical twist to the single malt, and a simple addition of water or soda can elevate its character. Gee Lee, lead bartender, Loch Bar Houston , Houston “I just fell in love with a new Scotch launched recently: Ardray Blended Scotch. However, when mixing, I reach for Glenfiddich Gran Reserva 21 Year.

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Bartending Bartender Head Bartender Highball 105

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JANUARY 14, 2025

This rum drink from Dirty Habit in San Franciscos Hotel Zelos will brighten up the cooler days. Print Winters Chill Course Drinks Keyword club soda, cranberry, pomegranate liqueur, rum Ingredients 2 oz. White rum 1 oz. Top with club soda and mint. Stir well to combine.

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Lead Bartender Rum Liqueur Club 98