Advanced Mixology

JANUARY 21, 2025

Shake the cocktail hard and strain it into a rocks glass filled with fresh ice. Hana Hana Highball This is a simple cocktail, similar to a spirit mixer but with such an interesting flavor profile. Ingredients 2oz Shochu 0.5oz Lemon Juice Top Soda Method : Fill a highball glass with the Shochu and lemon juice.

Highball 98

Highball Simple Syrup Hospitality Bartending 98

VinePair

JUNE 6, 2025

“While clarification is a valuable technique, it’s increasingly become the default across many bar programs, resulting in menus where nearly every cocktail is pre-batched. At Sanjh, we value both technique and hospitality. I’ve used it in everything from Dirty Martinis to clarified tomato highballs. Not the Manhattan.

Bartending 98

Bartending Bartender High Volume Head Bartender 98

Tales of the Cocktail

MAY 22, 2025

Libby Lingua Highball, Phoenix, AZ Shammai Mading Superbueno, New York, NY Takuma Watanabe Martiny’s/L’Americana/Midnight Blue, New York, NY Ben Yabrow Sip & Guzzle, New York, NY Best U.S. Best Intentions Chicago, IL Cobra Columbus, OH Eleven Madison Park New York, NY Highball Phoenix, AZ Service Bar Washington, D.C.

Club 52

Club Highball Bar Tequila 52

Tales of the Cocktail

JUNE 9, 2025

These are people who are inspirations to the industry, and their care for all aspects of excellence and hospitality is showcasing what a force for good our industry can be. McLain Hedges — Yacht Club, Denver, CO Libby Lingua — Highball, Phoenix, AZ Takuma Watanabe — Martiny’s/L’Americana/Midnight Blue, New York, NY Best U.S.

Club 52

Club Tequila Bar Bartending 52

VinePair

JULY 8, 2025

You can’t talk about the evolution of American cocktail culture without Trader Vic’s. They really introduced Americans to rum blends, house syrups, and a style of cocktail that influenced nearly every cocktail bar you see today. Angel’s Share, NYC: One of, if not the oldest of NYC’s cocktail bars.

Craft Cocktails 111

Craft Cocktails Bartending Bartender Bar 111

Tales of the Cocktail

MAY 22, 2025

Libby Lingua Highball, Phoenix, AZ Shammai Mading Superbueno, New York, NY Takuma Watanabe Martiny’s/L’Americana/Midnight Blue, New York, NY Ben Yabrow Sip & Guzzle, New York, NY Best U.S. Best Intentions Chicago, IL Cobra Columbus, OH Eleven Madison Park New York, NY Highball Phoenix, AZ Service Bar Washington, D.C.

Speed Rack 52

Speed Rack Club Tequila Bartending 52

VinePair

JUNE 5, 2025

Then there are the cities that may have been long visited for reasons unrelated to cocktail culture, but which are now, at last, putting their creative or financial muscle to use behind the bar. The distillery is part of the Banff Hospitality Collective , a group behind well over a dozen bars and restaurants in the heart of downtown.

Bar 102

Bar Cocktail Culture Head Bartender Bartending 102