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How London Claimed the Global Cocktail Crown

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A 160-Year Heritage “Only after working in London was Jerry Thomas inspired to write ‘The Bartender’s Guide,’ the first book to contain cocktail recipes,” explains Jared Brown, cocktail historian and master distiller at Sipsmith Gin. “He He included many recipes he discovered while here.” The drinking class in the U.K.

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Old Potrero Blazed a Trail For Craft Rye Whiskey. Why Is It Perpetually Overlooked?

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Its easy to pass over unless you know about it, says Nick Madden, head bartender at San Francisco whiskey bar Elixir , who regularly recommends Old Potrero to guests. Maytag showed a similar prescience with Old Potrero, betting that consumers would respond as positively to craft whiskey as they did to craft beer.

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