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Can a Cocktail Have Too Many Ingredients? Bartenders Weigh In

VinePair

By the time the tiki craze was underway in the ‘30s and ‘40s, it was par for the course to see drinks containing over seven ingredients and multiple expressions of rum layered on top of one another. For instance, we hypothetically have a highball on the menu. We also have come down to define what an ingredient is.

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The Top 10 Summer Cocktails of All Time

Drinkhacker

We ranked and argued and analyzed, and after a little math came up with what is obviously the most definitive list of summer cocktailing ever published. Add ice to a highball glass. Mai Tai The story of the Mai Tai is the story of tiki, one of the most iconic drinks – if not the most iconic drink – to come out of ‘40s rum culture.

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Anything but old fashioned! Cocktail creativity with Monkey Shoulder

Australian Bartender

If you dare to ask Google for a ‘definition’ of the phrase you’ll get a range of outdated stereotypical articles, claiming everything from the ‘maturity and confidence’ of the classic whisky drinking human, to their ‘steadying presence in any situation’. Let’s not even go into the Urban Dictionary definition of the phrase.

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Anything but old fashioned! Cocktail creativity with Monkey Shoulder

Australian Bartender

If you dare to ask Google for a ‘definition’ of the phrase you’ll get a range of outdated stereotypical articles, claiming everything from the ‘maturity and confidence’ of the classic whisky drinking human, to their ‘steadying presence in any situation’. Let’s not even go into the Urban Dictionary definition of the phrase.

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The 50 Best Spirits of 2023

VinePair

West Cork Distillers Single Malt Irish Whiskey Bog Oak Charred Cask We didn’t have the words “Bog Oak” on our bingo card for best spirits of the year but we’re happy to overlook the peculiar phrasing for this whiskey, especially after learning its definition. Surin Rum Clairin Mezcal drinker, meet clairin! Distillerie Patrick St.

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Do Upscale Dives Belong in the Modern Bar Landscape?

VinePair

You’ll see an $11 Adios M *r on the menu painted on the wall next to its room-length bar, touting ingredients like overproof rum and navy-strength gin. There isn’t a typical definition of a dive,” she says. You’ll likely notice its brightness and cleanliness. You can’t start it. Only your guests can.

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Brazilian Buck (Easy Cachaça Cocktail)

Moody Mixologist

Also included in this category would be the Rum Buck (Dark ‘n Stormy). While the exact origin of these cocktails is subject to some debate, the general consensus is that the Buck cocktail definitely predates the Moscow Mule. In this way, it differs from rum, which is typically made from molasses or sugarcane by-products.

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