PUNCH

MAY 8, 2025

North Americas 50 Best Bars were recently announced. We looked at the awardees cocktails, prices, locations and more to see whats trending.

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Australian Bartender

MAY 8, 2025

A smart guide to choosing spirits for professional bar teams. Words by Priscilla Leong from The Flowing Bowl Lets be real, your speed rail isnt just a place to park bottles. Its your service engine, sales driver, and strategy tool. Whether youre running a cocktail-forward bar, a restaurant with a solid beverage offering, or a high-volume venue pouring gin & tonics by the dozen, your rail setup needs to be intentional.

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Chilled Magazine

MAY 8, 2025

Drink like a local in San Antonio, Texas with bartender Kim Chau Huynhat Omni Hotel Riverwalk @huynh.kimchau.7 As a senior Food and Beverage Manager at the Omni Hotel Riverwalk, I have the privilege of overseeing the culinary experience at our hotel. I love the creativity and innovation that comes with developing new menus and concepts, as well as the satisfaction of seeing our guests enjoy a delicious meal or drink.

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VinePair

MAY 8, 2025

This article is part of our Cocktail Chatter series, where we dive into the wild, weird, and wondrous corners of history to share over a cocktail and impress your friends. Whats a bagel without a schmear? Ubiquitous on breakfast tables nationwide and a key ingredient in numerous desserts, cream cheese is one of Americas most consumed cheeses, with a market value exceeding $3.6 billion.

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Driven by a diverse and exciting ecosystem of passionate, ambitious, and often young entrepreneurs, the Food & Beverage (F&B) sector is a highly competitive environment full of immense challenges and exciting opportunities. Expert Market’s 2024 industry report, sponsored by Toast, is informed by a survey of 522 U.S. food and beverage professionals, from restaurant owners to food service managers, providing insights into the real-time challenges and opportunities within the industry.

Chilled Magazine

MAY 8, 2025

Beyond acting, Bo Mitchell’s entrepreneurial spirit runs deep. At just eight years old, he used his earnings from acting to invest in a snow cone business, eventually expanding it to two locations and a food truck. Photos by Philip Taylor By 17, he had launched his own skate park, transforming a 20,000-square-foot warehouse into a community hub for young skaters.

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Drinkhacker

MAY 8, 2025

If you have one brand of bitters in your home bar, it’s probably Angostura , and for good reason: It’s one of the most called-for name brand ingredients in all of cocktaildom, and its versatility is unmatched in the world of bittering agents. Angostura is named for the Angostura bark in its recipe, and it shows, offering a bracing punch of very bitter, woodsy elements, backed up by a healthy flavor of cinnamon, allspice, and cloves.

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Drinkhacker

MAY 8, 2025

Ohio’s Echo Spirits is the creation of two former engineers turned whiskeymakers, Joe Bidinger and Nikhil Sharoff, who not only distill their own hooch, they also turn sourced and blended whiskeys — some of which are constantly changing. That can make for some complexities at shopping time, as releases are constantly being replaced by something entirely different, and tricky for us reviewers, who have to form a general opinion about a distillery based on a single point in time.

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Just Drinks

MAY 8, 2025

Local authorities have ordered Nestl's water business to remove filters from its Vergze and Vosges production sites in France.

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VinePair

MAY 8, 2025

There used to be a fierce semantic debate over what constituted craft beer. Some guy even sued Blue Moon over it at one point. (He lost.) The Brewers Association, as the segments trade group, has put forth its own definition over the years, revising it to the point that it now includes firms like Monster and excludes firms like Sapporo-Stone with a logic that is both technically sound and practically inscrutable.

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Drinkhacker

MAY 8, 2025

Wisconsin’s Untitled Art produces a dazzling array of non-alcoholic beers — more than 25 by my last count — and probably more every day. The samples we received — 8 in total – bore the N0N Alcoholic label, but that appears to have recently been switched to a new brand called FLVR!, presumably to distinguish them from the (alcoholic) beers the brand also makes.

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Speaker: Lauren Barash, Vice President, Brand Marketing

In an ever-evolving industry, building and retaining loyal customers is critical to the success of any restaurant business. Join Lauren Barash, VP of Brand Marketing at Full Course, as she delves into the world of restaurant loyalty programs, and reveals the top five essential strategies to optimize your approach! This webinar will explore: Loyalty trends and what you should be focusing on 📊 Actionable insights and ideas to help you develop the most powerful and effective loyalty program

Mix That Drink

MAY 8, 2025

A mix of apple brandy, lemon juice, honey syrup, and orange curacao makes the Queen Bee cocktail a smooth, citrusy choice for any occasion.

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VinePair

MAY 8, 2025

Napa Valley is undoubtedly the most famed winemaking region in the U.S. And within this region, there are a few producers who have reached cult-level status. One of these sought-after brands is Harlan Estate , known for its bold and complex Cabernet Sauvignon -based blends. Bill Harlan started the winery in 1984 in Napas prestigious Oakville region, and ever since the wines debut in 1996, its been a favorite among Napa Cab enthusiasts.

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Australian Bartender

MAY 8, 2025

A smart guide to choosing spirits for professional bar teams. Words by Priscilla Leong from The Flowing Bowl Lets be real, your speed rail isnt just a place to park bottles. Its your service engine, sales driver, and strategy tool. Whether youre running a cocktail-forward bar, a restaurant with a solid beverage offering, or a high-volume venue pouring gin & tonics by the dozen, your rail setup needs to be intentional.

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VinePair

MAY 8, 2025

So far in our ros series, weve recounted the pink hues travels from France to Portugal , and then finally to the U.S. But today, were heading back to where the phenomenon all began: Provence. Well, sort of. Our story today actually begins in 19th-century Alsace, where there was an agricultural engineer by the name of Marcel Ott who wanted to pursue a career in wine.

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Just Drinks

MAY 8, 2025

Canadian-American brewer Molson Coors has cut its sales and profit forecasts for 2025 after a challenging first quarter.

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The Cocktail Lovers

MAY 8, 2025

Rewind to 10th February 2025, the last day of New York Fashion Week. After four days of collections from the likes of Thom Brown, Michael Kors and Tory Burch, the closing party had to be something equally stylish. The person for the job? Mert Alas. Not only is he justifiably regarded as one of the most influential, in demand fashion photographers of our time, hes also renowned for hosting some of the most fabulous soirees.

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Just Drinks

MAY 8, 2025

PepsiCos near-$2bn move for Poppi underlines the popularity of prebiotic soda. Simon Creasey explores how big the market can get.

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PubClub

MAY 8, 2025

Bay to Breakers is the biggest, most fun event in San Francisco. You can no longer push shopping carts withkegs or rollbig floats we miss the tiki bar! down the streets. But Bay to Breakers is still the biggest, most fun, lively and top singles party event in San Francisco. Held the third Sunday in May (that would put it on May 18 in 2025) it’s a rolling block party, San Francisco’s version of Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

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Just Drinks

MAY 8, 2025

Brazil has upped its forecast for the country's 2025 coffee output despite the year being in the low part of the typical production cycle.

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The Whiskey Wash

MAY 8, 2025

The Rare is a super limited edition of just two bottles, one of which will be auctioned by Sothebys in Hong Kong, with proceeds going to V&A Dundee. Photo: The Dalmore The Dalmore has unveiled the third release in its Luminary Series, a whisky collection that seeks to bridge the gap between traditional distilling and modern design. Revealed ahead of the Venice Biennale of Architecture, The Dalmore Luminary No.3 Edition brings together master whisky makers Richard Paterson OBE and Gregg Glass

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PubClub

MAY 8, 2025

Las Vegas is the Wedding Capitol of the World. Photo: Amberlight Collective Las Vegas has seen some busy wedding days in the past, but it is now preparing for perhaps it’s biggest wedding day ever: May 25. The date is 5/25/25,or 5-2-5-2-5, which reads the same forward and backward. “Conducting more destination weddings than any other place on the planet, weve spent decades tracking trends and anticipating demand,” said Clark County Clerk Lynn Marie Goya. “Thanks to that d

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The Whiskey Wash

MAY 8, 2025

What does whisky history taste like? These five bottles from Scotland’s lost distilleries might be your last chance to find out. There’s something profoundly evocative about sipping (or keeping) a whisky from lost distillery a liquid time capsule capturing Scotland’s distilling heritage. These “silent distilleries” have fallen silent forever, their stills dismantled and master distillers long retired.

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PubClub

MAY 8, 2025

This is poolside at Margaritaville Hotel Kansas City. A tropical resort in the Heart of America may seem to be like a ship out of water. But Jimmy Buffett fans know that some of his most popular concerts took place in landlocked cities the name “Parrotheads” came during a show in Cincinnati, after all so it’s not as as odd as it might seem that there is a Margaritaville Hotel Kansas.

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The Whiskey Wash

MAY 8, 2025

The Spring 2025 release of Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond Decanter series has been unveiled by brand owners Heaven Hill. Photo: Heaven Hill Heaven Hill Distillery has announced the fifteenth release in their award winning Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond Decanter Series. The Spring 2025 edition features a 9-year-old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey produced in spring 2016 and bottled spring 2025.

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PubClub

MAY 8, 2025

A dog hangs out at Borrego Rooftop Kitchen + Cocktails in San Diego. A lot of people in San Diego have dogs, and there’s a quite a few dog-friendy bars and restaruants in the city. Mainly, they are in the beaches, but there are also a few in the Gaslamp Quarter and East Village. Here are a few of them. PubClub.com will be adding more places as we discover them.

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The Whiskey Wash

MAY 8, 2025

Read the full article at Glen Scotia 50 Year Old ‘Air’ 50 Review

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PubClub

MAY 8, 2025

Pizza Port’s Oscar Wanted a Brown Ale is an English-style Brown Ale at 5% ABV. Photo: Pizza Port San Diego craft breweries are on a roll when it comes to getting recognized for excellence. Soon afer taking home seven gold medals at the Brewers Cup Of California. five earned silver and bronze at the 2025 World Beer Cup, the largest international beer competition that often referred to as The Olympics of Beer Competitions.

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The Whiskey Wash

MAY 8, 2025

The Spring 2025 release of Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond Decanter series has been unveiled by brand owners Heaven Hill. Photo: Heaven Hill Heaven Hill Distillery has announced the fifteenth release in their award winning Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond Decanter Series. The Spring 2025 edition features a 9-year-old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey produced in spring 2016 and bottled spring 2025.

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PubClub

MAY 8, 2025

The LA Rams show off thier their “Aloha Spirit” in announcingits minicamp in Maui. Photo: LA Rams In a show of the Aloha Spirit, the Los Angeles Rams will be holding thier 2025 minicamp in Maui, Hawaii. A joint announcement took place between Hawaii Governor Josh Green, M.D. and Los Angeles Rams President Kevin Demoff. Mauicamp Powered by the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) will take place from Monday, June 16 to Thursday, June 19 when the Rams bring their Minicamp to Maui.

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Just Drinks

MAY 8, 2025

JDE Peet's has sold its tea business in Turkey as part of broader efforts to optimise resource allocation and simplify operating models.

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Tales of the Cocktail

MAY 8, 2025

The globally renowned cocktail conference returns to New Orleans July 2025, 2025, with a robust schedule of educational programming, curated tastings, industry awards, and community events NEW ORLEANS, LA (May 8, 2025) Tales of the Cocktail Foundation (TOTCF) is pleased to announce that on World Cocktail Day Tales of the Cocktail (TOTC) 2025 tickets will be live via the Foundations website.

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Just Drinks

MAY 8, 2025

After the abrupt exit of its CEO, another set of disappointing results and a portfolio review, uncertainty hangs over Hain Celestial.

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Bar Magazine

MAY 8, 2025

Were REAL-ly excited to share with you all the launch of our BIGGEST ever social media campaign for REAL, bringing to life our BIG Bags of Character personality. Launched with up-and-coming Social Influencer Schooner Scorer–overnight the post gained almost 2,500 engagements and now has over 3,271 likes : bit.ly/4dedG4S Live throughout May, the campaign is set to deliver 1,500,000 impressions on Instagram.

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VinePair

MAY 8, 2025

California dominates the story of American winemaking in many ways, both by producing far more wine than any other state, and by creating and entrenching many of the trends and styles that echo out, not just to the rest of the U.S., but to the broader world of wine. While Californias history of winemaking stretches back well over 300 years, its largely been in the post-Prohibition era, and over the last 50 years more specifically, that the impact has been felt, and no grape has been more synonym

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Bar Magazine

MAY 8, 2025

Zum Barbarossa is Londons newest speakeasy bar serving up a range of expertly mixed cocktails along with late-night entertainment, in the heart of Soho. The stunning 1730 Grade II listed Georgian townhouse houses a hidden basement, deep underground. Once inside youll find an intimate, Paris-style bar complete with historical arches. Zum Barbarossa is a lively hidden cocktail bar and club.

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