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JUNE 16, 2025

The latest Martini trend at bars across the country is serving the gin or vodka classic in a giant, shareable glass or fountain.

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VinePair

JUNE 20, 2025

In recent years, spicy food and drinks have risen in popularity in the United States , with consumers clamoring over hot wings and jalapeño-spiked Sauvignon Blanc. But for those who can take the heat, there’s one thing to keep in mind when it comes to pairing alcohol with spicy food. While milk can help reduce some of the burning sensation that comes from consuming spicy foods, alcohol does the exact opposite.

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Advanced Mixology

JUNE 17, 2025

Meta Description: Master your cocktail game at home with these 10 essential bar tools every aspiring mixologist should own. Simple guide for great drinks. More people are getting into home bartending these days. Whether it’s for small gatherings or just a relaxing evening, having your own bar setup is becoming common. Tools showcased at expo food fairs are even making their way into home kitchens , offering access to gear once limited to professionals.

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Bar Magazine

JUNE 18, 2025

The worlds of nightlife and iGaming have traditionally seemed like two very different realms. One is about dancing the night away in clubs, enjoying drinks with friends and feeling the vibe of a packed venue. The other is more about sitting in front of a screen and placing bets on slot machines or poker tables from the comfort of home. As the digital world continues to evolve and technology advances, consumers are finding new ways to blend the excitement of nightlife with iGaming and there are s

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Mix That Drink

JUNE 14, 2025

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VinePair

JUNE 18, 2025

Nearly every shaken cocktail, classic or modern, contains some form of citrus — and nine times out of 10, that means lemon or lime. As a result, cocktail bars around the world churn through cases of limes each week. Typically, someone comes in early to prep, juicing lime after lime until there’s enough juice for service. The next day, the routine repeats.

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Bar Magazine

JUNE 19, 2025

As the hospitality industry continues to grapple with burnout, high turnover, and persistent absenteeism, The Burnt Chef Project has relaunched its upgraded Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – a targeted, affordable wellbeing solution created specifically for the hospitality workforce. Designed with the unique pressures of the sector in mind, this enhanced service delivers multilingual, toll-free, 24/7 access to therapy, coaching, and mindfulness support.

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National Bartending School

JUNE 18, 2025

Hey there, future mixology masters! At National Bartending School, we know that bartending is about more than just crafting cocktails – it’s about creating an experience. One way to elevate your game is by mastering the art of wine and beer pairing. Let’s dive into the world of pairing perfection! Why Pairing Matters Pairing wine […] The post The Art of Wine and Beer Pairing: A Match Made in Heaven appeared first on National Bartenders.

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VinePair

JUNE 15, 2025

A gathering place for travelers and locals alike, a good hotel bar offers a quiet reprieve in what is typically a rather luxurious environment for patrons to relax after a long day. And while some hotel bars might simply offer just that, others, like those on properties that have been around for a while, might offer a bit of history too. Some of these hotel bars have continuously pushed the envelope of cocktail creation, whether by creating now world-famous cocktails or perfecting jaw-dropping t

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Imbibe Magazine

JUNE 18, 2025

There’s no denying the classic Mojito ‘s ability to bring just the right amount of chill to summer’s swelter. Fortified with rum and brightened with citrus and mint, it’s as cooling as it is transportive and has long served as a template for creative takes on the classic recipe. Here are some of our favorite Mojito recipes that introduce fresh elements, such as cucumbers and cantaloupe, or even swap out the rum.

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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

Bar Magazine

JUNE 19, 2025

Emanuele to represent UK in Global Finals in September World Class Great Britain has crowned its 2025 GB Champion: Emanuele Mensah, representing The Connaught Bar in London , following an exhilarating three-day final in Edinburgh. After months of rigorous competition, immersive challenges, and nationwide roadshows, Emanuele Mensah will now represent Great Britain on a global stage in Toronto this September.

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Chilled Magazine

JUNE 16, 2025

1800® Tequila—the world’s most awarded tequila—is celebrating its uncompromising commitment to flavor with a new campaign, Obsessed with Taste. Photos by Mónica León In partnership with Handshake Speakeasy, recently named North America’s Best Bar for the second year in a row, the brand is launching an exclusive content series that takes viewers behind the scenes with some of the most taste-obsessed bartenders and creators.

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VinePair

JUNE 18, 2025

Today on the “Cocktail College” podcast, we’re coming at you with a live episode recorded in front of an intimate crowd of bartenders and producers. We took a deep dive into a category that’s still working to establish itself stateside: Chilean pisco. We’re going to explore what sets this great spirit apart, from high-altitude vineyards and copper stills, to the unique native wood some producers use for aging.

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Tales of the Cocktail

JUNE 19, 2025

Ensure Long-Term Success By Investing in True Hospitality By Ariel E. Neal Leira Knows Cocktails & Events LLC The hospitality industry can evolve to ensure long-term success by returning to its core value: genuine care for each other and investing in true hospitality. We create intentional solutions that affect our service industry by fostering industry standards that are inclusive, sustainable, and innovative.

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Bar Magazine

JUNE 18, 2025

WSET (Wine & Spirit Education Trust), the global leader in drinks education, has launched an updated version of its most advanced Level 3 Award in Spirits qualification, reinforcing its commitment to delivering rigorous, globally relevant qualifications to drinks professionals. The update comes as WSET marks a major milestone: more than 100,000 students worldwide have now taken a WSET Spirits course since the qualification category launched in 2003.

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Chilled Magazine

JUNE 16, 2025

Bartender Michel Kerkes tapped into 2025’s Umami x Clean Heat cocktail trends with her bold yet balanced take on a wasabi martini. Real wasabi brings the heat, while cucumber, coconut purée, agave, and egg white round it out with a silky, refreshing finish. Check out the recipe below! Vodka Wasabi Martini by Halls Catch - Nashville, TN. Ingredients 2 Cucumber Slices, muddled 2 oz.

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VinePair

JUNE 19, 2025

Draft beer is not selling particularly well these days. What is capital-B Big Beer doing about it? Fighting over tap handles. Backing legislation in Congress to offer tax breaks on draft systems. Complaining about Zoomers. These tepid efforts have not restored draft beer’s sales. Shocking, I know. I thought for sure that availing qualified hospitality vendors of the awesome, economy-stimulating power of the federal tax code’s Section 179D loophole deduction would be enough to reverse draft’s dec

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The Whiskey Wash

JUNE 14, 2025

1 With whiskey prices creeping upward and premium bottles becoming harder to find, or justify, 2025 is shaping up to be the year of the comeback bottom-shelf bourbon. The kind that’s been hiding in plain sight for years, gathering dust on the lower shelves of liquor stores, unfairly dismissed for its price tag or plastic cap. [elementor-template id="81160"] But recent blind tastings and a shift in consumer sentiment are shining new light on these overlooked bottles.

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Bar Magazine

JUNE 18, 2025

Award-winning apprenticeship providers, Umbrella Training is inviting hospitality employers and sector leaders to a free webinar on Tuesday 1 st July at 11 a.m, discussing the upcoming apprenticeship reforms. Hosted by industry experts from Umbrella Training – Adele Oxberry and Sam Coulstock, and David Sheen – Public Affairs Director at UKHospitality – this informative session will provide clear and practical insights into what these changes mean for the future of training in hospita

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PUNCH

JUNE 17, 2025

Mezcal consumption has grown rapidly over the past decade, and the thirst for the agave spirit shows no signs of slowing. In 2021, U.S. spending on mezcal grew 53 percent in value , while the spirit made its way into just about every classic cocktail template, from Negronis to Martinis ; it also continued its reign in modern classics like the Oaxaca Old-Fashioned.

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VinePair

JUNE 17, 2025

With Mexico City to the southeast and Puerto Vallarta to the west, Guadalajara has historically been an afterthought for many international travelers. Yet with the town of Tequila nearby to serve as a draw for drinks-focused tourists , its rapidly growing reputation as a culinary and cocktail destination has given the city a vibrancy and energy that has to be experienced to be understood.

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PubClub

JUNE 18, 2025

Helsinki’s dining scene is expanding with foward-minded chefs, restaurants & festivals, like here at Canvas Canteen. Photo: Helsinki A vibrant wave of casual restaurants, led by chefs with fine dining pedigrees, is reshaping the culinary identity in Helsinki, Finland. This evolution isn’t entirely new, but Finnish chefs are embracing it while at the same time seasonal pop-ups on summer terraces and festivals are elevating food culture and attracting new audiences.

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Bar Magazine

JUNE 17, 2025

Booker , the UK’s leading food and drink wholesaler, has announced the launch of CaterPro – a new own-label professional packaging range designed to meet the evolving needs of caterers across the hospitality sector. Rolling out across all Booker branches nationwide from mid-June, the CaterPro range features 255 professional-quality disposable packaging and catering essentials.

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Chilled Magazine

JUNE 16, 2025

With National Pickle Month on the horizon and backyard gatherings in full swing, it’s the perfect time to lean into the brine. From a bold whiskey sour made with probiotic-rich LiveBrine to a martini packed with savory punch, these recipes are guaranteed to dill-light! Pickle Smash by Olive My Pickle is their version of a whiskey sour using their most popular LiveBrine – the Turmeric & Cracked Black Pepper.

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VinePair

JUNE 16, 2025

Whether it’s a bartender’s post-shift, wind-down drink, or a dive-bar-dwellers go-to to kick-start an evening, there’s a humble, “no BS” vibe to a beer and a shot that’s earned the pairing a level of respect from drinkers of all classes and creeds. While ordering two drinks at once can be a one-way ticket to over-intoxication, many beer-and- shot combos are timeless staples unique to different countries around the world that usually add up to more than the sum of their parts.

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Imbibe Magazine

JUNE 16, 2025

For the better part of six decades, Fredd E. “Tree” Sequoia has been a fixture of New York’s queer community and a long-time bartender at The Stonewall Inn. From being present the night of the riot as a young patron, through the ensuing fight for gay rights, the AIDS epidemic, and even the Covid pandemic, Sequoia has become inseparable from the iconic bar and its place in history, now serving as a global ambassador of sorts.

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PUNCH

JUNE 19, 2025

With its signature smoky-spicy profile, its rich Scotch base and peated whisky float, the Penicillin is the encapsulation of fall in cocktail form. Were it a person, it might layer a flannel shirt under a chunky wool sweater below a beanie-topped head. But what would the drink look like if it shed its thermals in favor of flip-flops? Enter the Rum Penicillin.

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PubClub

JUNE 20, 2025

A girl cheers and claps to a karaoke singer at Whiskey Girl. Photo: PubClub.com By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com San Diego Nightlife Blogger There’s always something fun happening when it comes to San Diego nightlife. Here’s the latest news from bars, restaurants and craft breweries all over the city. Bars Bring New Entertainment To Gaslamp, Pacific Beach Fat Tuesday is in a very desirable location on Fifth Ave., in San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter.

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VinePair

JUNE 19, 2025

Whether it’s at a local café or a big chain, cold foam has conquered coffee menus across the U.S. From Starbucks’ vanilla- or lavender-flavored versions to the fluffy sweet cream at buzzy coffee shops like Los Angeles’s Maru , coffee fans line up to get lattes and cold brews topped with a cool layer of foamy milk. (The trend took off with so much enthusiasm that some even suggest it’s gone too far.

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Advanced Mixology

JUNE 18, 2025

The Whiskey & Bourbon distilleries in the United States alone stand at more than $5 billion annually! This shows how much people value & appreciate quality whiskey and how deeply rooted it is in the bar culture. For whiskey tasting , one doesn't need to be an expert or a connoisseur to appreciate and enjoy Bourbon ; however, some common mistakes get in the way of honestly acknowledging this precious spirit.

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Bartender.com

JUNE 19, 2025

A New Global Celebration of Colombia’s Iconic Spirit Bacan Guaro is delighted to announce the creation of International Aguardiente Day to be celebrated annually on July 12th. Timed ahead of Colombia’s Independence Day on July 20th, the new holiday invites the world to discover aguardiente—Colombia’s national spirit—in both its traditional and modern forms.

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PubClub

JUNE 18, 2025

Moonshine Flats is a country music bar in San Diego’s East County. Photo: PubClub.com There’s kind of an odd thing with San Diego locals. They go out in the Gaslamp Quarter but often hesitate when going past a certain street – Eighth or Ninth Ave., seems to be the norm – into what is called the East Village part of downtown. What they probably don’t realize it that they are likely already in the East Village, for the Gaslamp Quarter only goes from Third to Sixth Ave.

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VinePair

JUNE 19, 2025

For the past decade, tequila has been on an absolute tear in the United States. In 2017, there were just six brands selling over 1 million cases per year in the U.S. Last year, there were over a dozen. But according to new data from The Spirits Business (TSB) , agave spirits sales could be slowing down. While tequila is still growing in the U.S. — it was one of only two spirits categories to improve in the U.S. in 2024 — its margin of growth last year was much smaller than in years past.

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Bar Magazine

JUNE 17, 2025

To highlight the invaluable support of a ‘business bestie’, Worldpay has partnered with Michelin star chef, Tom Kitchin, who founded the Kitchin Group with his wife Michaela Hospitality small and medium-sized business (SMB) owners are turning to family and friends for an average of 19 hours of free advice a month – the equivalent of over two working days, according to new research from Worldpay.

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Chilled Magazine

JUNE 18, 2025

Loca Loka is bringing the heat this summer with four cocktails that are perfect for poolside lounging, rooftop hangs, or backyard fiestas. Whether you’re craving something tropical, sparkling, or classic with a twist, these libations highlight the bold, smooth character of Loca Loka Tequila in every sip. Tequila Loco Coco Cooler Ingredients 2 oz.

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