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We Asked 11 Bartenders: What’s Your Most Controversial Cocktail Take?

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At Sanjh, we value both technique and hospitality. Part of the romance of a great cocktail is watching it come together — seeing the bartender’s precision, the balance of ingredients, the care behind each pour. .” I’ve used it in everything from Dirty Martinis to clarified tomato highballs.

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We Asked 21 Bartenders: What’s the Best Vodka for Mixing Cocktails?

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Truman Vodka is the perfect blend of tradition and innovation Gabriel Urrutia, professor of spirits, FIU School of Hospitality & Tourism Management , Miami If youre looking for a top-notch vodka to mix in your cocktails, try Cardinal Spirits Pride Vodka. Distilled in Bloomington, Ind., Its both practical and conceptual. We love it.

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We Asked 25 Bartenders: What’s the Best Bourbon for Mixing Cocktails?

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Whether you’re making a spirit-forward Old Fashioned that calls for a high-proof whiskey or you want a lighter, fruitier style for your highball, there’s a bottle below that will complement any mood. Alessandro Arduini, head bartender, Amarena , NYC “The best bourbon that I would choose to mix in a cocktail is Garrison Brothers Small Batch.

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The Margarita Knows No Bounds

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There’s a Margarita & Soda, which reinvents the drink as a highball. At The Cabinet , the East Village bar that boasts the widest selection of mezcal in New York City, head bartender Diego Rivera has two Margaritas on the menu. There’s a Tommy’s Margarita , the modern interpretation that eschews orange liqueur.

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We Asked 25 Bartenders: Which Bourbon Offers the Best Bang for Your Buck? (2024)

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David Kravitz, beverage director, The Group Hospitality , NYC “Great Jones bourbon offers the best bang for your buck. Tim Sweeney, head bartender/partner, Pebble Bar , NYC “With a price tag of around $30, Buffalo Trace is a great bang-for-your-buck bourbon.

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The New Guard of the East Village Cocktail Scene Has Arrived

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The Vodka Y Soda isn’t just a two-ingredient highball; they add guava and pasilla into the mix, and the result is refreshing and intensely flavorful. Superbueno’s a celebration of warm, upbeat Mexican-American hospitality. These new establishments are now reeducating cynical imbibers about the joys of a basic, unfussy highball.

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We Asked 19 Bartenders: What’s Your Go-To Bourbon? (2024)

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Evan Flynn, head bartender, Death & Co , Denver “ Wyoming Whiskey’s Double Cask Bourbon. It’s 100 proof, so it stands up well in cocktails but doesn’t blow people’s heads off if they want to drink it neat. I really love what Wyoming Whiskey is doing [with this bottle]. It’s kind of my platonic ideal of a bourbon.

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