VinePair

DECEMBER 12, 2024

This rye whiskey brings complexity to the comforting, classic, winter cocktail, making it a bartenders go-to for creating a memorable Hot Toddy experience. Adam Crawford, head bartender, Cartagena , Miami When I’m making Hot Toddies, one of my go-to favorites is Old Forester 86.

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VinePair

MARCH 18, 2025

Ben Hopkins, head bartender, Pitts , Brooklyn Yes, there is non-alcoholic vodka, and yes it works. Besides their crisp original vodka, they also have a variety of infused vodkas such as habanero, boysenberry, ginger, and cucumber. Infused with natural grapefruit and rose, it adds a unique layer of complexity to any drink.

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VinePair

JUNE 6, 2025

Now, we’re crafting them with as much intent as any classic cocktail: think housemade infusions, advanced prep techniques, and specialty glassware that makes the experience feel elevated, not lesser. Fat-washes, multiple house infusions, layered garnishes — it can get to a point where the build overshadows the actual experience.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Ben Hopkins, head bartender, Pitts , Brooklyn While this might be a hot take, bourbon is often overhyped. What are the whiskeys currently on the bar communitys overhyped list? We asked 12 bar professionals to find out. Id rather enjoy some of the more deluxe Michters any day. Its delicious and doesnt break the bank!

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In some cases, a vodka imbued with a little flavoring can even be a bartender’s friend, whether that flavoring comes straight out of the bottle or through something fancy like an infusion. Skilled bartenders can identify these singular properties and use them to their advantage.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In our Hudson Duster cocktail, I infuse the bourbon with Moroccan mint tea as the base of an Old Fashioned with Ceylon cinnamon syrup and Angostura. Andy May, head bartender, The Golden Swan, NYC “ Leopold Brothers Bottled In Bond Bourbon. Great for shaken and stirred drinks, it’s 115.1 proof so the liquid stands up for sure.

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VinePair

APRIL 25, 2024

Riffs now include unusual ingredients, infusions, and syrups that take the drink well beyond the sugary strawberry Margaritas of yesteryear. “I The mezcal in it is infused with an earthy fungus called huitlacoche, which is considered a delicacy in Mexico. One is preceded by the adjective “lemongrass” and the other “cinnamon.”

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Cheers

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Queen in Miami’s Negroni riff Idol’s Eye, with N3 gin, Campari infused with strawberries and plum wine. Queen offers a riff on the Negroni called Idol’s Eye ($22), featuring the bold flavors of N3 gin, complemented by the sweetness of Campari infused with strawberries.

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VinePair

JANUARY 18, 2024

It stands up well with amaro in sour drinks, and I even infused freshly popped popcorn into it for our savory crackerjack Manhattan on the menu. Travis Gauvin, bartender, Sur Lie , Portland, Maine “I think Slane is underrated, perhaps in large part because some brands have an outsized influence or cultural representation in the category.

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VinePair

MAY 21, 2024

The Green Giant was created by former head bartender Tom Macy in 2012. Jac’s on Bond: Manhattan Manhattan Over Caprese Martini Jac’s culled some early raves for its Caprese Martini, an olive oil, tomato, and basil-infused take on the classic. But how about honoring the bar by ordering one of its homegrown favorites?

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

With Rose Mary’s Croatian-Italian focus, that house-made infusion fits perfectly alongside imported bottles of slivovitz and plenty of customers who love it. But what do you do when life sends you plums? But according to the restaurant’s beverage director, Kyle Davidson, that might be a very different story somewhere else.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

I sat down with beverage director Jonathan Adler and head bartender Danny Reylock to find out what’s possible with an armory of high-tech tools like chamber vacuums, sonicators, liquid nitrogen, and a full-time pastry chef handling prep. Rather than settle or substitute, Adler turned the drink on its head.

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VinePair

JANUARY 25, 2024

is cagey with the information on the back of the bottle beyond elliptical marketing copy such as “Made with an intriguing infusion of aromatic herbs and orange peel” and flavor notes of “delicately sweet, faintly floral, and classically bitter.” The consensus among most of the bartenders I talked to was that Pronto!

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VinePair

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Credit: Jeff Brown While many bars turn to fat-washing or expensive infusions to deliver elevated drinks to their guests, Sebastian found a way to create an experience that can’t be replicated by simply buying the highest quality ingredients; these flavors have to be made with patience and care. Like, a 100-year-old soy sauce — that’s luxury.”

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Bar Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Each of the 16 creations draws inspiration from diverse eras, countries, cultures, and customs, all concocted using house-made picklings, sherbets, bitters and infused liqueurs that transcend the ordinary. The presentation of the menu is as much a spectacle as the cocktails themselves.

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VinePair

AUGUST 28, 2024

The New York-based food scientist, bartender, and technologist pioneered techniques like centrifuge clarification, force carbonation, rapid infusion, liquid nitrogen chilling, and nitro-muddling, just to name a few. I’m biased, of course, because I was head bartender at both bars.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Gabriel Morales, bar manager, Sexy Fish , Miami “I like to use Lost Explorer Espadín Mezcal infused with cilantro and finished with fresh lime juice, house-made celery, and serrano syrups. Rollin Colmenares, head bartender, RT60 Rooftop Bar and Lounge , NYC “My favorite mezcal for Margaritas is Banhez Mezcal Artesanal Ensamble.

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The Bartender Company

JANUARY 16, 2024

These can include infusion (soaking the botanicals in water or a non-alcoholic liquid), maceration (a similar process to infusion but often using a gentle heat source to aid extraction), or distillation. The post Non Alcoholic Distilled Spirits: A Guide appeared first on The Bartender Company.

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Bar Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Formerly the head bartender at London’s Artesian, which won World’s Best Bar multiple times, Kratena is celebrated for pushing the boundaries of mixology through creativity, sustainability, and craftsmanship.

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Bar Magazine

MARCH 8, 2024

When Jonatan Bou Guardiola, our Head Bartender, the team and myself, were brainstorming ideas, I looked down at one of our tables and saw my reflection, which is what ultimately inspired the menu. We take great pride in using our own house-made picklings, sherbets, bitters and infused liqueurs in each of the cocktails.

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Chilled Magazine

JUNE 23, 2024

The revival of Blacktail, the beloved sister-bar to The Dead Rabbit (World’s Best Bar, 2015) at Back Bar, stemmed from a connection between Will Pasternak, Head Bartender, and Chris Lauber, Senior Director of Operations for Laurent Tourondel Hospitality: Back Bar, L’Amico and Skirt Steak.

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VinePair

JANUARY 17, 2024

By the time Booker and Dax closed in 2016, I was the head bartender, and I spent the next year at the NoMad learning to make a lot of very good drinks very quickly. Dave Arnold and Don Lee then opened Existing Conditions in 2018, and I will eternally be grateful that they saw fit to bring me on as head bartender.

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Cheers

JANUARY 23, 2024

The range of use is great — from sweet, creamy cheese foam garnishing a cocktail to hard cheese grated on top or even infused within spirits,” the report says. For example, Kimpton Shinjuku Tokyo is offering a Martini that features vodka infused with Japanese salmon jerky. ABV brew from Oskar Blues , maker of Dale’s Pal Ale.

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VinePair

JULY 31, 2024

Wiseman infuses agave with mustard seeds, adds in mezcal to emulate the smokiness from a grill, and a few drops of vinegar to provide acidity, and says that Lustau Vermut provides a touch of saltiness and umami. “I All the better that it aligned with the bar’s new “Second Base” menu.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 5, 2023

There, head bartender Ryan Chetiyawardana helped normalize the concept of a cocktail lab. At Nipperkin in Mayfair, bartender Giuseppe Destefano is heading up one of the most exciting new drinks programs anywhere.

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VinePair

MAY 13, 2024

They are also the new East Village tastemakers shifting the cocktail bar scene’s vibe to something that infuses modern technique and skill with the casual, punk-rock ethos of the East Village dives of yore — albeit with less graffiti in the bathrooms. Each of these bars is a year old or less. This shift may look surprising on the surface.

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VinePair

JULY 16, 2024

This is a new member in the Empress 1908 family and it’s just as much of a showstopper as their original butterfly pea blossom-infused gin. Evan Flynn, head bartender, Death and Co. Claudia Lara manager/head bartender, Rogue Bar , Queens, N.Y. Denver “ Maestro Dobel Diamante Reposado Tequila.

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Chilled Magazine

MARCH 4, 2025

I began my career there as a bartender and quickly advanced to Head Bartender, ultimately becoming the Bar Director overseeing ART SoHo, Foxtail, and Lindens. For the past six years, I have had the privilege of working at Arlo Soho under the Renwick Hospitality Group.

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Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 12, 2025

Bartenders incorporate herbal infusions or housemade mignonettes, opt for gin or vodka bases, and experiment with proportions. He infuses Axta dry vermouth with charred onion and rosemary to create distinctive, herbaceous flavors. Infused Vermouth Char 5 thick slices of peeled white onion over a flame on the grill or a stovetop.

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Chilled Magazine

APRIL 25, 2025

Sherry , Vodka Caprese Martini by Trevor Easton Langer Head Bartender at Jacs on Bond (NoHo, NYC) Ingredients Grey GooseVodka (Basil infused) 1.5 Chopin Potato Vodka 2 dashes Worcestershire 2-3 turns cracked black pepper Preparation Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into chilled martini glass.

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VinePair

MAY 12, 2025

The flavor, achieved by infusing toasted Corn Flakes in cold milk and using that as a base for ice cream, tapped into playful childhood emotions and was an instant sensation. Sure, some bartenders held onto their Froot Loop- and Cinnamon Toast Crunch-infused creations, but for the most part cereal milk remained a thing of the past until now.

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VinePair

JANUARY 15, 2025

At Brooklyns Bitter Monk head bartender Ryan Garrison garnishes his Fauna & Flora Martini with a side glass of air-fried tarragon leaves. David Muhs, co-owner and head bartender at Monkey Thief in midtown Manhattan, agrees. Katie Niebling, head bartender at Oregons Tu Tu Tun Lodge , likes to deploy it as well.

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VinePair

JUNE 4, 2025

There was also 10 Years, 55 Seconds, a coffee cocktail made with coffee-infused Russells Reserve 10 Year Old Bourbon, Grand Marnier, Punt y Mes, and a Frangelico foam. In turn, White has become a bartending celebrity of sorts, invited to guest-shift at top spots like Torontos Library Bar.

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VinePair

MAY 13, 2025

morning, I joined Austin and his head bartender and partner in all things creative behind the bar, Han Suk Cho, to learn the ins and outs of their remarkable work, and how they transform a traditional N/A offering with stunning effects. To add texture, I chose to infuse the Chardonnay with kombu and oyster shells.

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VinePair

JANUARY 28, 2025

This unique aging process infuses the whiskey with extraordinary complexity, balancing smooth Irish tradition with exotic undertones. Tim Sweeney, head bartender/partner, Authentic Hospitality , NYC The Rampur Sangam World Malt and the Rampur Royal Ranthambore Whisky deserve the spotlight as underrated whiskeys.

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VinePair

JUNE 5, 2025

The distillery bar and half a dozen others such as The Bison , Bluebird , Hello Sunshine , and Lupo are part of what’s been dubbed the Banff Cocktail Trail, which currently offers a lineup of tea-infused cocktails in conjunction with local purveyor Jolene’s Tea House. There’s more to explore beyond Botaanik.

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Imbibe Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

And it was written by former bartender Cassie Taylor. Its an ode to a bartender, Randy, who would make Basquiat his favorite cocktail, a Margarita served up, explains Minaya. It’s a jasmine-infused Margarita variation with acid-adjusted orange juice and a house-made peppercorn salt on the rim. It just soars.

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