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We Asked 12 Bartenders: What’s the Most Underrated Whiskey Cocktail? (2024)

VinePair

Some of the worlds most iconic cocktails employ whiskey as their base liquor. But there are many other whiskey cocktails, many with historic roots, that have enjoyed a quiet revival along with the boom of craft cocktail culture. So we tapped 12 bartenders to find out which whiskey cocktails they felt werent getting enough accolades.

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Honoring Michael Montez: Bartender, Father and Friend

Chilled Magazine

An active member of the Chilled 100, he held numerous esteemed roles including President of the Orange County USBG, West Coast NCC representative for the USBG National, and SoCal Cultural Ambassador for Bulleit Frontier Whiskey. As we sampled our whiskey, Michael described it as “phenomenal.”

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Crafting Exceptional Cocktails with Bartender Adam Fournier

Chilled Magazine

Photos by Glee Digital Media Adam Fournier brings over 15 years of experience to the hospitality industry, having worked at renowned Los Angeles venues like Areal, The Chestnut Club, and The NoMad LA. His expertise in rare spirits helped shape the bourbon boom in LA, where he curated over 30 single barrels.

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Inside Look: The Aladdin Sane, Detroit

Imbibe Magazine

Stokes Architecture + Design and hospitality group Method Co. Sip on the Sake & Strange Divine, a Martini-style sake-based drink made with gin, rice whiskey, sushi rice, shiso, and garnished with caviar. How does one turn a tenebrous mechanical vault in the cellar of a century-old skyscraper into an inviting bar space?

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On the Menu: Mirate Los Angeles

Imbibe Magazine

El Toxica: an Espresso Martini made with mazapn-washed Sierra Norte Red corn whiskey. Of course, we are polite and use hospitality to navigate that, building up the brands we carry, instead of tearing brands down (well except sometimes sorry not sorry, celebrity tequila I shall not name). Why is that important to you?

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5 Tips for Successful Bartending with Mixologist Tony Arnone

Chilled Magazine

An expert in cocktail craftsmanship with extensive whiskey knowledge, Tony Arnone has over a decade of bartending experience. He leads whiskey tastings and crafts whiskey-based cocktails for the popular speakeasy. Arnone serves as the lead mixologist at The Barbershop Cuts & Cocktails in The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

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New Orleans Special – brand new podcast episode!

The Cocktail Lovers

First up, we have Sazerac Straight Rye Whiskey, followed by Sazerac De Forge Cognac, produced in small batches and made in the same way it was 200 years ago. Lastly, we check in with Chris Hannah, regarded as the face of hospitality in New Orleans.