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We Asked 10 Bartenders: Which Bottle Should Disappear From Back Bars and Bar Carts Forever? (2024)

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For home bartenders], using the same mix in a Margarita , Whiskey Sour , and Tom Collins will result in subpar drinks that taste overwhelmingly similar. I loathe to pour from one, I despise calculating their inventory, and I pity the person that tries to fit in a well. Doing inventory with them is absolutely impossible.

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Brandy and Cognac Trends for 2024

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In addition to intense competition from tequila, domestic whiskey and the ready-to-drink (RTD) segments, brandy and Cognac had to contend with economic pressures, as inflation put a crimp in some discretionary spending. We have a pretty tight backbar space, so we need to be somewhat tight on inventory.

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What Can Bourbon Distillers Learn From the Last Big Bust?

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During World War II, distillers couldn’t keep up with demand for whiskey because of grain rationing. A few years later, with the United States engaged in combat in Korea, the head of one of the country’s biggest whiskey companies, Lewis Rosenstiel of Schenley Industries, wagered that the war would expand and rationing would happen again.

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Calculating Inventory Usage

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Calculating Inventory Usage Successful bar managers will tell you that efficient inventory management is the key to maintaining a profitable bar. To do this, you must understand inventory usage, or how much product a business has used over a time period. bottles at the main bar, then total starting inventory is 6.3

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Calculating Inventory Usage

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Successful bar managers will tell you that efficient inventory management is the key to maintaining a profitable bar. To do this, you must understand inventory usage, or how much product a business has used over a time period. How to Calculate Inventory Usage. See also: Bar Inventory and Usage for Beginners ]. [See

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DISCUS: U.S. Spirits Sales Flat in 2023, RTDs Boomed

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Premiumization Was Strong in Whiskey, Tequila Presenting an overview of the spirits sales trends in 2023, Christine LoCascio, DISCUS chief, policy, strategy & membership, reported that despite the overall slowdown, the premiumization trend continued for some spirits categories in 2023 including Tequila/Mezcal and American Whiskey.

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For Craft Spirit Distillers, a Dark Mood Is Simmering

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Founders are throwing in the towel; inventory and equipment are being sold off; and bottles that were once on shelves are disappearing. Crucially, this is all occurring just as many distilleries finally have a substantial volume of mature whiskey ready for sale, but fewer outlets for it. But craft distilleries are in trouble.