This site uses cookies to improve your experience. To help us insure we adhere to various privacy regulations, please select your country/region of residence. If you do not select a country, we will assume you are from the United States. Select your Cookie Settings or view our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Used for the proper function of the website
Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Strictly Necessary: Used for the proper function of the website
Performance/Analytics: Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
Or “I’ll have a strong Rum and Coke.” While it might be easy to order a double Vodka Soda or Gin and Tonic — especially when out at a nightclub or dive bar — it’s not as simple when it comes to a bar’s signature cocktails. Adding an extra pour of rum or mezcal to the mix can lead to undesirable results.
But it was a nightclub mostly, so we weren’t making craft cocktails really. We were churning out vodka Red Bulls to folks lined up 10 deep at the bar. We never wanted to be one of those channels that was, like, melting Jolly Ranchers into watermelons, or dumping vodka and schnapps into a bathtub. Yes, Malört and a pilsner!
So went spirits critic Robert Whitley’s 2002 review of Ciclón, a just-released Barcardí product that combined the brand’s Gold Rum with “blue agave” tequila and a “hint” of natural lime juice. The spirits giant’s own motto was a little more blunt: “90% rum, 10% tequila, 100% un-be-lievable!” “ It’s new, it’s hip, it’s a mere $14. ”
Country musicians sure aren’t shy about professing their love for humble macro lagers , and rappers have always been keen on name-dropping luxury Champagnes , Cognacs , vodkas , and tequilas. Belvedere Vodka: ‘Work It’ (Missy Elliott) “Don’t I look like a Halle Berry poster? 7 Tennessee Sour-Mash Whiskey in the chorus.
The drink consists of Absolut Elyx vodka and lime juice, which can be enjoyed shaken or stirred, but it also has a surprising, show-stopping ingredient: a one-carat diamond placed at the bottom of the glass. This drink has muddled raspberries, raspberry-flavored vodka, raspberry liqueur, and cranberry juice.
Then head to PHD Downtown, one of Gotham’s hottest nightclubs. Book Somewhere Nowhere The Blond: Frightfully Fabulous Cocktails Get your spook on at The Blond this Halloween, one of Gotham’s hottest nightclubs. Their extensive spirits list features premium brands of whiskey, tequila, rum and more for classic or custom drinks.
EDITION’s Punch Room bars have been recognised with a number of accolades, including most recently the Top 500 Bars 2024 List, with its Singapore, Rome and Madrid outposts, alongside London and Shanghai on the 50 Best Bars 2024 Discovery list.
—Rhys Williams, former bartender and brand ambassador, Faccia Brutto , NYC “The funniest and weirdest drink orders that I constantly got during my nightclub days were always a Grey Goose and Vodka , a Tito’s and Vodka, a Stoli and Vodka, or an Absolut and Vodka. Rum in the original Vodka Soda !?”
The real fire for us happened every time we stepped foot in a bar; a speakeasy, a lounge, nightclub, a bar-bar, but specifically bars framed around Western conventions. In bar after bar in Asia and beyond, the landscape was dominated by vodka, rum, and whiskey. Shochu was nowhere to be found, Falowitz says. of Arita, Japan.
We organize all of the trending information in your field so you don't have to. Join 5,000+ users and stay up to date on the latest articles your peers are reading.
You know about us, now we want to get to know you!
Let's personalize your content
Let's get even more personalized
We recognize your account from another site in our network, please click 'Send Email' below to continue with verifying your account and setting a password.
Let's personalize your content