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Five Cobblers for the Modern Drinker
The cobbler may have hit its peak in the 1800s, but as modern bartenders continue to expand on the original template, it’s arguably living its best life today. In line with the sessionable quality of...
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The Arms Race to Cure Your Hangover
The where, when and why are fuzzy, but some time ago, equal parts Fireball and Wild Turkey 101 became the signature shot of the hiking trip I help organize every fall. While you don’t even need to...
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Drinking With Karina Longworth of “You Must Remember This”
Creating a gin specifically designed for cocktails is only one part of the Fords Gin mission, which aims to support the bartenders redefining the future of hospitality. Together, we’re profiling the...
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Hack Your Drink: The Citrus Split
Creating a gin specifically designed for cocktails is only one part of the Fords Gin mission, which aims to support the bartenders redefining the future of hospitality. Together, we’re profiling the...
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Alex Negranza Is the Bar World’s “Fitness Master”
Creating a gin specifically designed for cocktails is only one part of the Fords Gin mission, which aims to support the bartenders redefining the future of hospitality. Together, we’re profiling the...
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The Unofficial Bartender Uniform of the Early 2000s
When, in 2005, bar owner Audrey Saunders began considering what the bartending staff would wear at her soon-to-open cocktail temple, Pegu Club, she was certain at least what she didn’t want to see them...
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Is This a Negroni?
In early 2015, Campari approached Kristin Donnelly, co-founder of small-batch lip balm manufacturer Stewart & Claire, with an intriguing proposition. The Italian spirits giant wanted her to produce...
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Has Hot Buttered Rum Lost Its Damn Mind?
In the canon of holiday cocktails, Hot Buttered Rum has traditionally been the most maligned, perhaps because its hip-hugging ingredient is right there in its name: butter. Silky and dense, the HBR...
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The Top 15 Cocktails of 2018
I found it an easier job to choose my top 15 cocktails from all the glasses I drained during the last twelve months than I did in 2017. Maybe that’s because so many great new bars opened in 2018. Or...
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A Field Guide to Amaro and How to Use It
Until it was completely unified as a country in 1871, Italy was composed of a collection of divided states, each with their own customs and cultural traditions, as well as a diverse range of economies,...
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The Old Brooklyn Still Drinks at Bamonte’s
On the eve of the New York City Marathon, the Bamonte’s barroom teems with people. As they come and go, a fringed lampshade hovering above a defunct cigarette machine shimmies with the draft. Mike, the...
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Drink Like It’s Summer All Year Long
With freezing temperatures already in tow, we may look back on cocktails of seasons past longing for sunnier days and umbrella-garnished glasses. But bundled up in wintry spices and spirits, classic...
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The Story of New Orleans’ Most Incendiary Drink
New Orleans is, without a doubt, a breeding ground for the dramatic. It’s a city that will readily embrace your reptile-themed burlesque show, doesn’t bat an eye at a parade that celebrates with...
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Five Scotch Cocktails for the Modern Drinker
It wasn’t a neat pour of a precious single malt but a cocktail that drew bartender Nick Brown to Scotch. More specifically, it was the Penicillin, a modern-classic variation on the Whiskey Sour based...
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Bar Review: The Shake Shack of Christmas Bars
When Miracle on 9th Street, the annual holiday pop-up bar in the East Village, first opened in 2013, it really did seem like a kind of miracle. Greg Boehm, a cocktail book and barware entrepreneur, and...
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Go Ahead, Age Your Eggnog
Sitting in the back of my refrigerator, behind an old jar of capers and a bottle of rosé my wife opened this summer but never finished, lives a Jack’s Abby beer growler holding contents born several...
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For Claire Sprouse, Bar Sustainability Goes Beyond Straws
Creating a gin specifically designed for cocktails is only one part of the Fords Gin mission, which aims to support the bartenders redefining the future of hospitality. Together, we’re profiling the...
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In Search of the Ultimate French 75
Discussions about the French 75 usually result in a stand-off, with one party avowing their allegiance to gin as the base spirit and the other declaring brandy or death. The Top Three Tim Miner's...
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The Best (And Worst) Store-Bought Eggnogs
If eggnog started out as a Colonial-era drink for aristocrats, by the late-1700s, Americans from all walks of life were getting their nog on. That would all change when America’s economy came crashing...
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Put Some Jäger in Your Old-Fashioned
The central characteristic of any classic winter cocktail is its ability to fortify against the cold—so it’s no surprise that hot drinks, like the Hot Toddy have become winter staples. But drink-makers...
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