ELLA KNEE SELECTED FOR BARTENDER MAGAZINE ‘BARTENDERS’ FOUNDATION’ SCHOLARSHIP Ella Knee from Stafford, VA, has been awarded a “Bartenders’ Foundation” scholarship to attend Clemson University in South Carolina. Her mother Jennifer Knee has been a bartender for the past three decades. The non-profit Bartenders’ Foundation, Inc. was founded in 1999 by Jackie and Ray Foley, publishers of BARTENDER® Magazine, to help bartenders and their families pay for educational expenses and encourage high schoolers to attend college. The organization raises scholarship money from major distillers, beer and ..read more

Beat the heat with these Memorial Day Cocktails!   Mango Chile Mojito 1.5 oz BACARDÍ Mango Chile .75 oz Lime Juice .50 oz Simple Syrup 1.5 oz Soda Water 8-10 mint leaves Pour lime juice & simple syrup into a tall glass. Add mint & use a bar spoon or muddler to press the mint leaves. Pour in crushed ice, BACARDÍ Mango Chile and stir. Top with Soda water & garnish. Dark and Stormy 1½ oz Goslings Dark Rum 5 oz Q GINGER BEER ½ oz Lime Juice Fill a highball glass with ice. Pour in the Q GINGER BEER and squeeze in the lime. Top with the rum so it floats on the top, looking like a ..read more

If you have not seen the Spinzall 2.0 you are missing out and there are >100 left! The Spinzall 2.0 is a only centrifuge designed BY bar and restaurant people, FOR bar and restaurant people. It’s the only centrifuge under a thousand dollars that can process enough product for a professional. Click this link to see more !   The post Spinzall 2.0: Essential Centrifuge for Bars appeared first on Bartender.com ..read more

After three challenging days of exceptional craft cocktail showmanship with the nation’s top 30 bartenders at the US Finals, the USBG Presents World Class Sponsored by DIAGEO announced Renato Tonelli as the 2023 U.S. Bartender of the Year!   Renato Tonelli got his start in the hospitality industry working globally in Rome before broadening and perfecting his craft in Brussels, Melbourne, and eventually returning to New York City where he was born and raised. With a growing passion for sustainability practices, Tonelli is best known for his love of developing unique and delicio ..read more

The newest celebrity to join the spirit owner group is Actress Margot Robbie.  She has announced the launch of her new gin, Papa Salt.  She will join fellow celebrity gin owners, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Watson and newly announced, Brad Pitt with his Gin, The Gardener Gin Robbie and her gin-loving friends (and husband) dreamt of creating their own spirit with a simple goal of creating a gin that will compliment any soda, taste great with tonic, and make a mean martini. Fifty nine recipes, and many joy filled sunny afternoons of gin tasting later, we present you with Papa Salt. Papa Salt ..read more

NOW LIVE: TALES OF THE COCKTAIL 2023 TICKETS AND CONFERENCE AGENDA Tales of the Cocktail Foundation (TOTCF) is pleased to announce the launch of its Tales of the Cocktail® (TOTC) 2023 ticket sales and conference agenda, now available via the Foundation’s website. Toasting its 21st year, TOTC will ring in this celebratory occasion in New Orleans from July 23-28 and feature another exceptional lineup of seminars, events, networking opportunities, tastings, and awards programming, all aimed to “Vitalize” the cocktail community — the conference’s 2023 theme.  Beginning today, conference ..read more

Monaco’s Hard Lemonade line will become the Official Hard Lemonade of UFC and the Official Canned Vodka Cocktail of UFC, providing the brand with a deep level of integration into key UFC assets, including live events and broadcast features in select U.S.-based Pay-Per-Views, and prominent branding inside the world-famous Octagon®.   UFC® AND MONACO® COCKTAILS ANNOUNCE U.S. MARKETING PARTNERSHIP Monaco branding will also have a presence within the Octagon during the upcoming 31st season of The Ultimate Fighter, the most anticipated in the show’s history, as ..read more

  Brad Pitt has entered the spirits industry chat with his launch of The Gardener Gin!  Brad, the Perrin Family and Tom Nichol announced the launch of The Gardener Gin, which will be officially presented at the Carlton during the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. To celebrate the reopening of this famous French Riviera hotel, the iconic “Secret Garden” cocktail has been created by its bartenders in collaboration with the gin legend ,Tom Nichol, one of the world’s pre-eminent Master Distiller. Radiating the French Riviera spirit around the world, The Gardener Gin celebrates an incomp ..read more

Shake things up this year and give Mom what she really wants and deserves this year…some quiet time with a delicious cocktail!  Check out these refreshing cocktails and mocktails below:   Start Mom’s morning off right with a Bloody Mary! 2 oz. Vodka 4 oz. Natalie’s Tomato Reishi  1 teaspoons Horseradish 2 dashes Tabasco sauce and Worcestershire sauce Garnish with lime wheel and a celery stalk Combine all ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice and shake.  Strain into a pint glass with fresh ice and garnish with lime wheel and a celery stalk! &n ..read more

Cinco de Mayo is right around the corner and tequila is still on the rise!  According to Union, the margarita is still the most ordered tequila cocktail.  Coming in at a distant second most ordered Tequila drink is the Mexican candy shot, which is a concoction made of tequila, watermelon schnapps, and hot sauce. Its high ranking is driven in part by its incredible popularity across Texas.  Followed by the Paloma and Ranch water.  While ranch water (tequila, lime juice and sparkling mineral water, often Topo Chico) was “born” just two years ago, it takes the number four spot ..read more