Tales of the Cocktail has named Alyson Sheppard a finalist for its Best Cocktail & Spirits Writer Spirited Award. The winner will be announced in July.
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Semifinalist: Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Award for Best Cocktail & Spirits Writer
Tales of the Cocktail has named Alyson Sheppard a semifinalist for its Best Cocktail & Spirits Writer Spirited Award. Finalists will be announced later in June.
Bartender Confidential: Hangover Cures Bartenders Swear By (YouTube.com)
Playboy gathered America’s best bartenders and asked them to share their favorite hangover cures to help get you through a rough, rough morning after.
Bartender Confidential: How to Pick Up a Woman at a Bar (YouTube.com)
Playboy enlisted the best bartenders in America to share the signals you should look for and the approach you should take when picking up a woman in a bar.
Bartender Confidential: Bartenders Share the Most Annoying Trends in Bartending (YouTube.com)
Playboy asked America’s best bartenders what annoyed them the most right now, from people being over educated about spirits, to arcane ingredients to social media whoring.
Bartender Confidential: Bartenders Explain Why They Kicked You Out of That Bar (YouTube.com)
Playboy gathered America’s best bartenders so they could tell us the signs they look for when cutting someone off, what kind of behavior will get people kicked out of a bar and horror stories of drunks behaving badly.
Bartender Confidential: Why You Should Stop Worrying About Whether Your Drink Is Manly or Girly (YouTube.com)
Playboy gathered America’s best bartenders to argue that the shape, color or ingredients of a drink don’t really matter—what matters is the drink tasting great.
Bartender Confidential: How and Why You Should Become a Regular at a Bar (YouTube.com)
Playboy asked America’s best bartenders to tell us why you should become a bar regular and how you should go about doing it.
Bartender Confidential: What Your Drink Order Says About You (YouTube.com)
Playboy gathered America’s best bartenders to ask them what you can glean from a person through their drink order.
Bartender Confidential: What to Consider When Hitting on Your Bartender (YouTube.com)
Playboy gathered America’s best bartenders to find out how you should go about hitting on your bartender. Most importantly, they discuss the signals you should look for to make sure you don’t confuse flirting with them just doing their job well.
Bartender Confidential: Should We Get Rid of Tipping in Bars and Restaurants? (YouTube.com)
Playboy gathered some of America’s best bartenders to ask them what they thought would happen if we got rid of tipping in America.
Bartender Confidential: Bachelor or Bachelorette Party: Which Frightens Bartenders More? (YouTube.com)
Playboy gathered America’s best bartenders and asked what they feared walking in the bar more, a bachelor party or a bachelorette party?
Bartender Confidential: The Worst Songs to Play in a Bar, According to Bartenders (YouTube.com)
Playboy gathered America’s best bartenders to share the songs that make them cringe when the first few chords blare from the speakers.
Bars We Love: Cane & Table, New Orleans (Playboy.com)
Cane & Table is not a tiki bar. Sure, it serves big, colorful drinks out of hollowed-out pineapples, but owner Kirk Estopinal says he and his business partner Neal Bodenheimer are not fanboys. “We like tiki drinks, but we feel like they are one note,” Estopinal says. “How many nights a week does someone want to drink tiki? Maybe one night a week? Once a month? Once a year?”
City in a Glass: New Orleans (PasteMagazine.com)
The cocktail was born in New Orleans (Or so the myth goes.) Hundreds of years ago, apothecary owners here sold cure-all swills that included alcohol, bitters, water and sugar. The mixtures certainly cured sobriety, making the city a must-visit destination for luminaries such as Ernest Hemingway and non-luminaries such as bachelor-party attendees. The modern craft movement has boomed since Hurricane Katrina as demographics have shifted, but old-school classics and lowbrow frozen drinks are still New Orleans favorites for laisser le bon temps rouler.