If you are a bartender, hopefully you have had the chance to experience one of the many “cocktail weeks” happening all over the world in the last 5 years. If you have attended any of these, you have almost certainly heard the phrase: “We drink with our eyes first.” While at first you might look…
Pendulums swing. It’s what they do. We had 7-8 years of really boozy Don Draper style drinks but in the last few years we’ve been scaling things back (well, some of us). Along with these lower octane drinks comes a focus on overall wellness. Mental and physical health has never been the first thing we…
We at Bartender Atlas are so excited! About lots of things really. The skunks living in our back yard (so cute!), the upcoming Toronto Cocktail Conference and also, we’ve been invited to tour some distilleries in Italy! One of the distilleries we will be visiting (and one that I have spent a long time collecting…
In the last decade and a half, few people have documented and contributed to the growth of cocktail culture than Camper English. Through his website Alcademics.com he has shown all of us ways to taste drinks more efficiently, the history of many of our favourite spirits and how to make clear ice. He took some…
Paris is a great city. Period. It’s cute and historic and there are magnificent buildings that you recognize from every European history book and a ton of movies. People also talk about pastries and wine, which are both great too. Do you know what else Paris has? Killer cocktail bars. Lots of them. We visited…
Service industry communities don’t just appear. It takes the time and skills of organised and dedicated people to make it happen. Once those communities come together, they are strengthened by the people that drive endlessly to keep improving what the community can do and the impact that it can have on the rest of a…
Cocktail culture doesn’t ever “just happen”. There are people and places that work tirelessly to build it. Someone has an idea and then they act on it, either alone or with help. That idea comes to fruition and it brings people together. Danielle Tatarin is one of those people. After moving from “Shooter Girl” to…
In the interest of transparency, it would be irresponsible for us to not start this series. Even with all the bartenders, interviews with industry leaders, cocktails, bar hops and stories, the most popular post on this site is the Drinking at an All-Inclusive Resort. We are surprised every week when we look at the web…
By now you likely know that Barcelona is FULL of great cocktail bars! Because of this, we split our Barcelona Bar Hop into two parts. First up we explored the Gracia and Eixample neighbourhoods. This time around, we hit up the Born, Raval and Gothic areas of Barcelona. And just a little warning: you will…
For a moment in 2011 it looked like I was going to be the bar manager at a Chinese inspired restaurant. In the research phase of what direction to take the cocktail list, I resolved on one and only one direction… the South Seas. It didn’t take long for me to decide which books I…
WHAT’S HOLDING YOUR DRINK? TALKING GLASSWARE WITH ORREFORS KOSTA BODA
