We at Bartender Atlas feel fortunate that based on our experience we’re asked to judge cocktails often. When it comes to judging cocktail competitions there are many factors that figure into the final decision. There are often very strict criteria by which the drinks are measured and sometimes, based on those criteria, the best drink...
Bartender Atlas: We at Bartender Atlas have noticed that as cocktail competitions have started up again in person, some of the competitors (don’t worry, not you…probably) have been taking these competitions and the results too personally. I know I have only ever won 2 cocktail competitions (one was basically a Twitter competition and the other...
Aww mezcal! That spirit that is winning over the hearts of many people all over the world. Most of the best of this delicious spirit stays in Mexico but there are a few people out there working hard to get it to exported to other countries. Carmen Marron is one such person. Over the past...
Awww the dream of a beach bar! As city dwellers, we dream of what it would be like to live at the beach all of the time. Sandy floors. Juicy cocktails. The sound of the ocean. Bar swings. We recently spent a month in one of our most favourite places in the world: Puerto Escondido...
We first met José in 2016 when Josh did a guest bartending spot at Licorería Limantour in Mexico City, his bar that has been on that Best Bars list for six years. He was warm and friendly and hung back, letting Josh work his bar without stepping in. Since that meeting we have run into...
It was just over 18 months ago that I first heard the Bit By A Fox Podcast. Long time supporter of Bartender Atlas, and bartenders in general, Christine Sismondo was a guest and had drawn my attention to it. Throughout that episode I realized that the host, Prairie Rose, was not just doing this as...
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...
I worked as a bartender in Canada for close to a decade and, I imagine, like many of my peers, I fell into it completely by accident. I originally moved from England to Toronto in 2007 to pursue a career in graphic design. A few years later I found myself bartending, eventually working at some...
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...
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...
