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Bars Need Help…in Finding Good Help

By Elyse Glickman While restaurants and bars are reopening, life for their owners and management is not business as usual. The quarantining and shutdowns of the past 18 months have prompted workers in all fields...
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Whiskey Fall Cocktail Recipes

The days are shorter, the nights are longer, and there's a chill in the air—fall is upon us! Stock your bar's cocktail menu with some of these cozy, seasonally appropriate fall whiskey cocktail recipes. Buckwheat...
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Bar/Restaurant Owners Share Their Predictions for the 2021 Holiday Season

By Elyse Glickman   It goes without saying that the 2021 holiday season may not be as quiet as 2020, but venues around the country will experience “workshops” that may be short a few elves here...
dashfire old fashioned canned cocktail

Dashfire Introduces Ready-to-Drink Old Fashioned Variety Pack

Dashfire, a family-owned artisanal bitters and canned cocktail company based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, introduces the first-ever Old Fashioned variety pack in time for the holiday season. The three-pack of 100ml cans includes the classic...
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Have Third-Party Apps Hurt Bars?

By Steve Simoni, CEO of Bbot, a contactless order and pay platform   As restaurants enter another COVID winter season, many are worried whether they’ll have the resources to make it through. While third-party apps have...
Stoli Group

Stoli® Group Launches The Stoli Eco-Bar

Stoli® Group, the leading global ultra-premium spirits and wines company, announced the launch of The Stoli Eco-Bar, a sustainable bar operation. The Stoli Eco-Bar premiered at the Athens Bar Show November 9-10th, 2021. "As a...
Jay Sean Smoothsail

Singer Jay Sean Announces First Premium Canned Sparkling Sake, Smoothsail

A globally-inspired new twist in the white-hot canned beverages category has finally arrived: Smoothsail, the world’s first premium, canned sparkling sake brand boasting natural flavors, clean ingredients, zero sugar and a superior taste profile,...
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Q&A with Spiritless CEO Lauren Chitwood

The low-alc/no-alc movement has ushered in a new era of drinking. For those abstaining from alcohol, they are no longer limited to a soda, water, or a Shirley Temple. Instead, they can choose a...
Spindrift® Spiked

Spindrift® Spiked Wins Top Award in Double Blind Taste Test

Spindrift® Spiked, the first new product innovation in beverage alcohol from Spindrift, has won best of show at the 2021 Canned Challenge. Spindrift® Spiked, the cleaner twist on hard seltzer, is a lightly carbonated hard...
Bladnoch Vinaya

Bladnoch Distillery Releases New Collection of Whiskies in the US

204-year-old Lowland distillery, Bladnoch, announces the release of three new Single Malt Scotch Whiskies in the United States: Vinaya, 11 Year Old, and 14 Year Old. This new core range was created by Master...