Tips & Tricks
Turning out top-notch drinks at home takes more than good intentions. There are the techniques to master and methods to apply the next time you start mixing cocktails.
What’s the Shelf Life of Liquor?
From distilled spirits to vermouths, here’s how long you can keep unopened and opened bottles—and best practices for storing them.
A Guide to the Best Types of Ice for Cocktails
Not all ice is created equal. Here’s your cheat sheet for using ice in all kinds of drinks, including ice spheres, large ice, crushed ice, chewy ice, and shaved ice.
10 Cocktails to Make with Cucumbers
Cucumbers are the ideal cocktail ingredient, with natural compounds that work to balance the heat of alcohol in drinks. Find out how best to use this distinctive ingredient.
The 7 Best Tomato Juices for Bloody Marys, According to Bartenders
A Guide to Martini Glassware: Coupe vs. V-Shaped vs. Nick & Nora Glasses
Hack Your Cocktails With a Moka Pot
The Anatomy of an Exceptional Martini
Highball vs Collins Glasses: Why There's a Difference, and Why It Matters
A Guide to Making Better Non-Alcoholic Cocktails at Home
The 10 Best Passion Fruit Cocktails
How to Make the Best Prebatched Cocktails
The Right Way to Order a Martini
Use Dilution to Add Flavor to Your Martinis
Boost the Flavor in Your Cocktails with These 13 Syrups
How to Use Arak in Your Cocktails
How to Choose Wine for Your Thanksgiving Dinner
20 New Cocktail and Spirits Books to Read in Fall and Winter 2022
The Keys to Creating the Best Frozen Cocktails
Exploring the Range of Caribbean Rum Punches
How to Tap into Filipino Flavors for Your Cocktails
Agua Fresca Is the Summer Drink Bartenders Love to Spike
How to Upgrade Your Spritz
How and Why to Use Mead in Your Cocktails
How Bartenders Are Using Cheese in Cocktails—and Why
How to Make a More Sustainable Margarita
Why and How to Use White Port in Your Cocktails
Why You Should Be Splitting the Gins in Your Cocktails
Corn Cocktails Show Their Sustainable Side
12 New Cocktail and Spirits Books to Read in Spring and Summer 2022
The New Rules for Creating Spicy Cocktails
Why and How to Use Egg Whites in Cocktails
The Difference between Club Soda, Seltzer, and Sparkling Water
The Rise of Culinary-Inspired Low- and No-ABV Cocktails
How to Winterize Your Beer Cocktails
How to Create Perfect Champagne and Caviar Pairings
3 Books Recommended by Authors Every Bartender Should Read
How to Elevate Your Bar’s Chaser Offerings
How and Why to Add Port to Your Cocktail Program
3 Books to Further Your Whiskey Education
3 Halloween-Themed Cocktail Books To Inspire Your Bar’s Drink Menu
10 New Cocktail and Spirits Books to Read in Fall 2021
How and Why to Use Shochu in Your Cocktails
2 Books (and a Zine) by Their Peers Every Bartender Should Read
3 Image-Packed Books Every Bartender Needs to Read
3 Books on Japanese Cocktails Every Bartender Should Read
How and Why to Use Salt in Your Cocktails
5 Great New Books About Non-alcoholic Cocktails
3 Bar Books Every Bartender Should Read to Brush Up On the Classics
How to Use Alternative Sugar Syrups in Cocktails
How and Why to Use Kombucha in Cocktails
12 Cocktail and Spirits Books to Read in Spring 2021
How and Why to Use Grenadine in Your Drinks
3 Agave-Centric Books Every Bartender Needs to Read
How to Use Wine Syrups in Your Drinks
6 Ways to Open a Wine Bottle Without a Corkscrew
How to Use Beer Syrups in Your Drinks
5 Low and No-Alcohol Cocktail Books Every Bartender Needs to Read
What the #$@! Do I Do with This? Pimm's: What It Is and How to Use It.
3 Bar Books to Channel Your Inner Mad Scientist
How to Use All of Your Citrus, Not Just the Juice
3 Hotel Bar Books Every Bartender Needs to Read
The Oddball Tool Bartenders Love to Use: Vitamix
How to Use High-Proof Spirits in Cocktails