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So, does the type of ice really make a difference in your cocktails? We asked our friends from IceMachinesPlus to help us out with this one. With their help, we also came up with a Summer Guide to Drink Ice! Ice to a bartender is like fire to a chef. It is vital for making good […]

Summer is coming! It’s time to start getting a little smarter about the cocktails you are enjoying if you want to keep your beach bod (or if you simply want to keep from passing out from heat exhaustion while drinking under the sun.) Even if you aren’t necessarily concerned about a beach body, there are some

  Matteo Zed has a lot going on right now. After winning the semi-finals in New York City, he is heading to London to compete in the Belvedere Vodka Martini Challenge. Belvedere is now the official vodka of the 24th James Bond movie ‘Spectre’ Starring Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Monica Bellucci and Ralph Fiennes. The

UPDATED: May 28, 2015 Do you know New York City has a total of 22 physical breweries! The breakdown goes like this: 11 in Brooklyn, 8 in Queens, 5 in Manhattan, 2 in the Bronx, and one in Staten Island. With this handy list, you can visit all of them (or you can at least

  In honor of the new Avengers movie coming out this weekend, Avengers: Age of Ultron, we decided to come up with a great list of cocktails based on the stars of the upcoming flick. We wanted to include recipes that you won’t necessarily find in our 500 drink recipes guide. However, if and when you take

  If you are interested in getting a job bartending in NYC, I’m sure you’ve read your fair share of articles about bartending schools in NYC, or how to painstakingly work your way into the industry as a busboy. You might have also wasted hours applying online for bartending positions from job board postings that were dead

What do Jennifer Lawrence and Hulk Hogan have in common? They apparently both love Pina Coladas! We’ve scoured the internet on this one to find 80 LIVING celebrities and their favorite cocktails!Our Bartending School in NYC has taught people how to make all of these drinks, but you will need a little more than a Bartending

A new study from Oregon State University found that drinking red wine or grape juice can help overweight people burn fat easier. The study found that a chemical found in grapes, called ellagic acid, helped to dramatically slow the growth of existing fat cells and the formation of new ones. It also boosted the metabolism

Valentine’s Day is approaching and we know what is on everyone’s mind. We’ve decided to do some digging and figure out if cocktail ingredient will actually help you ignite the flame. Since the beginning of civilization men and women have linked food and spices to sex. Some links were made to sex because of the

There are plenty of skills that you will learn at bartender school that will transfer over to other jobs and other areas of your life. Some are more direct and obvious, and others you might not think of right away. Inspired by this post from Shiftgig, we decided to elaborate a bit – especially for