#craft-cocktails

#craft-cocktails

Austin's Rainey Street District has a new star attraction. Brass Poppy, the sophisticated cocktail lounge tucked inside Hotel Van Zandt, has just launched an ambitious new menu that's already turning heads in the competitive Austin food and beverage scene. For hospitality industry professionals watching menu innovation trends, this rollout offers valuable insights into how established venues can reinvent themselves while maintaining their core identity.

Toby Maloney opened the Violet Hour in 2007, transforming a struggling neighborhood into Chicago's first craft cocktail mecca, and launching the city's Cocktail Renaissance.

The Nick & Nora was glass of the early aughts' great craft cocktail renaissance, elegant and classic, yet also embodying a rebellion against the dominant V-shaped Martini glass.

"Aguardiente is a generic term for any number of spirits made in Latin America, but in Colombia, it specifically refers to one made from sugarcane and flavored with anise."

Asking a bartender to name the most influential craft cocktail bar of all time is a heavy question bordering on unfair.

The Last Barrel marks a farewell celebration for Van Brunt Stillhouse whiskey, offering enthusiasts a final tasting opportunity at Brooklyn Stillhouse before its closure.

I hope singani becomes a must-have at more bars in the city. Like any new spirit, it takes time to gain popularity, but momentum is building, and I'm here to make sure it keeps growing.