“Whoa. That’s Instagram-worthy.” In today’s digital age, there’s no higher compliment. That’s especially true in bars or restaurants. When a colossal-sized cheeseburger, an artistically presented slice of cheesecake, or a glowing craft cocktail arrives in front of us, our first instinct might be to reach for our phones and share these creations with the world.
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Keeping wine at ideal temperatures is obviously a critical element to success for any operations featuring a wine list. That being said, there are different ways to refrigerate wine, and this requires refrigerant.
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Square footage. It’s hard to come by no matter where the operation. Even restaurants in suburban or rural locations have to deal with the challenges of doing more with less in their attempts to maximize profits. Bar and beverage. For many restaurants, it’s hard to imagine a menu segment that brings in more revenue, and […]
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“We’ve noticed the non-drinker has evolved,” said award-winning bartender and founder of London’s Dandylyan said in a recent article in Forbes. “It means you have people not drinking for a multitude of reasons, but they still want to socialize.”
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Eat. Drink. Shine. That’s the way life is in Boulder, Colorado, where one of the most established groups in the local food and beverage industry has developed their latest legacy… potions. What is a potion?
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If you stop and think about it, you can probably come up with a few cocktails that incorporate vegetables — Bloody Mary’s, Mojitos made with cucumber, or even a jalapeño-infused Margarita. And while fruits are still far more popular than vegetables when it comes to cocktail flavors, don’t count out the veggies just yet.
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When it comes to draft cocktails, separation can be one of the biggest obstacles bartenders and operators face. When different spirits and juices sit in a keg, they will inevitably settle with the heaviest falling to the bottom, leaving customers to settle for a lesser quality beverage.
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Summer is here, and one of America’s greatest pastimes is traveling the country in search of the Great American Ballpark.
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If there’s one thing we recall from high school science class, it could be that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. What Newton was basically saying was that nature has a way of balancing itself out, but what he might not have realized was the same goes for an effective beer system. Everything […]
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Keg cocktails have been around for decades, but how we serve them is beginning to change. With newer technologies and delivery methods, high quality, consistent draft cocktails are getting easier. No matter what decade, though, and no matter what type of draft cocktail system, there are three critical factors to a keg cocktail program.
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