There's a lot to look forward to in the drinkscape, and Imbibe's January/February 2013 issue features 75 of the most notable people, places and flavors to watch in in the year ahead.
When Brian Floyd decided to donate his tips from a shift of bartending at The Vanderbilt in Brooklyn, N.Y. to tsunami relief in early 2011, he had no idea what this selfless act would inspire.
Servers at the Harvard Club of Boston have schooled their employer in how to treat the help, getting a $4 million settlement in a tipping dispute, rep...
Why do we tip taxi drivers 10% to 15%, waiters and waitresses 15% to 20%, and hotel chambermaids $1 per night, while bartenders expect to rake in $1 per drink (or more if we're feeling generous)?
As bartenders are downright fetishized for their ability to combine specific spirits, I feel we're losing some of the spirit of the bar. People are there to have a good time and meet people, not to pray at the altar of the cocktail.
Spending even just a couple of minutes watching the bartending wizards behind today's best cocktail dens is enough to make any aspiring home bartender feel a little inadequate.
We know it's nearly impossible to complete a list of the greatest dive bars in America, but here is a start. This list is picks from bartenders, som...
Since the creation of the cocktail more than 200 years ago, bartenders have been thrilling us with not only delicious drinks but also entertaining sto...
I call upon all mixologists, professionally employed or not, to offer their cocktails that they feel could be classics or in fact might even be classics in their minds.
More than a decade ago, I took a job as a server at a branch of a steakhouse conglomerate in rural North Carolina, where, for $2.13 an hour plus tips ...
Rebecca Orchant from Honest Cooking tends the bar today, and decides to mix up a great summer cocktail for both lazy days in the sun and special occas...
Let's face it: There's just something about a salt-rimmed margarita on the rocks that makes people weak in the knees. The cheerful pale yellow-green h...
In an era rife with special types of bitters, pre-prohibition drink recipes and fancy ice cubes, a major question lingers over liquid culture: What on...
To kick off Women's History Month, I kicked it Monday with the Chicago chapter of Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails -- better known as LUPEC -- at Bar DeVille.
Recipes that call for ingredients like "bacon-infused bourbon" and "housemade tangerine and serrano vodka" needn't send novice home bartenders runni...
Ben Schiller is one of the hardest-working guys in Chicago's ever-growing spirits scene. That's why it came as a bit of a shock when we found out he was taking on yet another major project.
The January/February issue of Imbibe travels to Boston, where you'll find some of the most inventive and well-crafted cocktails in the country. To fin...
Find. Eat. Drink. your way to successful gifting this season with our annual holiday gift guide. The list includes recommendations from chefs, mixolog...