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The Official Cocktail of the Belmont Stakes
I’ll be the first to admit I’m not much of a horse-racing fan, but when the folks at Maker’s Mark kindly sent us their bourbon and invited us to give this cocktail a try – well, that’s persuasive enough for me!...

It’s tough times still out there and bars are feeling the pinch. There’s plenty of ways to increase revenue and get customers through those doors, from booking live bands to offering food, but one of the most popular seems to be the good ol’ happy hour...

Another Recipe from a Reader: Thanks Awinash!
This week’s cocktail is another reader creation, coming to you from reader Awinash. He mentioned he was doing quite a bit of experimentation and I asked if he’d found a recipe that he felt he had perfected – and this was it!...

Close your eyes for a moment, and think back to one of your slowest bar shifts. Do you remember what you were doing, or what you were thinking? Did you use your phone to escape lingering boredom or did you project yourself into a past or future scenario...