Chilled Magazine

There’s always something new to learn behind the bar. From faster ways to build drinks to tricks for better ice, garnishes, batching, and prep.

Small changes can make a big difference during service. Here are 50 bartending hacks to make your next shift a little easier.

1. Touch Every Bottle Once

Working through several drinks? Pour the same ingredient into ever...

Some flavored vodkas are built around sweetness. Crater Lake Hazelnut Espresso Vodka takes a more cocktail-minded approach, layering fresh coffee character, hazelnut richness, vanilla, and dark caramel into a spirit that impressed Chilled Awards judges across both flavor and function behind the ...

New York City’s alcohol-free drinks scene takes center stage this month when Drinks With Benefits returns to Manhattan on September 17, 2026, bringing together non-alcoholic wines, spirits, functional beverages, food, mixology, music and wellness under one roof.

Presented by The Daily Pour, the festival will take place at 135 West 18th Street in New York City from 6 to 10 p.m...

September is when the cellar doors really start swinging. New vintages leave the barrel, mailing lists fire, and bottles that spent two or three years getting ready finally hit the market.

Napa still owns the headlines—Insignia, Georges de Latour, Rubicon, Realm, Corison, PlumpJack—but the month is bigger than one valley. Oregon Pinot from Yamhill-Carlton, Ribbon Ridge, Dunde...

The road to Paris is officially set.

MONIN has crowned its 2026 North American regional champions, with three emerging bartenders earning the opportunity to represent Mexico, Canada, and the United States & Puerto Rico at the MONIN Cup global finals in Paris this December.

This year’s competition centered around “Timeless Twists,” challenging bartenders to look to ...