What Type of Ice Is Right for Your Cocktail?
Cracked, crushed or cubed? Large rock or Kold-Draft? Brad Thomas Parsons talks to some of the country's top bartenders about when to use each type of ice.
- story: Brad Thomas Parsons
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Home Bartending Goes Hardcore
As the craft cocktail movement continues to march on, amateur enthusiasts are continuing to multiply. From amassing 600-plus bottles of rare spirits to thousands of Instagram followers, Dan Saltzstein explores…
- story: Dan Saltzstein
- photo: Multiple
House Cocktail Hack: Spring Edition
Welcome to "House Cocktail Hack," a seasonal series that challenges bartenders to make the most of a home bar's limited resources. Up first, Greg Best, Pamela Wiznitzer and Matt Piacentini…
- story: Punch Staff
- photos: Daniel Krieger
How Not to Be an Amateur Home Bartender
The gap between the drinks you make in your kitchen and the ones you get at a fancy bar often seems impossible to close, but just a few things make…
- story: Echo Thomas
Make (Nearly) Perfect Ice at Home
First, accept that your most meticulous efforts will probably never produce the same pristine, crystal-clear results you lust after in cocktail bars (the professionals use chainsaws). If you can live…
- story: Echo Thomas
