Isaac Ergas, Editor-in-Chief of Bartending News and founder of FindBartenders.com and 786-Bartend, brings 33 years of bartending and 20 years of industry education. He’s a spirits educator, consultant, and advocate for bartenders nationwide.
A 50% duty on Canadian alcoholic beverages was set to begin August 19. A proclamation signed the day before moved it to August 22.
The Old Fashioned reflects the earliest printed definition of a cocktail: spirit, sugar, water, and bitters, served simply over ice with a citrus twist.
Two Havana Club rums, one name, and two very different stories: the U.S. version tied to Puerto Rico and Bacardi, and the Cuban-made version sold across much of the world.
