#drinks-culture

#drinks-culture

Fill out a survey with about 30 questions related to the best spirits of the previous year (they had to have been released in 2025) and some more esoteric requests, such as best bar bathroom, a person doing good and best cocktail throw. For the best brewery, vineyard and spirits producers, we asked the judging panel to consider the prior year and the overall body of work.

exposing the cracks and toxicity behind the scenes. Last year, Baby Reindeer, a Netflix show about a bartender being stalked by a customer, elucidated something that civilians (those outside the industry, in bartender speak ) don't always understand. It showed, plainly, that "bartending is an office that makes its holder a captive audience in a way that few other jobs do," Rosie Schaap wrote for Punch .