More & More People Are Looking for Nonalcoholic Cocktail Recipes. Here's Why.

"According to bar expert and author John deBary, to wake yourself up and give a nod to the Brits, tea-infused spirits are the way to go. You can infuse "english breakfast or earl grey tea into London dry gin like Beefeater or Sipsmith,” and go with whatever gin cocktail you already know and love. And you don’t even have to have planned it the night before. “I usually do 14 grams (or 7 standard tea bags) infused into one 750 mL bottle of gin for 10 minutes,” he says. If you have a few bags of Lipton and half a bottle of gin hanging around somewhere in your apartment, you're halfway there."

HRN Happy Hour with John deBary and Julia Bainbridge

March 6, 2018 John deBary

http://heritageradionetwork.org/podcast/julia-bainbridge-and-john-debary/

"Our conversation with Julia and John covers a ton of ground – from the Atlanta restuarant scene and non-alcoholic cocktails to solitude and skin care.

Julia Bainbridge was most recently Food Editor of Atlanta Magazine, and is an accomplished writer with work in everything from Bon Appetit to Playboy. She’s the creator and host of The Lonely Hour, a podcast about loneliness–but it’s not a bummer. Julia has created a space to talk openly in hopes of both de-stigmatizing loneliness and underscoring the joys of solitude.

John’s one of the biggest cocktail and bar experts out there. He got his start at PDT, and has spent many years with Momofuku. He is now working on writing his debut book and creating a nonprofit that will improve the daily lives of professional restaurant workers.

Stick around for a special round of trivia: JdB tweet or Any Rooney quote!"

HRN Happy Hour: "Pie is a Hand Fruit" Nov. 16, 2017

January 19, 2018 John deBary

http://heritageradionetwork.org/podcast/pie-is-a-hand-fruit/

"One Spreadsheet and 300 Cans Later, I Found the Best Way to Order LaCroix" -New York Magazine, Dec. 6, 2017

January 19, 2018 John deBary

"I also went to the experts. I had a conversation with John deBary, a retired bartender, LaCroix advocate, and noted LaCroix-cocktail expert, about ordering practices. We both agreed on this: LaCroix itself should do direct ordering with a subscription option. (Maybe through its parent company National Beverage Corp.)"

http://nymag.com/strategist/2017/12/lacroix-sparkling-water-where-to-order-it-online-2017.html

"These Drinks Have Secret" -The New York Times, June 27, 2017

January 19, 2018 John deBary

John deBary, the bar director at Momofuku, thinks perhaps all it needs is a little rebrand. “For starters, we need to come up with a better name,” he said. “The word mocktail makes me die a little inside every time I hear it.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/27/dining/mocktails-non-alcoholic-drink-recipes.html

"Easy Drinks: Your New Favorite Summer Drink Has Only Two Ingredients" - Vice, June 22, 2017

January 19, 2018 John deBary

"My home bar is pretty sad, honestly—my idea of a fancy at-home cocktail is pouring gin into a half-drunk can of apricot LaCroix. But I love amaro, so I always have that around."

https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/43y9bq/easy-drinks-your-new-favorite-summer-drink-has-only-two-ingredients

"Why the Long Island Iced Tea is actually awesome" - New York Post, Sept. 26, 2015

January 19, 2018 John deBary

"John deBary, bar director for the Momofuku empire, which includes Fuku+, has a soft spot for the Long Island Iced Tea.

“Back when I worked at Please Don’t Tell,” he remembers, “there was a debate as to whether the bar served Long Island Iced Teas as a matter of policy. [Owner] Jim Meehan’s final answer was, ‘The drink is good if you serve it right.’ ”

At Fuku+, deBary improves on the original by using top-shelf liquor, eighty-sixing sour mix and replacing Coca-Cola with Dr. Pepper. Sipped as a slushy, it actually pairs pretty well with the restaurant’s signature fried-chicken sandwiches."

https://nypost.com/2015/09/26/why-the-long-island-iced-tea-is-actually-awesome/