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Purple reign: The Violet Hour is the best cocktail bar in Chicago. Photo: Courtesy of the Violet Hour<\/p><\/div>\n

Mixology is all the rage these days and cocktail bars are making a big comeback. The good news for tippling travelers is that exciting new bars are popping up in cities across the country. Here\u2019s a sampling ofsome of best places to imbibe.<\/p>\n

Weather Up<\/a> in the heart of New York City<\/a> is doing classic cocktails right with a commitment to using only the finest ingredients. This even includes making their own ice with the same machines used to create ice sculptures. Bartenders hand-carve crystal-clear pieces of ice from a 300 pound block for every cocktail they serve. Weather Up recently opened an outpost in Austin, Texas<\/a>, where every Monday is Tiki Night and their well-trained bartenders sling Mai Tais and Devil Mugs.<\/p>\n

The Violet Hour<\/a> is a Prohibition-era speakeasy in the middle of modern Chicago<\/a>. In addition to making craft cocktails, the Violet Hour collaborates with local distilleries to create one-of-a-kind concoctions. This means that they\u2019re serving drinks you literally can\u2019t get anywhere else. The Juliet & Romeo (with Beefeater gin, mint, cucumber, and rose water) was voted one of the best cocktails in America by GQ magazine.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a whiskey or rum aficionado, then San Francisco<\/a> is the city for you. Hard Water<\/a> is a whiskey bar in the New Orleans style, serving more than 130 kinds of bourbon and rye. If you want to try a variety of whiskeys straight up, the expert bartenders would be happy to help you put together a flight that will please your palate.<\/p>\n

The Smuggler\u2019s Cove<\/a> is another San Francisco specialty bar, this one serving more than 400 rare rums. One of those rums is Eurydice, which is grown locally in California and is exclusive to Smuggler\u2019s Cove. Ambitious imbibers can join the Rumbustion Society and sample their way through the Cove\u2019s extensive liquor library.\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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