Behind the Matriarch Martini

We sat down with Haley Traub of NYC’s Attaboy to chat about her work, Speed Rack, and her cocktail for May’s Girls Just Wanna Have Bourbon Box, the Matriarch Martini! S&S: How does one train or prepare for Speed Rack? HT: While everyone’s process is different, it ultimately comes down to practice, practice, practice. The…

Girls Just Wanna Have Bourbon

It’s a bird, it’s a plane . . . it’s Speed Rack! A timed-skills competition like no other, Speed Rack began almost a decade ago when Lynnette Marrero and Ivy Mix devised a multi-round, traveling tournament that was part performance by the world’s leading female bartenders, part pep rally aimed at shaking up what was…