<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Flairbar.com &#187; barmagic</title>
	<atom:link href="http://bartendbetternow.com/tag/barmagic/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://bartendbetternow.com</link>
	<description>Your Source for Performance Bartending &#38; Mixology!</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 18:47:40 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
		<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
		<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40</generator>
	<item>
		<title>Hot News &#8211; January 2015</title>
		<link>http://bartendbetternow.com/hot-news-january-2015/</link>
		<comments>http://bartendbetternow.com/hot-news-january-2015/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2015 06:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob Husted]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hot News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2014]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2015]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bacardi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barmagic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cocktail competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[december]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diageo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dmitry Ivanov]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ed shirley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facundo Bacardi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hot news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[january]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jinzu sake gin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[las vegdas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lucid absinthe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mike dolan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Temperley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nightclub]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perlick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roadhouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[show]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[speed rack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tequila]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tobin ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tom dyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[united states bartenders guild]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[usa qualifier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[usbg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[world class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[world cocktail championship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[world finals]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bartendbetternow.com/?p=6146</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[USBG/IBA WORLD COCKTAIL CHAMPIONSHIP USA QUALIFIER 2015 Press Release The USBG/IBA World Cocktail Championship USA Qualifier will be happening Tuesday March 31, 2015 in Las Vegas during the Nightclub &#38; Bar Show! That&#8217;s right&#8230; It&#8217;s back! The IBA USBG World Cocktail Championship 2014 will be back bigger and better for 2015. The USA qualifier to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bartendbetternow.com/hot-news-january-2015/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
<enclosure url="http://bartendbetternow.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/311035952.mp4" length="8187577" type="video/mp4" />
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Hot News &#8211; December 2014</title>
		<link>http://bartendbetternow.com/hot-news-december-2014/</link>
		<comments>http://bartendbetternow.com/hot-news-december-2014/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2014 07:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob Husted]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hot News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2014]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2015]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barmagic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cocktail competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[december]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diageo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hot news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jinzu sake gin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Temperley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perlick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roadhouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tequila]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tobin ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tom dyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[united states bartenders guild]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[usbg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[world class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[world finals]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bartendbetternow.com/?p=6082</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[PERLICK ANNOUNCES PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP WITH AWARD-WINNING BARTENDER TOBIN ELLIS Press Release First Co-Designed Product – the Tobin Ellis Signature Cocktail Station – to Debut at NAFEM 2015 MILWAUKEE – Perlick, a leader in total package bar equipment and beverage dispensing systems, today announced a product development partnership with award-winning bartender and founder of BarMagic, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bartendbetternow.com/hot-news-december-2014/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
<enclosure url="http://bartendbetternow.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/311035952.mp4" length="8187577" type="video/mp4" />
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>TOBY ELLIS IS&#8230; Cut off  &#8211; &#8220;CHICO AND THE MEN&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://bartendbetternow.com/toby-ellis-is-cut-off-chico-and-the-men/</link>
		<comments>http://bartendbetternow.com/toby-ellis-is-cut-off-chico-and-the-men/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2006 04:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tobin Ellis]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cut Off]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2006]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[article]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barmagic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chico and the men]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cocktail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cut off]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dakota turek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[edgy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mixology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[november]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[passion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rob turek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tobin ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toby ellis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bartendbetternow.com/?p=3234</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A few months back an old friend who was once a rising star in the world of competitive flair called me asking for help. When I say old friend, I mean a guy I&#8217;ve known for pushing 10 years now before Flair blew up into a huge media-frenzied, multimillion dollar business. He wanted to put [&#8230;]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bartendbetternow.com/toby-ellis-is-cut-off-chico-and-the-men/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>TOBY ELLIS IS&#8230; Cut off  &#8211; BAR&#8221;TREND&#8221;ING</title>
		<link>http://bartendbetternow.com/toby-ellis-is-cut-off-bartrending/</link>
		<comments>http://bartendbetternow.com/toby-ellis-is-cut-off-bartrending/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 03:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tobin Ellis]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cut Off]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2006]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[article]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barmagic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bartrending]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cocktail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cut off]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[edgy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mixology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[october]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[passion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tobin ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toby ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trend]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bartendbetternow.com/?p=3188</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Las Vegas. The Lakes, more specifically. 2:18am. I&#8217;m staring at a blank page made from tiny white lights that some computer geek dubbed &#8220;pixels.&#8221; Without a salient thought in my head, I drift off into speculating just how anybody came up with the word &#8220;pixel.&#8221; This month&#8217;s Cut Off is due to Rob Husted in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bartendbetternow.com/toby-ellis-is-cut-off-bartrending/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
<enclosure url="http://bartendbetternow.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/1_The_Resturant.mov" length="1218949" type="video/quicktime" />
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>TOBY ELLIS IS&#8230; Cut off  &#8211; &#8220;Will the Real World Champion Please Stand Up?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://bartendbetternow.com/toby-ellis-is-cut-off-will-the-real-world-champion-please-stand-up/</link>
		<comments>http://bartendbetternow.com/toby-ellis-is-cut-off-will-the-real-world-champion-please-stand-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Sep 2006 00:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tobin Ellis]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cut Off]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2006]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[article]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barmagic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cocktail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cut off]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[edgy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mixology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[passion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[september]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tobin ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toby ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[world champion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bartendbetternow.com/?p=3159</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was scanning the FBA message boards and threw the brakes on when my eyes fell onto a blurb somebody cut and pasted off the Food Network website about the upcoming Throwdown with Bobby Flay Episode. There it was on their website for millions and millions of people to see: Tobin Ellis is a World [&#8230;]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bartendbetternow.com/toby-ellis-is-cut-off-will-the-real-world-champion-please-stand-up/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>TOBY ELLIS IS&#8230; Cut off  &#8211; FLAY VS. ELLIS Throwing Down with An Iron Chef</title>
		<link>http://bartendbetternow.com/toby-ellis-is-cut-off-flay-vs-ellis-throwing-down-with-an-iron-chef/</link>
		<comments>http://bartendbetternow.com/toby-ellis-is-cut-off-flay-vs-ellis-throwing-down-with-an-iron-chef/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2006 00:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tobin Ellis]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cut Off]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2006]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[article]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[august]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barmagic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bobby flay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cocktail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cut off]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[edgy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iron chef]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mixology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[passion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[throwdown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tobin ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toby ellis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bartendbetternow.com/?p=3124</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever been watching television when suddenly some TV host or celebrity chef plays bartender and absolutely butchers a drink as simple as an LIT? Surely I cannot be the only bartender who struggles through show after show were a non-bartender makes a mockery out of the art of pouring cocktails. From upside-down muddlers [&#8230;]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bartendbetternow.com/toby-ellis-is-cut-off-flay-vs-ellis-throwing-down-with-an-iron-chef/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>TOBY ELLIS IS&#8230; Cut off  &#8211; &#8220;FIVE DOWN&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://bartendbetternow.com/toby-ellis-is-cut-off-five-down/</link>
		<comments>http://bartendbetternow.com/toby-ellis-is-cut-off-five-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2006 00:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tobin Ellis]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cut Off]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2006]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[article]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barmagic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cocktail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cut off]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[edgy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[june]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mixology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[passion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tobin ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toby ellis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bartendbetternow.com/?p=3068</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Somewhere near Dakar, Africa. Seat 54H. I&#8217;m kicking back at 35,000 feet on a 17-hour plane ride back to the United States from South Africa with Christian Delpech struggling with exactly how to start an article about my trip to Johannesburg to open the world&#8217;s newest flair bar, Sequoia&#8217;s when it hits me: I&#8217;m kicking [&#8230;]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bartendbetternow.com/toby-ellis-is-cut-off-five-down/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>TOBY ELLIS IS&#8230; Cut off  &#8211; &#8220;BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://bartendbetternow.com/toby-ellis-is-cut-off-be-careful-what-you-wish-for/</link>
		<comments>http://bartendbetternow.com/toby-ellis-is-cut-off-be-careful-what-you-wish-for/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2006 00:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tobin Ellis]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cut Off]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2006]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[article]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barmagic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cocktail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cut off]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[edgy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[may]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mixology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[passion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tobin ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toby ellis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bartendbetternow.com/?p=3063</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Maybe it&#8217;s genetics. Maybe it&#8217;s being into my seventeenth year behind the pine. In either case, my &#8220;bar ears&#8221; extend well beyond the well. Sure, I&#8217;ve heard the wisecracks. Who do you think came up with the name &#8220;Cut Off?&#8221; Duh. In fact, it was originally called &#8220;Cut Me Off&#8221; but Rick decided to change [&#8230;]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bartendbetternow.com/toby-ellis-is-cut-off-be-careful-what-you-wish-for/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>TOBY ELLIS IS&#8230; Cut off  &#8211; &#8220;THE ACCIDENTAL MIXOLOGIST&#8221; Part One in a Series: The Martini</title>
		<link>http://bartendbetternow.com/toby-ellis-is-cut-off-the-accidental-mixologist-part-one-in-a-series-the-martini/</link>
		<comments>http://bartendbetternow.com/toby-ellis-is-cut-off-the-accidental-mixologist-part-one-in-a-series-the-martini/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Apr 2006 00:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tobin Ellis]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cut Off]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2006]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[april]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[article]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barmagic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cocktail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cut off]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[edgy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[martini]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mixologist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mixology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[passion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tobin ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toby ellis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bartendbetternow.com/?p=3029</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What To Expect From This Series Over the next year or so, from time to time, I will continue this series on Mixology I am calling &#8220;The Accidental Mixologist&#8221; from the perspective of an everyday bartender, that I hope will open some eyes and changes some minds. My hope is that I am not the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bartendbetternow.com/toby-ellis-is-cut-off-the-accidental-mixologist-part-one-in-a-series-the-martini/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>TOBY ELLIS IS&#8230; Cut off  &#8211; &#8220;THE SHOW MUST GO ON&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://bartendbetternow.com/toby-ellis-is-cut-off-the-show-must-go-on/</link>
		<comments>http://bartendbetternow.com/toby-ellis-is-cut-off-the-show-must-go-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tobin Ellis]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cut Off]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2006]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[article]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barmagic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cocktail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cut off]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[edgy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[february]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mixology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[passion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tobin ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toby ellis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bartendbetternow.com/?p=3025</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok, let&#8217;s get this out of the way. Don&#8217;t Call It A Comeback. First of all, who said I retired? (Not me.) Second, why are you so surprised? Lest ye forget this old man was already a finalist in Legends, Quest, Cayman&#8217;s, Flips for Tips, and almost every other comp I&#8217;ve entered. And let&#8217;s face [&#8230;]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://bartendbetternow.com/toby-ellis-is-cut-off-the-show-must-go-on/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
