“Rødgrød med fløde”, comprising red fruit jelly with cream is described as the “Danish national dessert”. The cocktail contains traditional Danish ingredients such as Brøndums…
“Rødgrød med fløde”, comprising red fruit jelly with cream is described as the “Danish national dessert”. The cocktail contains traditional Danish ingredients such as Brøndums…
Tell us a little about the history of the Chicago bar scene and how it fits with wider US bar culture. Chicago has a long and important place in cocktail history. Everyone associates us with the Prohibition era, because of Capone and all the bootlegging. True, an enormous amount of illicit spirits were coming through at that time, but it wasn’t a great…
The word on the street is that vodka bars as a standalone concept are not as popular as they once were. After all, vodka is not the favourite spirit of today’s bartender – its historical association with cocktails is just over 100 years old, making it much younger in cocktail years than, say, gin. According to David Wondrich, the first vodka cocktail on…
At the tender age of 31, Tristan Stephenson’s CV reads like the obituary of an industry veteran. In 12 years, he has scaled the UK cocktail business and is now a globally recognised star of the bar. Stephenson has worked for Jamie Oliver and Diageo, opened three London bars – including a member of the 2012 World’s 50 Best Bars – and won Class’s…
The competition will take place over 11 markets including China, Japan, Chile and the UK and will culminate in a two-day grand final in New York in July, which will be judged by a panel of leading bartenders, past and present, from New York’s bar scene. The competition aims to challenge bartenders to create classic cocktails from four cocktail eras. Chias Brothers defines these earas…
The WSTA says new research from CGA Strategy shows the proportion of wine and spirits sold in pubs, bars and restaurants (the on-trade) is on the up, generating an estimated £280m increase in revenue for the on-trade between 2013 and 2014. The WSTA represents more than 340 companies producing, importing, transporting and selling wines and spirits in the UK. It campaigns to promote the industry’s…
The major blended Scotch whisky is said to be “recognised by modern gentlemen around the globe for its exceptional quality, timeless style and exclusivity”, and the Chivas Regal team is aiming to spread this message among the bartender community. Chivas Bros says The Chivas Masters, which is a global five year programme, “will challenge the world’s finest bartenders to travel back through time, re-discovering the…
The companies are Princess Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises. This year the programme is to see more than 5,500 cruise line bartenders (almost 15 times the number of 2013 participants) trained in mixology and then whittled down to four via a series of heats. These four will go head-to-head at a semi-final event in Miami, Florida on 5 June. The…
