The company, which operates acclaimed bars Purl and Worship Street Whistling Shop closed the bar because it “failed to reach the volume of trade” it…
The company, which operates acclaimed bars Purl and Worship Street Whistling Shop closed the bar because it “failed to reach the volume of trade” it…
The national final was held at Pickering Cellars in London and was the culmination of a multiple heat competition that had seen 70 bartenders compete. The two winners will team up to form Team UK and compete in the global final against teams from South Africa and host-country Mauritius. Luigi Barzini, Pink Pigeon brand manager, said: “Pink Pigeon Rum’s first…
He fought off competition from ten other countries to win US$10,000 and the opportunity to be Angostura’s brand ambassador for a year. 2013 marked the 8th competition and the first time someone from Trinidad and Tobago took the title. The final took place at the House of Angostura, Port of Spain. Head judge, maestro Salvatore Calabrese, pictured with Jones, said: “I was very surprised at…
Bartenders like gin. Even more, they like Tanquery 10, which sits squarely at the top of our bartenders’ favourite brands list, with Bombay Sapphire one down in second. Third favourite of our polled mixers and shakers is the handcrafted tequila Tapatio, which is made alongside Tomas Estes’ Ocho at La Alteña distillery in the mountainous region of Jalisco – an area famed for…
The year is 1888, 21” of snow falls in New York, the Football League is established, the first-known recording of classical music is made (Handel’s Israel in Egypt) on wax cylinder, Jack the Ripper terrorises East London and the Old-Fashioned cocktail recipe appears in Theodore Proulx’s Bartender’s Manual. And here we are, 115 years later, partying like we’re still in the Victorian times.
The brands with Cuban heritage take the rightful place at the top of the Mojito spot. According to Jim Meehan’s PDT Cocktail Book, the Mojito became popular again in 2002 after Pierce Brosnan’s James Bond ordered one in Die Another Day. And where was he? Cuba of course. Apparently the Mojito isn’t in the original Fleming novel but it’s good to see…
What can we say about the Margarita? Well, it’s the most popular cocktail in North America. Which some might find surprising since tequila is definitely NOT the most popular of the spirits categories in the world. But then how many drinkers actually know that a Margarita contains tequila? Well, that’s a whole different survey. It was first referenced under the name Picador in…
It was in 1996 that the great Dale deGroff introduced the Cosmopolitan to the Rainbow Room list in New York – and Madonna was seen sipping it. Two years later Jonathan Goodall describes the drink as “fiendishly trendy” in his book The Classic Bar & Cocktail. That same year one Carrie Bradshaw and her gal pals started running around New York, talking about men, sex…
