Sips, which recently launched bar-within-the-bar concept Esencia, also picked up the Best International bar award, beating out competition from London’s A Bar With Shapes for a Name, Montreal’s Atwater Cocktail Club, and Cartagena’s Alquímico which collected the Best International Bar Team award. Best New International Cocktail Bar went to Line, the new Athens bar from The Clumsies founders Vasilis Kyritsis and Nikos Bakoulis alongside mixer…

Evoke has been created by Salvatore Calabrese and director of mixology Federico Pavan with 12 cocktails, organised in pairs, that showcase different flavours, ingredients and techniques to provoke an emotional response – from ‘comforting nostalgia’ to a ‘heady adrenaline rush’. Red “In Italy, they say “diventare rosso come un peperone”. Why are you blushing? Excitement, arousal, love, shame, fury? There are reds and there are…

The Sustainable Spritz serve, which uses 50ml of Avallen Calvados sourced from an ecoTote, saving approximately 2.7kg of carbon waste, is then combined with London Essence White Peach & Jasmine Crafted Soda from its dispense system, which has been engineered to include London Essence’s range of sodas. Iain McPherson, sales director Europe for ecoSpirits, said: “The Sustainable Spritz taps into the consumer trend…

Representatives from the UK’s leading bars attended the Awards tonight (May 23rd) at Battersea Arts Centre, London, along with internationally renowned industry personalities. Judged by the CLASS Collective (a group of 100 bar experts from across the country), the CLASS Bar Awards recognises the talent, achievements and diversity of the UK bar scene. Having launched in 2003, the Class Bar Awards is 20 years old…

The visitors, all of whom are alumni of The World’s 50 Best Bars awards and share Himkok’s passion for sustainability, locality and community, will showcase their own creations in collaboration with brand sponsors Anora, Naked Malt, Edrington, Bacardi and Fever tree.  On 4 June, Himkok, currently ranked at No. 43 on the list of The World’s 50 Best Bars, will begin the festivities…

The brand has also announced the launch of a hospitality support fund, providing two-hour mental health sessions for their employees. “Franklin & Sons are proud to be part of the movement to bring positive cultural change and support to all the remarkable people within our fantastic community,” said James Stimson, senior brand manager at Franklin & Sons. “Most of the team and…

Premium tonic water as a category has boomed over the past 20 years and Fever-Tree, created in 2005, has been at the epicentre of the movement. Prior to the UK brand’s inception, the tonic water sector was dominated by Schweppes, but Fever-Tree forged the new pathway for a wave of premium tonic and mixer brands to emerge. In fact, Fever-Tree’s rise to the top of…