Hamish Smith speaks to Nectaly Mendoza, founder of Herbs & Rye.

Jan Warren discovers the reverse dry shake and ponders what egg white really means to a drink

Jonathan Arthur of Bramble, Edinburgh, has won the national final of the Courvoisier Toast of Paris cocktail competition and will go on to represent the UK in the international finals in Paris in May.

He didn’t have the easiest start in life, but Jesse Vida turned himself around. He tells Hamish Smith his story

Ryan Chetiyawardana and the Mr Lyan team have announced the launch of Super Lyan, which will occupy the basement space of White Lyan in Hoxton, London.

Hamish Smith speaks to Anthony Farrell, Founder of APOC.

Jan Warren is perplexed by a bartender’s attitude and wonders what elicits such reactions

Diageo has published its list of top 50 bartenders for the Diageo Reserve World Class GB 2017 semi-final.

On International Women’s Day, it seems appropriate to remember Ada Coleman, who was a leading London bartender much loved by the rich and famous in one of London’s top bars at the beginning of the last century.

Hamish Smith talks to Ago Perrone about his journey from Lake Como to London’s Connaught bar

Jan Warren asks what his bartending friends would choose as their final drink in the event of an apocolypse

Hamish Smith speaks to Grant Murray, General Manager at Scotch & Rye.

Dandelyan at Mondrian London, won a host of awards at the re-launched Class Bar Awards, including Best Bar, Best Hotel Bar and Best Drinks Menu.

Iain Griffiths has achieved a lot in a short space of time. Hamish Smith tracks the path backwards from White Lyan and Dandelyan

Jan Warren attempts to satisfy those customers who have no idea what they want to drink

Hamish Smith speaks to Dirk Hany, Ex-bar manager at Widder Bar, Zurich

Pernod Ricard has announced the Beefeater MIXLDN cocktail competition finalists ahead of the global final in London.

Dinos Constantinides has faced his share of adversity, yet has always bounced back. Hamish Smith finds out how

Jan Warren on the forensic detail that goes into creating every drink on a bar’s menu

Hamish Smith speaks to Jarkko Issukka Co-founder/bartender of Lilla e

Courvoisier has launched its Toast of Paris International Cocktail Competition for the second year with ‘Le Jour et la Nuit de Courvoisier’.

González Byass has launched the 2017 edition of its international cocktail competition, the Tío Pepe Challenge.

Chicago’s Goose Island Beer Company is to open its first bar in the UK. 

Jan Warren harks back to the old days when local bars were where revolutions found their feet

Jack Daniel’s Tennessee whiskey has named the three winners of its Tennessee Calling competition. 

Tony Conigliaro of London cocktail bars 69 Colebrooke Row and Bar Termini and drinks innovation company Drink Factory, will open his third bar concept, Untitled, in Hackney this December.

Hamish Smith speaks to Neil Donachie, owner of Shilling, Newcastle, UK

Shingo Gokan talks to Hamish Smith about adapting and surviving

Hamish Smith speaks to Jad Ballout, bar manager at Central Station Boutique Bar

What’s the best way to cope with feeling moody when you’re behind the bar? Jan Warren shares

New York’s Dead Rabbit has been named the world’s best bar. Hamish Smith catches up with co-owner Jack Mcgarry to see what’s next for the winning team

Grant Murray from Scotland won the Peter F Heering classics global final in London Cocktail Week

Dutch distillery brand Bols is inviting bartenders to compete in its next global bartending competition Bols Around the World: The Bols Genever Edition.

Diageo, organisers of the World Class Bartender of the Year competition, is offering a once in a lifetime opportunity for a travel and drinks enthusiast to go on the ultimate cocktail adventure and host a new global travel show.

Scott Schuder has big plans to recreate his paris tiki bar in other cities. Hamish Smith finds out more

Jan Warren has a crush on the cocktail competition that appeals to his baser bartending instincts

London Cocktail Week is coming up in October. Christian Davis gives a sneak preview of the UK’s biggest bar festival

Hamish Smith speaks to Nicolás Fumía, F&B Manager Moderno, Hyatt Centric Montevideo, Uruguay

Dandelyan’s Kelsey Ramage has been crowned the sixth winner of The Tahona Society Cocktail Competition.

The World’s 50 Best Bars editor, Hamish Smith, gives us a preview of what to expect when the ranking is revealed on October 6

Black Cow Vodka has announced the appointment of Harry Roper and Georgia Billing as its first UK brand ambassadors.

Robyn Wilkie of The Social Company in London and Fabio Brusco of the San Rocco restaurant in Alicante, Spain were the joint winners of the Gin Mare Mediterranean Inspirations cocktail competition this week.

The team behind Latin America’s ‘first and only’ trade show has hailed last month's event a success and plans to extend the show to two days next year. 

Bacardi Brown-Forman Brands (BBFB) has announced that Shervene Shahbazkhani is its UK head of trade advocacy.

Hamish Smith talks to Hidetsugu Ueno about the making of Japan’s most famous bartender

Thom Solberg of Black Rock bar in London’s trendy Shoreditch has won the Rebel Yell Bourbon Cocktail Competition.

Peter F Heering has announced the 10 global semi-finalists of its 2016 Classic Challenge.

Steve Schneider nearly didn’t make it – in any sense of the phrase. He tells Hamish smith how he went from coma to top tender

World's 50 Best Bars editor Hamish Smith has been to Dubai - here is his bar guide

Andrej Malic of Celebrity Cruises has been crowned Diageo Global Travel’s ‘best bartender’ at the Diageo Reserve’s World Class competition heat held last night in the Diageo 396 Bar, Miami.