The Top Bar Shows in 2019

Every year all over the world the number of 'Cocktail Weeks' or 'Bar Shows' grows exponentially. BUT if you can only attend ONE industry...

Cocktail Competitions in Uzbekistan? Yea that's right!

When someone mentions cocktails you don't normally think about Uzbekistan, right? In fact I doubt most of you can point out the country...

The Strange Origins of the Margarita

I dare say that the Margarita cocktail is at least for me the perfect cocktail any time of the year in any situation. It one of the first...

The worlds most secretive spirit...

Bartenders are usually massive history geeks & we spent countless hours searching for information on techniques, history & cocktail...

Getting Reàl in San Juan

The location? San Juan in Puerto Rico. The event? The Reàl Cocktail Challenge. The mood? TIKI! We descended upon La Casita De Ronnes as...

The History of the Daiquiri cocktail

The Daiquiri Cocktail, made with Cuban rum, sugar lime, is one of the three main rum cocktail beloved by the world over & one of the...

Fun with Rum - The DonQ Rum Distillery

Visiting a rum distillery is tricky business, most of them are based in faraway places that require three plane rides, two boats & a...

The History of the Mint Julep

A cocktail with history that dates back over 400 years & one of the earlier cocktail videos I've ever seen came from a bartender based on...

The guide to categorising Rum

Ah Rum - the bad boy of the spirits world! So many categories, so many styles & so many BAD rums dues to lack of laws governing...

Origin of the Pina Colada

The infamous Pina Colada - when asked what 3 words come into your mind when this cocktail is mentioned we think of "Ian Burrell & Réal"....

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