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Lorenz Struchen is Barkeeper of the year 2023
122 attractive drink recipes at Bar Mixbooklet 2024
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Pawel Rodaszynski, El Koktel, Warsaw
Mount Gay Barbados Rum 23 | 01 | Bn_Qa
The taste of 9556 nights
Chai syrup
10 questions for Lukas Zingerle
SWISS BAR AWARDS
Most prestigious award
Since 2003, the trade magazine BAR NEWS has been presenting the most important awards of the Swiss bar scene: the SWISS BAR AWARDS. Talented Barkeeper and trendy bars are awarded in seven categories.
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"The guest should notice that we are doing well"
The four-star superior Hotel Einstein in St. Gallen on Berneggstrasse exudes grandeur. Upon entering the Einstein Bar, the knowledgeable guest immediately notices that attention has been paid to every detail. The...
Successful work by Lorenz Struchen
Twentys Cocktailbar is located at Obergasse 20, in the heart of Biel's old town. We visit Lorenz Struchen. The owner of the bar is Barkeeper of the year 2023. "It's...
Product News
Mount Gay Barbados Rum 23 | 01 | Bn_Qa
Chai syrup
Gift ideas for the festive season
Sipsmith Sloe Gin - 29% by volume
Le Tribute Pink Grapefruit
Ron Carúpano Reserve 1996
Lucerne Apero with Gin
BAR NEWS Magazine
BAR NEWS 5 | 2023
WINTER ISSUE
Focus topic: 21st SWISS BAR AWARDS are history
Reportage / Winning portraits
Swiss rum
Growing trend among Swiss distillers
Hot drinks
Special recipes for the cold season
Knowledge
122 attractive drink recipes at Bar Mixbooklet 2024
The new edition of the handy Bar Mixbooklet provides a lot of basic knowledge on how to mix drinks with and without alcohol, for example, and what to look out for in order to prepare good cocktails....
Spiced / Flavoured Rum
Spiced rum and flavoured rum are rum variants with additional flavorings. In most cases, the two terms designate two different product categories. However, this is not always true. "Flavoured" can be translated as...
The 101 best bars in Switzerland in the Swiss Barguide 2023/24
Scene experts, bar professionals and experts from the beverage industry were on the road for the 11th SWISS BARGUIDE throughout Switzerland and visited and evaluated bars again this year. The new booklet...
Twelve new brewers for Switzerland
Over the past three years, they have successfully trained to become EFZ food technologists specializing in beer and have thus learned the craft of brewing from scratch. Marcel Kreber, Director of the Swiss Brewery Association,...
Sloe Gin
Now they hang ripe again at the edge of the forest and in the hedge. The small fruits of the hawthorn, more reminiscent of oversized blueberries than the small wild plums they...
People
Pawel Rodaszynski, El Koktel, Warsaw
After several years of wandering around Poland (Piła, Bydgoszcz, Łódź, Wrocław) as well as stays in Spain and Belgium, I finally moved to Warsaw to become more serious as a cocktail maker.Barkeeper to work and to work my...
10 questions for Lukas Zingerle
I'm originally from South Tyrol, Italy, where I graduated from the Bruneck regional hotel management school at the age of 19 and went straight into the bar business. I have worked my way through various...
10 questions for Toàn Phan Thanh
Born in Nyon, in the canton of Vaud, Toàn Phan Thanh trained as a watchmaker at Rolex. He got the idea to become Barkeeper from a friend who was training to become a...
Dustin Le, Bā Nomu, Hamburg
My life I was born and grew up in Bremen. After finishing secondary school, I started a three-year apprenticeship as a hotel specialist at the Hotel zur Post. The training was a mixture of...
Filip Stránský, AnonymouS Bar, Prague
I was born on May 8, 1990 in Prague. After graduating from school I got a scholarship because I played semi-professional football. Since my father was a building contractor, he wanted me to...
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Events
Campari Negroni Week 2023
Since the invention of the cocktail in 1919, Campari has been the red heart of the Negroni, a cocktail that brings out the unique flavor profile of Campari and is today one of the...
Winner Germany / Switzerland / Austria
The jury was made up of four international bar professionals. They included Tess Posthumus from the "Flying Dutchman" in Amsterdam, Gregory J. Buda from the "Bisou Bisou" in Montréal, Alicja Bączyk...
Pia Köfler wins with "Apple Shot
The backdrop in the bar of the Stage 12 Hotel presented itself as a combination of majestic Alps and stately summer rain. It was a portent of a brilliant finale, with which...
Bars and restaurants
A piece of Spain in the heart of the city
MAMA Café Bar, Dübendorf
The new "place to be" in St. Moritz
A caffè bar. A lake. In the middle of Bern.
Economy
The taste of 9556 nights
The taste of this strictly limited herbal liqueur has been a well-kept secret until now. Sharing it with friends makes it even more precious. The unique thing: the essence is more...
The best Swiss distilleries
This year's event broke all records with an impressive turnout of 135 distilleries submitting 790 products for judging. This represents almost 30 percent more submissions than at the previous...
Jörg Arnold becomes General Manager
Jörg Arnold will take over as General Manager of The Chedi Andermatt on October 1, 2023; at the same time, he will become Cluster Director Hotels Andermatt of Orascom Hotels Management. In this function...