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Licorería Limantour, Mexico City

Jose Luis Leon

Much has been said about the Licorería Limantour in Mexico City. Time and again, you will find the bar in the small family of the world's best and one of its most loyal employees, who has also had a lot to say about himself on the international mixology stage, is Jose Luis Leon.

Jose Luis was born in Mexico City in 1988. He comes from a middle to lower class family that had to get by on a minimal income. He spent his entire childhood in Nezahualcoyotl, ... Read more...

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Quality management
at the bar

Quality in service is not limited to the performance of the waiter at the guest, but is connected to many other factors. Service quality begins in the background, with a complex construct in which all the edges must function like clockwork.

Starting with reservation requests, through roster design, to saying goodbye to the guest and responding to guest feedback. Between these processes, a lot of hand movements and professionalism are required to make a guest ... Read more ...

Former whiskey world power

Irish whiskey – a giant makes its comeback

In the last century, it seemed as though Irish whiskey was heading in only one direction: downhill. But now, the former whiskey superpower is well on its way to regaining its former glory – even if its neighbor Scotland is unlikely to be knocked off its throne.

Only those who can build on the success of days long past after a break can celebrate a comeback. Thanks to double-digit growth figures and the number of distilleries that have been established in the ... Continue reading ...

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Get yourself a SWISS BAR AWARD in 2021!

The call for entries for the SWISS BAR AWARDS 2021 is now open! For the 19th time, the trade magazine BAR NEWS is honoring talented Barkeeper trendy bars with the SWISS BAR AWARDS. Apply now or send us your tip.

Submit a recommendation or apply yourself Do you know a bar that deserves to win the "Best Longseller Bar" award? Does the rising star of the Swiss bar scene work at your bar? Or do you run ... Continue reading ...

Cocktail delivery

Ding-dong: Cocktails!

Thursday, 7 p.m. in the last week of January, the lights are on in the "delivery room." But no babies are being delivered at Brunngasshalde; instead, the people of Bern are being supplied with so-called "umbrella drinks."

Maurice Angst, bar manager in the delivery room, fiddles with his music system. Instead of jazz, as is usual in the delivery room, alternative rock blares from the speakers. In addition to the music, there are numerous boxes ... Continue reading ...

Rum's cousin

Distillates from sugar beets

Sugar beets as a basis for alcohol are nothing new. And yet Swiss distillers have only had their eye on this fine spirit made from molasses or sugar beet syrup for a few years, because rum is currently in vogue. But beware! The rum category is reserved exclusively for distillates made from cane sugar.

Many distillates can look back on a long historical heritage. Hundreds of years ago, distillates were already being produced from sugar cane, fruit, and grain. While in many cases the raw materials ... Continue reading ...

Bartender International

Martin Holec, Delahunt, Dublin

Not long ago, I had to fly to Dublin a couple of times on business. Besides pubs, I was naturally interested in what cocktail bars the city had to offer. I had known about VCC for a while, but when I went upstairs to the Sitting Room after a visit to a restaurant in the Delahunt, it was clear which bar was number one in Dublin.

Martin was born in 1981 in a town called Nitra in the southern part of Slovakia. Shortly after his birth, his family decided to move to the smaller town of Liptovský Mikuláš, where ... Read more...

Classic Cocktails

Moscow Mule

Who doesn't know it? Moscow Mule is one of the most popular cocktails in the world. In Switzerland, it took off again a few years ago and went through the roof. A lot has happened in the last few years. Different twists of the Moscow Mule like with homemade ingredients.

The likelihood of spending an evening behind the bar without making a Moscow Mule is about the same as the likelihood of Xherdan Shaqiri playing in a football match over ... Read more...

Raw materials, fermentation, distillation and filtration

How character is created in vodka

Vodka producers have various possibilities to influence the aroma of their vodka. In addition to the choice of raw material, distillation and filtration, fermentation is likely to play a more important role in the future.

During production, there are many parameters that are important for the quality of a vodka. The raw materials are certainly significant, especially since today they are also far beyond the ... Read more...

Caffeine for your drinks

Coffee liqueurs

Ever since Jeff Bridges as "The Dude" in the legendary film "The Big Lebowski" drank one White Russian after the other, the drink made of vodka, coffee liqueur and either milk or cream has become an indispensable part of any bowling hall.

Coffee can do more than "just" coffee. As a liqueur, it bridges the gap between the world of spirits and the world of coffee. With Cold Brew, during which several hours of ... Read more...

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