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Barkeeper Justin Andrew Ebert
Barchef and co-owner On the Rocks Bar, Wengen

10 Questions for Justin Andrew Ebert

After his training as a hotel manager and various stations in Bern (Department 66), Colorado and Utah, he has been bar manager and co-owner of On the Rocks Bar (formerly Rocks Bar) in Wengen since October 2021.

Born in Heilbronn (DE), Justin Andrew Ebert spent his early years in the Bernese Oberland. At the age of five, he moved back to Germany, where he completed his school career. In order to become ... Read more ...

Winner Nullpromille Trophy 2023
Final Nullpromille Trophy 2023

The best non-alcoholic cocktails 2023 are chosen

At the finals of the 12th Swiss Nullpromille Trophy at the Matte Distillery in Bern, the best non-alcoholic cocktail was stirred and much more shaken. The winners were Francois Bräuning from Zurich's Lenox Bar and Michael Duc from Thun's Atelier Classic Bar with the fancy and sparkling drinks "Back to the roots" and "Be Mango".

In the midst of the Berner Matte quarter it went yesterday afternoon rather hochprozentig - zero percent! The trade magazine Bar News invited to the final of its already 12th Swiss Nullpromille Trophy. The established competition ... Read more ...

In search of clues

Whisk(e)y in cocktails

As the cocktail evolved from a local drinking culture across the pond to a global phenomenon, American Whiskey was in the right place at the right time. Is this the reason why it is still so rare to mix with Scotch or Irish whiskey?

No drink comes closer to the original composition of spirits, sugar, bitters and water than the Old Fashioned. When the "Cock-Tail" first appeared in 1806 in a newspaper in the town of Hudson ... Read more...

Award at Swiss Bar Awards 2022

Gallery Boutique Bar is Best Newcomer Bar 2022

With the Galerie Boutique Bar, Thun is one attraction richer. During the pandemic, owner Gage Plecic set about realizing the bar on the Aarequai. Since last year, the bar is in operation, at the same time a gallery and architectural highlight in the city. Congratulations.

Actually, my favorite place has always been in front of the bar," says Gage Plecic during our visit to the Galerie Boutique Bar on Thun's Aarequai. The bar, which opened in May of ... Read more ...

A look into the beer glass

Porter and stout

Porter and stout - two beer styles whose differences are very small. A look at the history of these dark beers invented in Great Britain reveals why this is so.

The days are getting shorter, but the nights are getting longer. And because temperatures are dropping at the same time, refreshment is no longer the most important requirement for a beer. If porter and stout were a ... Read more ...

Bartender International

Boris Gröner, One Trick Pony, Freiburg

44-year-old Boris Gröner is the owner of Bar One Trick Pony in Freiburg together with Andreas Schöler. He talks to Bar News about his beginnings in the bar scene during his studies and how he took over Bar One Trick Pony by chance and now runs it successfully.

Originally I come from a place called Rosswag, near Stuttgart, and I am 44 years old now. I have two children, and together with Andreas Schöler I own ... Read more ...

Counter tip

Human Resources Management

The catering industry has been complaining about a lack of staff since before yesterday. But the pandemic has made the search for qualified staff even more difficult. Successful personnel management, however, must be thought far beyond recruitment.

Even when I started working in the catering industry, my superiors at the time told me that you would never be without work in our industry. And indeed: even before ... Read more ...

Drinks & Knowledge compact

122 attractive drink recipes in Bar Mixbooklet 2023

The Bar Mixbooklet 2023 has been published. The new edition provides a broad basic knowledge of cocktails. It includes 122 attractive mix recipes of classic drinks as well as trendy and non-alcoholic drinks. The booklet can be ordered now free of charge in the BAR NEWS store.

The new edition of the handy Bar Mixbooklet provides a lot of basic knowledge, for example how to mix drinks with and without alcohol and what to look out for in order to prepare good cocktails... Read more...

Internationalization Rebels 0.0 %

Business talk with Janick Planzer

Janick Planzer can look back on a long career in the spirits industry. He first worked in sales and marketing at Diageo, the world's largest spirits group. He then moved to Dettling & Marmot AG in Dietlikon as Senior Brand Manager, where he worked for almost five years. Since May 2022, he has been self-employed as Co-Founder of REBELS 0.0% (the company was founded in summer 2020) and now oversees the start-up together with Christof Tremp and a small team.

BAR NEWS: What exactly is Rebels 0.0%?Janick Planzer: These are spirits alternatives that allow consumers to consume cocktails without alcohol. The sale of alcohol is in Switzerland as well as worldwide ... Read more ...

Winners are determined

Grand Marnier Cocktail Competition 2022

The fact that Grand Marnier products are ideally suited for cocktails was demonstrated at the final of the Grand Marnier Cocktail Competition 2022 held in Zurich at the beginning of November. Benjamin Juhasz, Luca Monn and Tabea Manzke won a trip to Grand Marnier in France in spring 2023.

The Grand Marnier Cocktail Competition already met with lively interest in the run-up to the event. With almost 30 recipes submitted, participation in the final was anything but guaranteed. All the more the qualified participants were ... Read more ...

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