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Optimistic mood

Market survey 2022/23

This year, Swiss trade magazine BAR NEWS once again surveyed key decision-makers in the Swiss beverage and spirits industry to gauge the pulse of the market.

BAR NEWSApril 3, 2023

After painting a fairly positive picture last year following the end of the coronavirus measures, this trend has continued. This conclusion can be drawn from the responses of decision-makers ... Continue reading ...

Show off your bartending skills!

Announcement: SWISS COCKTAIL OPEN 2023

Do you mix the best cocktail in Switzerland? Submit your recipe now and take part in the SWISS COCKTAIL OPEN! If your bartending skills impress us the most, you could win exclusive prizes!

BAR NEWSApril 2, 2023March 10, 2023

The submission deadline for the SWISS COCKTAIL OPEN 2023 has expired. Thank you for the numerous submissions. Do you mix the best cocktail in Switzerland? BAR NEWS is looking for the best cocktail ... Read more ...

Bar manager and co-owner of On the Rocks Bar, Wengen

10 questions for Justin Andrew Ebert

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

BAR NEWSMarch 6, 2023

Born in Heilbronn (Germany), 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 schooling. In order to ... Continue reading ...

Final Nullpromille Trophy

The best non-alcoholic cocktails of 2023 have been chosen

At the final of the 12th Swiss Nullpromille Trophy the Matte Distillery in Bern, the competition was on to mix the best non-alcoholic cocktail, and there was plenty of shaking involved. Francois Bräuning from the Lenox Bar in Zurich and Michael Duc from the Atelier Classic Bar in Thun impressed the judges with their fancy and sparkling drinks "Back to the Roots" and "Be Mango."

BAR NEWSFebruary 16, 2023February 14, 2023

Yesterday afternoon, things got pretty intense in the heart of Bern's Matte district – with zero alcohol! The trade magazine Bar News hosted the final of its 12th Swiss Nullpromille Trophy. The established competition ... Continue reading ...

Searching for clues

Whiskey in cocktails

When the cocktail evolved from a local drinking culture on the other side of the pond into a global phenomenon, American whiskey was in the right place at the right time. Is this the reason why it is still so rarely mixed with Scotch or Irish whiskey?

BAR NEWSFebruary 20, 2023February 13, 2023

No drink comes closer to the original composition of spirits, sugar, bitters, and water than the Old Fashioned. When the "cocktail" first appeared in a Hudson newspaper in 1806 ... Continue reading ...

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.

Mia BavandiJanuary 16, 2023

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 a 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.

Kaspar KellerDecember 13, 2022

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.

Daniel StaubDecember 13, 2022November 22, 2022

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.

Victor TopartDecember 6, 2022November 21, 2022

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 in a nutshell

122 attractive drink recipes in the Bar Mixbooklet

The Bar Mixbooklet is now available. The new edition provides a broad range of basic cocktail knowledge. It includes 122 attractive recipes for classic drinks as well as trendy and non-alcoholic drinks. The booklet can now be ordered free of charge from the BAR NEWS shop.

BAR NEWSNovember 24, 2022November 21, 2022

The new edition of this handy Bar Mixbooklet a wealth of basic knowledge, such as how to mix alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and what to look out for when preparing good cocktails ... Continue reading ...