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2. SWISS COCKTAIL OPEN

Great get-together and a winner from Aubonne

The challenge cup of the SWISS COCKTAIL OPEN is now in French-speaking Switzerland. Valentin Aleksandrowicz wins the biggest cocktail competition in Switzerland with his own creation "Le Voyage en Drakkar".

Everything is ready at noon on 2 May 2022, when Hall 550 in Zurich-Oerlikon will host Switzerland's largest cocktail competition for the second time. Many things have remained the same, such as the regulations, which ... Read more ...

Call for entries SWISS BAR AWARDS 2022

Best bars and Barkeeper in Switzerland wanted!

The SWISS BAR AWARDS are awarded annually to the best Barkeeper (m/f) and the hottest bars. This year, the SWISS BAR AWARDS celebrate their 20th anniversary. Interested bars and Barkeeper can apply or submit a nomination until 31 May 2022 at www.swissbarawards.ch.

The SWISS BAR AWARDS are awarded annually for special achievements in the Swiss bar scene. The award is one of the most prestigious awards in the Swiss gastronomy scene. The awards are presented in the following ... Read more ...

Morand Cocktail Workshop 2023
Crapule Club, Fribourg

Morand Cocktail Workshop in Fribourg

The next Morand Cocktail Workshop will take place in Fribourg on Monday 19 September 2022. We are looking for 12 creative Barkeeper, who will design attractive drinks based on the Valais specialities WILLIAMINE and ABRICOTINE.

In teams of 2, participants develop exciting cocktails from a product portfolio provided. Apply for the Morand Cocktail Workshop 2022 in Fribourg by 30 June 2022 using the form below. ... Read more ...

Final 2nd SWISS COCKTAIL OPEN

"Le Voyage en Drakkar" is the best cocktail in Switzerland 2022

Valentin Aleksandrowicz from the Njørden Restaurant in Aubonne, beat 24 Barkeeper to win the grand final of the SWISS COCKTAIL OPEN 2022. Switzerland's largest cocktail competition was held on an even larger scale this year, following its successful premiere last year.

After last year's final of the SWISS COCKTAIL OPEN Corona had to be held on a somewhat smaller scale, this year it was the walls of Hall 550 in ... Read more ...

Longseller at its best

Bar Les Trois Rois, Basel

Cocktail and pleasure culture at the highest level, in consistent quality and from early to late. With team strength, scene commitment and the appeal of one of Europe's oldest city hotels: the SWISS BAR AWARDS 2021 choose the bar of Basel's Grand Hotel Les Trois Rois on the banks of the Rhine as Best Longseller Bar.

The times when almost exclusively holidaymakers or business people enjoyed a soft drink or a cocktail at the hotel bar are long gone. The inhibition threshold to enter the communicative heart of the hotel as an "out-of-house guest" has ... Read more ...

Art of Italicus Aperitivo Challenge

Marco Colelli wins the 1st Italicus Competition

On 4 April, the time had come. The eight finalists met in the Parkhotel Delta in Ascona for the big showdown. Out of almost 50 applications from all regions of Switzerland, 12 Barkeeper made it into the qualification.

Italicus Italy then selected the eight finalists who competed for victory and qualification for the international final in Rome on 29 May. This year, ... Read more ...

Aromatic from the Dash Bottle

Cocktail Bitters

A stimulating drink made from spirits of any kind, sugar, water and bitters. This is the original form of the cocktail, as the formula was first defined in a newspaper report in 1806. High time to take a closer look at the ingredient that provides depth and complexity: "One Dash at a Time".

Angostura. Three decades ago, this word would probably have sufficed as an answer to the question: "What actually is a cocktail bitter?" With its oversized paper dress, this mysterious ingredient belongs in still almost ... Read more...

The Fourth Age of the Fée Verte

Absinthe

No spirit has such an eventful history as absinthe. The history of the green fairy shows like no other how close rise and fall, reality and myth, law and rebellion can sometimes be.

It was undoubtedly Switzerland's greatest gift to international cocktail culture: absinthe. First appearing in the 18th-century Val-de-Travers in Neuchâtel, the green fairy transcended in its youth ... Read more...

Coffee in cocktails

Interview with Milo Kamil, Head of Coffee Lab Zurich

Coffee provides many bartenders with the necessary caffeine kick towards the end of their shift. But not only! As a liqueur, as in White Russian, or freshly brewed, as in Espresso Martini, Carajillo or Irish Coffee, it also plays an important role in many mixed drinks. But the full potential of coffee cocktails has yet to be reached.

If you consult the recipe for drinks such as the Espresso Martini, for example, you will find the ingredient "espresso" listed as one of the ingredients. But let's look at it from a different angle ... Read more ...

Deputy Bar Manager Tabaco Lounge, Schaffhausen

10 Questions for Ted Haupt

Ted Haupt grew up in Rheinau as the youngest son in a family of four. Irregular working hours are nothing unusual in the Haupt household, as both parents worked in care.

After school, Ted starts an apprenticeship twice - and drops out twice. The repetitive nature of a 9-to-5 job doesn't really suit Ted's go-getting nature. When he finds a job on the internet ... Read more ...

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