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Discovery of Spiced Rum

Spice it up, little darlin'!

Flavoured rum has the potential to be "the next big thing since flavoured vodka". to become. But first the category has to overcome its self-discovery phase, because spiced rum is a spirit category that legally does not exist.

BAR NEWS11 March 202130 June 2020

When talking about spiced rum, one should be aware that this category, at least from a legal point of view, does not exist. Rum, like whisky or wine spirits, belongs to the category of ... Read more ...

Gin also a pure pleasure

High End and Sippin' Gins

With an expensive rum or a precious single malt, you would hesitate before mixing it with a soda. Not so with gin. Why is that? It's high time to leave the Tonic Water in the refrigerator drawer and drink gin neat.

Kaspar Keller11 March 202130 June 2020

Admittedly. I've only liked gin since it became popular. On the one hand, this has to do with the fact that I was too young to drink this "juniper spirit" before. In this context, I have to ... Read more ...

Syrups, infusions and shrubs

Homemade drink ingredients for your cocktails

Guests increasingly want to know the stories behind the drink ingredients. Those who know where their products come from and who produced them have an advantage in this situation - which is easy if these products were made themselves.

Günther Strobl11 March 202127 May 2020

All of us, or most of us who work behind the bar, have a certain urge to experiment. This is very useful because it gives rise to a great many new products and ... Read more...

Back in the bar thanks to the second tiki wave

Falernum? What is that actually?

From time to time, when reading a cocktail menu, guests stumble across terms they have never heard before. One of these mysterious products is the Falernum.

BAR NEWS11 March 202127 May 2020

While the word "falernum" already referred to an alcoholic drink, or more precisely a wine, in ancient Rome, nowadays the term is more commonly associated with an island in the Caribbean: Barbados. From here ... Read more ...

Making the Gin & Tonic range manageable

How do you manage a large gin & tonic offering?

The gin range is growing and growing. It's quite possible that if you order a gin & tonic in each of five different bars, you'll get five different gin & tonics.

BAR NEWS11 March 202126 May 2020

Gin & tonic combos increase with each additional gin or tonic and that's not the end of it. Is the long drink now in the long drink glass or is the two-piece in a ... Read more...

More than white wine and peanuts

The perfect aperitif

The aperitif is much more than the sum of its parts. It is the moment of relaxation after work, the start of a successful evening, the opportunity to get to know the people around you better.

BAR NEWS11 March 20216 May 2020

Here is our menu. Would you like an aperitif first? - the service staff asks us. She doesn't mean the Apéro Riche, which you have standing up and ... Read more ...

The spirit of the Queen of the Mountains

Rigi Kirsch and Zug Kirsch

No other spirit is as associated with the region around the Rigi as kirsch. Since 2013, an AOC (Appelation d'Origine Contrôlée) has protected the designation Rigi Kirsch and Zuger Kirsch.

BAR NEWS11 March 20217 April 2020

But you don't just drink kirsch, you eat it. The distillate from cherries can be found in cherry sticks, fondue mixes, cherry tarts, Basler Läckerli and many other products. According to estimates, ... Read more ...

Syrups, Infusions & Shrubs

Homemade

Günther Strobl7 August 202026 March 2020

All of us, or most of us who work behind the bar, have a certain urge to experiment. This is very useful because it gives rise to a great many new products and ... Read more...

Gin and the sacrosanct connection with Vermouth

Gin cocktails through the ages

Gin is rarely drunk neat. Although there are some exciting "sipping gins" nowadays, at least one Tonic Water is almost always allowed. Gin cocktails became really exciting when American Barkeeper discovered vermouth in the second half of the 19th century.

BAR NEWS11 March 202117 March 2020

Gin was considered one of the frequently used basic spirits in the 19th century, along with brandy, whiskey and rum. Jerry Thomas' "Bar Tenders Guide", for example, mentions gin as a possible spirit for a ... Read more...

Will 2020 be the year of the (h)um?

Rum: The next big trend?

Same procedure as last year? Same procedure as every year! Every year we read it again: this year will be the Year of the R(h)um! Finally! But really! R(h)um is "in" and will finally take off. Every year. Always the same. And every year we ask ourselves, where is it now, the unstoppable rise of the R(h)um?

Jürgen Deibel11 March 202115 February 2020

What is the reason? It's because of our expectations! We expect a spirit, like gin once did and whisky in the long run, to soar and thus be visible for all to ... Read more...