Efficient Bartending

Quick mixing

A group enters the bar and places an order. If you are well prepared as Barkeeper , you won't get stressed - whether everyone orders a beer or an individual cocktail. The following tips will help you stay on top of things.

Every one of you knows that, just when it's getting a bit quieter and you can start preparing and/or following up on other tasks, the bar fills up in no time with ... Read more ...

Alcohol-free alternatives on the way

Decreasing alcohol consumption. So what?

Beer, spirits and cocktails - the topic of "alcohol-free" has long since arrived in these beverage categories as well. But is alcohol dead or are these products merely establishing an attractive niche? An assessment of the situation.

You meet up with friends in the city, go to an aperitif with your co-workers or have a beer with your football team after training. Seek and you shall find. This ... Read more ...

More than straws

Sustainability in the bar

Sustainability is one of the most important and controversial issues today - both at the bar and in business and politics. New corporate models are laying the groundwork for a different approach to the resources we are confronted with in our daily lives.

The egg on the breakfast table, the plastic fork at the snack bar around the corner or the delicious whisky imported from the Far East. A topic that is associated in the bar scene with terms like "low waste" and ... Read more ...

Classic beer remains trendy

Long live the lager beer

Higher, faster, crazier - craft beer doesn't have to be the craziest shit, hoppy as hell or refined with peppermint and guava peel. On the contrary: classic beer styles like Helles or Pilsners are very much in vogue.

When Stone Brewing in San Diego, California, brewed a beer with and for the band Metallica last year, some people were quite astonished. About what kind of beer ... Read more ...

Have you tried it?

These combinations please the palate

Two friends at the bar: She talks about her trip to Malaysia. "What did you have for dinner?" - is the first question he asks her. It is no coincidence that we identify with our own culture not only by our clothes, language, music, etc., but also by what and how we eat and drink and when.

Two friends at the bar: She talks about her trip to Malaysia. "What did you have for dinner?" - is the first question he asks her. Not by chance, we identify ourselves ... Read more ...

The long drink grows up

Filler and mixer

Gin & Tonic, Vodka Lemon, Whiskey Cola. Couldn't communication between Barkeeper and guest always be this simple? And yet the long drink has lost some of its casual simplicity in recent years. It's not called that any more either. Today, its excellence is called "Highball".

Beer and wine from sixteen, spirits from eighteen. This is the minimum age for alcoholic beverages. When Barkeeper or journalists talk about alcohol, they like to talk about the last single ... Read more ...

On everyone's lips

To the other end of the world with tiki cocktails

They are on everyone's lips, reminiscent of tropical climates, strings of flowers, palm trees and, most of all, hefty amounts of rum. For some of you, they may have been the first cocktails you drank. The most famous among them is probably the Mai Tai. We are talking about Tiki cocktails.

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Vermouth

A boom in slow motion

At the leisurely pace of an evening at the beach bar, the trend towards refined vermouth is spreading through the Swiss bar scene. New drink concepts and brands are providing a boost.

Recently in Zurich's trendy district 5: It's Saturday night, a new bar is opening, the nightlife crowd meets for free drinks and appetisers in the former bistro of the RiffRaff cinema. The pub ... Read more ...

Law & Justice

Discounts and additions: Not on spirits!

What works for soft drinks, sticks or Cüpli is strictly forbidden for spirits and cocktails. To hold a happy hour legally, the provisions of the Alcohol Act must be observed. Basically, a distinction must be made between ... Read more ...

Variety and quality

The colourful world of syrups

The relationship between liqueurs and syrups can hardly be overlooked. Not only are there a huge number of flavours in liqueurs today, but also in syrups. Thanks to syrups, you get the taste of strawberry, raspberry or melon in your glass, regardless of the season.

Thanks to syrups, you can get the taste of strawberry, raspberry or melon in your glass, regardless of the season. At the same time, flavours such as amaretto, rum or bitter can be used to create classic cocktails without ... Read more ...

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