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Edition 2024/2025

Updated brochure "Bar Beverage Offer" now available

The most comprehensive supplier directory for retail and catering currently lists 2,750 products and 850 brands. The revised 2024/2025 edition can now be ordered free of charge.

Barkeeper, restaurateurs, and beverage retailers can quickly and easily find products, brands, and their manufacturers or general importers in the Bar Beverage catalog 2024/2025 without the need for electronic devices. The Bar Beverage catalog is revised annually ... Continue reading ...

Things to know about IPA

All IPA or what?

How an English beer became an icon of the U.S. craft brewer movement and why it's not called Indian Pale Ale.

Among beer drinkers, people are often loyal to their favorite beer for decades. The curious who dare to look over the glass rim of their habitual bar are usually the first to come up with a fruity-bitter IPA. Continue reading...

Market survey Bar News 2023
Good atmosphere in the restaurant industry

Market survey 2023/24

As in previous years, BAR NEWS has once again taken the pulse of the market among key leaders in the Swiss beverage and spirits industry.

After painting a fairly positive picture last year, this trend has unfortunately not continued. This conclusion can be drawn from the responses of decision-makers from various industry players ... Continue reading ...

Drinks & Knowledge in a nutshell

122 attractive drink recipes in the Bar Mixbooklet

The Bar Mixbooklet has been published. The new edition provides a broad range of basic cocktail knowledge. It includes 122 attractive mix 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.

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 ...

Spiced Flavoured Rum
World of Rum

Spiced / Flavoured Rum

Spiced or flavoured rums are a topic that polarizes the rum world: are flavoured rums just an unloved fad or a welcome addition to the product range? Currently, however, this category is very much in vogue, with flavoured rums and spiced rums standing high in the favor of rum buyers and at the bar.

Spiced rum and flavoured rum are rum variants with additional flavorings. In most cases, the two terms designate two different product categories. However, this is not always true. "Flavoured" can be translated as ... Read more ...

101 best bars Swiss Bar Guide 2023/2024
new edition

The 101 best bars in Switzerland in the Swiss Barguide 2023/24

The 101 best bars in Switzerland are featured in the new edition of the Swiss Barguide 2023/24. This handy booklet provides an overview of the Swiss bar scene and can now be ordered free of charge from the BAR NEWS Shop.

Scene experts, bar professionals, and beverage industry specialists traveled throughout Switzerland for the 11th SWISS BARGUIDE, visiting and evaluating bars again this year. The new booklet... Continue reading...

New beer brewers 2023
Maintaining tradition

Twelve new brewers for Switzerland

Twelve professionals recently received their beer brewing certificates from the Swiss Brewers Association after successfully passing their final apprenticeship exams.

Over the past three years, they have successfully trained as food technologists with a focus on beer, learning the brewing trade from the ground up. Marcel Kreber, director of the Swiss Brewers Association, ... Continue reading ...

Sloe Gin
World of Gin

Sloe Gin

Sloe gin, not deceleration gin! There are a number of myths surrounding sloe gin, which is why it is sometimes used incorrectly at the bar. An approach to a much misunderstood ingredient.

Now they hang ripe again at the edge of the forest and in the hedge. The small fruits of the hawthorn, more reminiscent of oversized blueberries than the small wild plums they ... Read more ...

Paysages Armagnac
Focus topic

Armagnac

Armagnac is a noble French brandy that is often overshadowed by its more famous cousin, Cognac. Nevertheless, Armagnac has a long and fascinating history, a unique production method and a variety of renowned brands.

The history of Armagnac dates back to the 14th century, making it one of the oldest spirits in Europe. The region of Armagnac, located in the southwest of France, about 120 kilometers ... Read more...

Issue 2023/24

New bar beverage offering now available

The current edition of the most comprehensive supplier directory for retail and catering features 2,800 products and 990 brands. Barkeeper, restaurateurs, and beverage retailers can use it to find products, brands, and their manufacturers or general importers quickly, easily, and without electronic aids.

The bar beverage range is revised annually and published in May. The reference work can be ordered free of charge from the BAR NEWS Shop. Beverage and spirits overview The Swiss beverage and spirits overview ... Read more ...

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