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"Overserving"

The term "overserving" means serving someone with alcoholic beverages even though he or she has already had enough.

There are no regulations on this topic at national level. However, most cantons have issued regulations on serving alcoholic beverages to intoxicated persons. Although the cantonal regulations are ... Read more ...

The 101 best bars in Switzerland in the handy booklet of the Swiss Barguide.
101 Best Swiss Bars

The 101 best bars in Switzerland in the Swiss Barguide 2021/22

The 101 best bars in Switzerland are represented in the new edition of the Swiss Barguide 2021/22. The handy bar booklet provides an overview of the Swiss bar landscape and can be ordered now free of charge in the BAR NEWS Shop.

The 101 best bars in Switzerland are clearly arranged by region in the recently published Swiss Barguide 2021/22. The most important information such as opening hours, specialities etc. is listed for each bar. The booklet ... Read more ...

Tequila & Mezcal

The rise of agave distillates

While the image of tequila has changed a lot in the last decade, mezcal has only recently emerged from the shadow of its successful younger brother. But how did the Mexican national spirits in particular manage to establish themselves around the globe?

Tequila and mezcal. This is Mexico in liquid form, bottled at a high percentage, unmistakably aromatic. There is hardly an established category of spirits that is not produced on every continent today. Gin, brandy, ... Read more ...

Single malts from Islay, Skye and Co.

Scotland's Whisky Islands

When people talk about Scottish island whiskies, the first image they often have in mind is the island of Islay with its often heavily peated single malts. But Scotland's islands have more to offer and on many islands off the coast of Scotland, excellent whiskies are distilled today with great passion and in some cases a very long tradition.

Orkney, Skye, Mull, Jura or Arran are well-known destinations for lovers of these island malts. And new destinations are being added. Let's take a voyage of discovery to the whiskies of the Scottish islands... Scotland is ... Read more...

Terroir Lac Léman

The stronghold of the Chasselas

Vaud is great cinema for the wine world. Here on the shores of Lake Geneva, uninfluenced by the outside world, a traditional wine culture flourishes, centred on the Chasselas grape.

Vaud is probably the most beautiful wine region in Switzerland. The interplay between Lake Geneva, the Alps, steep vineyards and, above all, a vastness that is unusual for Switzerland and which, depending on the ... Read more ...

CounterTip

Cheap labour or expensive professionals?

Gastronomy is on the upswing again. No matter where you go as a guest, you are welcomed and served by happy faces. The employees are happy that they can finally do their job again and the managers are happy that they finally have turnover in their coffers again.

At the moment, I am increasingly being asked by other managers if I know and can recommend someone who is looking for a job in gastronomy. Often I even know a ... Read more ...

Classic Cocktails

Canchánchara

Mojito, pina colada and caipis have dominated summer cocktail menus for many years and although all can be incredibly great cocktails when prepared correctly, some bar mates roll their eyes at the weekend when the orders just won't let up.

The canchánchara has been in the shadows for a long time. Hardly anything fits better on a warm summer night than a refreshingly fruity cocktail like a canchánchara. Here in this issue, I try to ... Read more ...

Cocktails with less alcohol

Low-ABV-Cocktails

Conscious living is in vogue, but you still might not want to give up alcohol completely. The page with Low-ABV drinks provides a compromise on the bar menu. But how do you actually define this drink category and how much alcohol can a Low-ABV cocktail take?

Non-alcoholic cocktails belong on every modern cocktail menu. But it can also make sense to offer customers a selection of cocktails with a reduced alcohol content. Not only because whoever ... Read more ...

The drink of the summer 2021?

What is actually Hard Seltzer

Once the exit from the crisis has been achieved, the exit after the crisis will also return. And so it is only a matter of time before we attribute cans, waves and trends and developments from abroad with other things again. With White Claw for example...

What do Bostitch, iPhone, Netflix and Tipp-Ex have in common? All these brands have managed to be used as category-defining terms. Also White Claw, the most famous Hard Seltzer on ... Read more...

Best Non-Alcoholic Cocktails 2021

Finalist Drinks 10th Swiss Nullpromille Trophy

The growing interest in drinks that are non-alcoholic, but nevertheless inspiring, is due on the one hand to the growing demand on the part of customers, and on the other hand to the quality of the drinks served. The fact that non-alcoholic cocktails are getting better and better was proven not least by the finalist drinks of the 10th Swiss Nullpromille Trophy.

Nine of the twelve qualified Barkeeper, who had created the best of the more than 50 recipes submitted, were on the mat on Monday morning, 21 June 2021. A time when otherwise ... Read more...

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