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SWISS COCKTAIL OPEN 2021

These are the cocktail recipes of the six finalists

24 Barkeeper mixed for the title of "Best Cocktail in Switzerland 2021" at the first SWISS COCKTAIL OPEN. But only those drinks that convinced both with their inner and outer values made it to the second round: the grand final.

A drink that deserves the title "best cocktail in Switzerland 2021" must already attract the attention of the guest with an appealing appearance. And even before the lips have ... Read more ...

The success story of gin

Interview with Jürgen Deibel

BAR NEWS wanted to find out from a spirits expert how he experienced the rise of gin and how the history of gin will continue to be written from his point of view. We asked our BAR NEWS spirits expert Jürgen Deibel about this.

Bars that now offer a selection of over 50 gins are not uncommon. In recent years, we on the editorial board have received a sample of a new gin almost weekly, which ... Read more...

Classic Cocktails

The Adonis Cocktail

Cocktails with a lower alcohol content, also known as Low-ABV cocktails, are increasingly becoming an integral part of a drinks menu. In bars, but also in restaurants, such cocktails have become indispensable.

People today drink less or no alcohol at all for a variety of reasons. Be it personal and professional reasons: The drinking culture is undoubtedly changing. People nowadays drink just as consciously as ... Read more...

A look into the beer glass

India Pale Ale

Most people probably still remember their first sip of IPA - and for many, the intense bitterness will have shown in their facial muscles. Today, however, people have become accustomed to more bitterness in beer. The IPA is no longer missing from any beer menu.

Does it have to be like this? This, if I remember correctly, was my exact reaction to the Punk IPA from Brewdog that I had in front of me 10 years ago. At that time ... Read more ...

Beer and whisky

More Swissness thanks to Swiss malt

The little malting barley that is grown in Switzerland has to be taken abroad for malting. Or rather "had to", because there are now some smaller and soon there will even be some larger malting plants in Switzerland.

It takes four ingredients to make beer. But apart from malt, hops and yeast, water is usually the only really local thing about beer. But even though water is the biggest ... Read more...

Edition 2021/22

New Bar Beverage offer now available

The 2021/2022 edition of the most comprehensive supplier directory for trade and gastronomy contains over 2,250 products and 800 brands. Barkeeper , restaurateurs and beverage distributors will find products, brands and their manufacturers and general importers.

In the most comprehensive supplier directory for trade and gastronomy, over 2,250 products and 800 brands are represented in the current edition. Barkeeper , restaurateurs and beverage distributors can find what they are looking for quickly, easily and without electronic ... Read more ...

CounterTip

Squeezed? No Citrus

"If someone gives you lemons, make a gin and tonic out of them. I have been asking myself more and more recently whether this is still in keeping with the times, i.e. I have also been looking into the issue of sustainability.

As co-owner and manager of a bar, I see it as my responsibility to consider how to work more ecologically in the bar landscape. Not an easy task when you consider the international product range ... Read more...

Thanks to Bitter, a little less bitter....

Apéro Trends Switzerland 2021

The start of the Swiss aperitif season 2021 is later than usual due to Corona. Until that time comes, you have to put off having an aperitif in private or outside in the fresh air, travelling in your mind to the past "new normality" of summer 2020 or even to the "Before Times"...

End of March 2021. After a long, seemingly endless winter, spring has finally arrived. Gone are the days of putting on a pot of mulled wine in the confines ... Read more ...

A look into the beer glass

Beer styles under the magnifying glass: Amber beers

Whether brewery or bar, an amber beer is part of the standard range for many. But is there more to say about this beer category, which is very common in Switzerland? than that its amber colour makes it probably the most visually beautiful beer in the world?

Beer styles can help you find your way around the ever-expanding universe of beers. But while spirits usually have clearly defined categories, the legal terms for beer tend to be more useful in everyday bar ... Read more...

Sonia Petignat-Keller, Agroscope

Gin Aromarad

BAR NEWS wanted to find out more about the new gin aroma wheel from Sonia Petignat-Keller. As the long-standing head of the Product Quality and Innovation Research Group at Agroscope, she was able to follow the rapid development of the local gin market from a special perspective.

Interview: Ruedi Zotter 15 years ago, could you have imagined that gin would be produced in Switzerland?Sonia Petignat-Keller: With the variety of native, wild-growing botanicals, it's actually amazing ... Read more ...

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