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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...

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 ...

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