Month: September 2022

Focus on the fruit

Eaux-de-Vie in shaker and mixing glass

Cocktails with fruit brandies are by no means a new discovery, but rather a rediscovery behind the bar. But when it comes to mixing with eau-de-vie, it's not enough to fall back on the old well known formulas.

Kaspar KellerSeptember 30, 2022

There is no more elegant way to integrate the flavors of fruit into a cocktail than with eaux-de-vie. But watch out! It is not enough to simply add the base spirit such as whiskey, gin, ... Read more ...

Premium cola mixer

Fever-Tree Distillers Cola

With Distillers Cola, Fever-Tree presents a premium mixer for classic cocktails with a base of barrel-aged distillates.

BAR NEWSSeptember 29, 2022

Just as Fever-Tree Tonic Water revolutionized gin and Ginger Beer vodka Ginger Beer example, by using only the highest quality ingredients, Fever-Tree Distillers Cola is the premium mixer for ... Continue reading ...

Curtains up for the new bar

Hermitage Bar, Lucerne

The Hermitage in Lucerne is located in a magical place. Right on Lake Lucerne, with sweeping views of the mountains.

BAR NEWSSeptember 24, 2022

Guests enjoy a unique lifestyle and every comfort at this 4-star superior hotel. The hotel has been shining in new splendor since this year. In collaboration with Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron ... Read more ...

New design, same taste

Saint James VO

Saint James Vieux becomes Saint James VO Vieux Agricole. Its taste and premium quality remain unchanged.

BAR NEWSSeptember 23, 2022

Saint James Vieux will soon be available in a new bottle with a new design. This brings it into line with the rest of the Old Rhums range. With its new look, it joins ... Continue reading ...

10 years of Campari Negroni Week

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Campari Negroni Week. With over 100 years of history, the Negroni cocktail is more popular than ever and has been named the world's favorite cocktail.

BAR NEWSSeptember 21, 2022

The Negroni is a bitter and initially challenging aperitif that signals the transition from work to pleasure, stimulates the appetite, and awakens a passion for change. Since its invention in ... Continue reading ...

For the first time in French-speaking Switzerland

Morand cocktail workshop at the Crapule Club

With its successful series of events, the Valais distillery has been bringing distillates made from Williams pears and Luizet apricots to the cocktail shakers of professional bartenders for years. After events in Lucerne, Bern, Zurich, and Basel, the Morand cocktail workshop took place in French-speaking Switzerland for the first time.

BAR NEWSJuly 7, 2023September 21, 2022

The Morand distillery is famous for its Williamine and Abricotine, two AOP fine spirits from Switzerland's sunniest region, Valais. Served as a digestif, with coffee, or in coffee, they are found in many places... Read more...

What would you like to drink?

Exceptional gins

Are new gins still generating excitement years after the start of the gin boom, or has disillusionment already set in? It depends on the gin, because thanks to consumers' increased willingness to pay for the clear juniper distillate, there are more and more exceptional gins to discover that are made with high-quality ingredients.

BAR NEWSSeptember 27, 2022September 20, 2022

Have you tried this gin yet? It's a question I get asked all the time by guests, friends, bartenders, brand ambassadors, and bosses, and there's usually only one answer: "No." ... Continue reading ...

SWISS BAR AWARDS 2022

Qualification in Effretikon

Fourteen candidates traveled to Effretikon on Monday, August 29, 2022, to face the challenges: the tests that would determine who would advance in the Barkeeper the Year category and who would win in the Best Barkeeper category.

BAR NEWSSeptember 23, 2022September 19, 2022

While the Award Night, the highlight of the SWISS BAR AWARDS, has been held at the Chicago 1928 event location for years without any interruptions due to COVID-19, the same cannot be said for the qualification round... Continue reading...

20th SWISS BAR AWARDS

This is the 2022 shortlist

Five Barkeeper, three young talents, nine bars, three bar teams, and three bar menus are still in the running for the eight awards that will be presented on October 23, 2022, at the 20th SWISS BAR AWARDS Award Night.

BAR NEWSSeptember 27, 2022September 12, 2022

The winners of this year's SWISS BAR AWARDS will be announced on Sunday, October 23, 2022, at the grand anniversary award night in Baden. The following Barkeeper bars have made it onto the shortlist... Continue reading...

Fir brandy

Bligg and the firs

Bligg is one of the most important music artists in Switzerland. His songs and albums are milestones of local music creation. Hits like "Rosalie", "Manhattan", "Chef", "Legändä & Heldä", "Us Mänsch" and "B.L.I. doppel G" are known in this country by everyone from young to old.

Ruedi ZotterSeptember 5, 2022

Hardly any other artist has shaped and influenced the domestic creative scene and the Swiss music market in the last 15 years as much as the Zurich dialect artist. His record is remarkable: several No. 1 albums ... Read more ...