Month: September 2022

The fruit in focus

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 ...

First class cola mixer

Fever-Tree Distillers Cola

With Distillers Cola, Fever-Tree presents a premium filler for cocktail classics with a base of barrel-aged distillates.

BAR NEWSSeptember 29, 2022

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

Curtain up for the new bar

Hermitage Bar, Lucerne

The Hermitage in Lucerne is located in a magical place. Directly on Lake Lucerne and with a wide view of the mountains.

BAR NEWSSeptember 24, 2022

In the 4-star superior hotel, guests enjoy a unique lifestyle and plenty of comfort. Since this year, the hotel shines in new splendor. In collaboration with the Swiss architectural 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

The Saint James Vieux comes in the future in a new bottle and a new design. Thus, he joins the uniform image of the Old Rhums Range. With the new appearance, ... Read more ...

10 years 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 most popular cocktail in the world.

BAR NEWSSeptember 21, 2022

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

For the first time in French-speaking Switzerland

Morand cocktail workshop at Crapule Club

With the successful event series, the Valais distillery has been putting distillates made from Williams pears and Luizet apricots into the cocktail shakers of professional bartenders for years. After being held in Lucerne, Bern, Zurich and Basel, the Morand Cocktail Workshop now took place in French-speaking Switzerland for the first time.

BAR NEWSJuly 7, 2023September 21, 2022

Distillerie Morand is famous for its Williamine and its Abricotine. Two AOP noble brandies from the sunny room of Switzerland, the Valais. As a digestif, with or in coffee, one encounters in many places ... Read more ...

Quid bibis?

Exceptional gins

Years after the start of the gin boom, are new gins still triggering enthusiasm or has disillusionment already set in? It depends on the gin, because thanks to the increased willingness to pay for the clear juniper distillate, there are more and more exceptional gins to be discovered that are made with high-quality ingredients.

BAR NEWSSeptember 27, 2022September 20, 2022

Have you heard of this gin?" It's a question that gets asked oh so often, by guests, girlfriends, bartenders, brand ambassadors and supervisors, and there's usually only one answer: "No." ... Read more ...

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 decide on advancement in the category Barkeeper of the year and victory in the category Best Barkeeper Talent.

BAR NEWSSeptember 23, 2022September 19, 2022

While the Award Night, the highlight of the SWISS BAR AWARDS, has now taken place for years and without Corona-related interruption at the event location Chicago 1928, the same cannot be said about the qualification ... Read more ...

20. SWISS BAR AWARDS

This is the shortlist 2022

Five Barkeeper, three up-and-coming talents, nine bars, three bar teams and three bar menues are still in the running for the eight awards, which will be presented on October 23, 2022, on the occasion of the Award Night of the 20th SWISS BAR AWARDS.

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 big anniversary award night in Baden. The following Barkeeper and bars have made it to ... Read more ...

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 ...