Month: May 2023

Issue 2023/24

New bar beverage offering now available

The current edition of the most comprehensive supplier directory for retail and catering features 2,800 products and 990 brands. Barkeeper, restaurateurs, and beverage retailers can use it to find products, brands, and their manufacturers or general importers quickly, easily, and without electronic aids.

The bar beverage range is revised annually and published in May. The reference work can be ordered free of charge from the BAR NEWS Shop. Beverage and spirits overview The Swiss beverage and spirits overview ... Read more ...

Bartender International

Knud Scheibelt, Schwarz Weiss Bar, Stuttgart

I am originally from Mainz. After school, I started an apprenticeship in the hospitality industry in Freiburg, and after my studies and military service, I worked as a waitress in a business hotel in Mainz. At some point, my supervisor approached me and said, "Follow me to the bar, please." He told me that Andrea, the bartender, had just quit and so he showed me where to find the syrups, juices, spirits and all the recipes.

It was in 2001: "Have fun, you are now our Barkeeper!" I tried to do the job as good as I could, but of course I didn't use jiggers or pourers, ... Read more ...

Züri Wind #awesome

A new wind is blowing

Züri Wind is a new, refreshing peppermint liqueur with an alcohol content of 16 percent. It was developed by Jo Metzger together with friends and launched last spring.

Züri Wind is ideal for enjoying according to the motto "easy to shot & drink" as a shot, as a long drink with Sprite, or as a "Schlumpf Spritzz" with Prosecco and a dash of mineral water. ... Read more ...

Zero'si

Sparkling enjoyment without regret

The name says it all: Zero'si is a non-alcoholic sparkling wine available in blanc and rosé. It is a sparkling treat for adults, a lively highlight for business aperitifs, a refreshing accompaniment for tête-à-têtes, and even a nightcap without the hangover – one for the road.

Zero'si Rosé harmoniously combines light berry aromas with refreshing acidity. Zero'si Blanc is characterized by intense fruity aromas accompanied by fine bubbles and refreshing acidity. Rimuss & Strada wine ... Read more ...

Let's twist again

An Andalusian summer hit!

The ready-to-drink aperitif is hitting the market just in time for the coming season. The Andalusian "Sprizz" with a British touch and low alcohol content (5.5% ABV).

This new product is lively, fresh, light, and not too sweet. Croft Twist is extremely easy to serve: fill a tumbler glass with ice, slowly pour in chilled Croft Twist, ... Continue reading ...

Monin Le Fruit Jabuticaba

Now it's getting fruity

Jabuticaba, or tree cherry, is a fruit native to southeastern Brazil. It has an incredibly aromatic complexity with slightly woody notes.

Monin has conjured it up in a bottle. Le Fruit Jabuticaba is aimed at all innovative and creative bartenders. This fruit creation can be used to make wonderful summer signature drinks with an original and ... Read more ...

Port Charlotte Islay Barley 2014

Barrel management for aroma profile

The new bottling of Port Charlotte Islay Barley was distilled in 2014.

A total of eight Bruichladdich contract farms grow their barley under the harsh conditions on the island of Islay for this vision: single malt whisky whose origins you can taste from start to finish ... Continue reading ...

Hendrick's Flora Adora Gin

Liquid bouquet of flowers

Flora Adora is the latest creation from Hendrick's master distiller Lesley Gracie. This floral gin is a limited edition for the next two years and is already available in Switzerland.

Flora Adora, with its typical eleven dried Hendrick's botanicals, tastes of juniper, coriander, angelica, citrus, green tea notes, yarrow, and orris root, with rose coming through only in the finish. Dettling & Marmot AG, ... Continue reading ...

Schüga Session Lager

Schützengarten Brewery launches new beer

Just in time for the start of the warm and beer-filled season, Switzerland's oldest brewery has created a new beer: Schüga Session Lager.

The new beer has several special features: it is bottled in a handy 0.33-liter can and has only 3.8 percent alcohol while still offering a full flavor. The design of the can is appealing ... Continue reading ...

Aperitif beer

Switzerland's first ginger cola beer launched

Ginger Cola is the new light and refreshing aperitif beer from the Locher brewery. It is the first Swiss beer of this flavor. The typical cola taste, the spiciness of ginger, and the freshness of the beer make Appenzeller Ginger Cola unique.

The aperitif drink is served ice-cold or on ice, preferably in a wine glass. The low-alcohol lifestyle drink is now available in 33 cl disposable bottles or cans in retail stores and restaurants. ... Read more ...

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