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Cocktail recipes and knowledge

122 drink recipes in the new Bar Mixbooklet 2025

The Bar Mixbooklet 2025 has been published. The new edition provides a broad basic knowledge of cocktails and contains 122 attractive mix recipes for classic drinks as well as trendy and non-alcoholic drinks. The booklet can now be ordered free of charge from the BAR NEWS Shop.

The new edition of the handy Bar Mixbooklet provides a lot of basic knowledge, for example how to mix drinks with and without alcohol and what to look out for in order to prepare good cocktails... Read more...

Swiss Cocktail Open

Flurin Kopp mixes the best cocktail in Switzerland 2024 with "Gipfelstürmer"

24 finalists competed live in front of an audience in Zurich on May 6 for the title of "Best Cocktail in Switzerland 2024". 33-year-old Flurin Kopp from the Tipsy Tiger in Zurich impressed the jury with his creative cocktail creation and contemporary sustainability.

At the Swiss Cocktail Open, the largest cocktail competition in Switzerland, 24 bartenders and Barkeeper competed against each other on Monday afternoon, May 6, at Chicago 1928 in Zurich Oerlikon. They had ... Read more ...

The best non-alcoholic cocktails in Switzerland 2024

Finalist drinks 13th Swiss Nullpromille Trophy

At the final of the 13th Swiss Nullpromille Trophy at soho Basel, there was a lot of shaking and stirring for the best non-alcoholic cocktail.

These are the recipes from Barkeeper, who presented their non-alcoholic cocktail creations at the final of the 13th Swiss Nullpromille Trophy on February 5, 2024. Sleepy Martini [1st place category "Fancy Drink"] ... Read more ...

SWISS BAR AWARDS 2023

Finalists cocktails

At the 21st SWISS BAR AWARDS, the three finalists "Barkeeper of the year 2023" each presented two of their own creations - a short drink and a long drink.

These are the recipes of the finalists "Barkeeper of the year 2023", who presented their cocktail creations at the Award Night on October 25, 2023. William Loves Gipfeli (short drink) Mirco Giumelli, ... Read more ...

Drinks & Knowledge compact

122 attractive drink recipes at Bar Mixbooklet 2024

The Bar Mixbooklet 2024 has been published. The new edition provides a broad range of basic cocktail knowledge. It includes 122 attractive mix recipes for classic drinks as well as trendy and non-alcoholic drinks. The booklet can now be ordered free of charge from the BAR NEWS store.

The new edition of the handy Bar Mixbooklet provides a lot of basic knowledge, for example how to mix drinks with and without alcohol and what to look out for in order to prepare good cocktails... Read more...

Sloe Gin
World of Gin

Sloe Gin

Sloe gin, not deceleration gin! There are a number of myths surrounding sloe gin, which is why it is sometimes used incorrectly at the bar. An approach to a much misunderstood ingredient.

Now they hang ripe again at the edge of the forest and in the hedge. The small fruits of the hawthorn, more reminiscent of oversized blueberries than the small wild plums they ... Read more ...

Diageo Competition Final

Winner Germany / Switzerland / Austria

The joint national final took place in Hamburg on June 5 and 6. In the final, the 10 participants had to master a total of five challenges.

The jury was composed of four international bar professionals. They included Tess Posthumus from the "Flying Dutchman" in Amsterdam, Gregory J. Buda from the "Bisou Bisou" in Montréal, Alicja Bączyk ... Read more ...

Cocktail Event

Morand Cocktail Workshop at Südbar St. Gallen

As part of the successful event series, the Valais distillery brings distillates from Wiliams pears and Luizet apricots into the cocktail shakers of professional bar people. After being held in Lucerne, Bern, Basel and Fribourg, the Morand Cocktail Workshop took place in St. Gallen in June 2023.

The Distillerie Morand is known for its Williamine and its Abricotine, two AOP noble brandies from the Valais. As a digestif, with or in coffee, one encounters these specialties in many places - and ... Read more ...

Made in GSA Competition 2023

Pia Köfler wins with "Apple Shot

It was a high-class final in the Tyrolean capital. The ten bar professionals who qualified for the final showed absolute class at the bar and in the drink in the bar of the Stage 12 Hotel. In the end, one of them came out on top: Pia Köfler brings the Made in GSA Competition 2023 to Switzerland with her "Apple Shot".

The backdrop in the bar of the Stage 12 Hotel presented itself as a combination of majestic Alps and stately summer rain. It was a portent of a brilliant finale, with which ... Read more...

5th Humbel's Stork Trophy

Winner Vladimir Reichert, Bar Lupo, Zurich

He created the best cocktail named "Alexandra" with the newly launched XAW eXtra Apple Brandy X Juniper. The 2nd place is earned by Hendryk Schimansky from Hotel & Restaurant Forsthaus Damerow, Koserow, Germany and the 3rd place goes to Lenz Dentinger from Campari Bar in Basel.

The winner Wladimir Reichert convinced the jury with his drink "Alexandra" and prevailed against eleven other bar professionals. Thus, he not only won the challenge cup, Humbel's Stork Trophy, but ... Read more ...

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