Cocktail

Warm welcome: pubs with gardens are in a perfect position to make the best of sunny weather

Banking on holiday plans

By Sonya Hook

Pubs that plan food and drink options and outdoor events well in advance of the August bank holiday will reap the benefits, reports Sonya Hook.

Extra-special: almost every bartender resembles a Bugsy Malone character

Turn back the boozing clock

By Ben McFarland

The drinking experience of yesteryear is becoming increasingly popular in the capital's bars. Ben McFarland looks at the reasons for this retailing rewind, and adds some ideas of his own.

WInner: Jamie MacDonald is crowned the UK’s best bartender

The UK's best bartender crowned

By Adam Pescod

Jamie MacDonald, of The Raconteur in Edinburgh, has been crowned the UK's best bartender in the UK final of World Class 2011 - the Oscars of the...

Kick Ultra: £1 a shot

Ultra-energetic Kick

By Robyn Black

Global Brands has launched a new concept under its Kick Energy range for those who find energy drinks a bit overpowering.

Volare: 12 new varieties

Volare's flirty dozen

By Robyn Black

A host of new flavours is joining the Volare Cocktail Liqueur range — 12 new varieties will bring the range to 31.

Lorincz: UK's best bartender

Diageo names UK's best bartender

By Lesley Foottit

Diageo's search to find the UK's best bartender has ended with Erik Lorincz of the Connaught Hotel in London being named the winner. Lorincz and 13...

Sauza: launching cocktail shaker

Sauza to push Margaritas

By Sonya Hook

A Sauza-branded cocktail shaker has been designed for bars that wish to boost sales of Margaritas this summer. The Sauza Margarita Shaker, an...

Fluid Movement: first venue

Fluid Movement buys first bar

By Gemma McKenna

Fledgling bar operator Fluid Movement has bought its first site — the firm also operates a bar consultancy service. Fluid Movement is aiming to be...

All together now...

All together now...

I'd like to have lived in a Manns world. An innocent, charming world where moustaches, monocles and manners madeth the man; where men kept a snuffbox...

All things drink!

All things drink!

In the year when we celebrate the bicentenary of the cocktail, Bar.06 makes no excuses for concentrating wholeheartedly on the glorious art of drinks...

The London eye

The London eye

It's not just beer that dominates in Belgian pubs, men also seem to have the upper hand Swapping the grey skies of London for the even greyer and...

Thirst service

Thirst service

Ben McFarland looks at ways to improve your spirits status.Lack of consistency and varying quality is a problem that afflicts all alcoholic drink...

Mixing it up

Mixing it up

For pubs that don't have time to turn their barperson into Tom Cruise, there are several ready-to-mix cocktails now on the market. By Ben...

Top tips on upselling wine and spirits

Top tips on upselling wine and spirits

Upselling is not about being greedy, but a way of offering your customers the best products. In my travels around bars I regularly choose one drink and use that as one benchmark for a bartender's ability.