Cocktails

In association with Fever-Tree

How to grow a gin garnish garden

05-Jul-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

Whether you’re growing them on the bar for staff to garnish drinks with or in your pub garden for consumers to pick and choose for themselves, a G&T garnish garden is a quirky way to create a bit of atmosphere and theatre.

The pubs that turned red, white and blue for the Fourth of July

05-Jul-2018 By Emily Hawkins

UK pubs joined in with festivities across The Pond for yesterday’s Fourth of July celebration of US independence, offering specially themed food, drink, and music.

Over half of the UK's top cocktail bars are north of London

05-Jun-2018 By MA editorial

More than half of the UK’s top cocktail bars are based outside London, with 26 in the north alone in cities including Newcastle, Aberdeen and Edinburgh, the latest Top 50 Cocktail Bars list shows.

Aperol Spritz drives up Campari’s UK sales

08-May-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

Gruppo Campari’s UK sales have risen significantly, with a chunk of that growth coming from sales of Aperol, the main ingredient in the Aperol Spritz.

Revolution Bars Group announces charity partnership with Shelter

02-May-2018 By Stuart Stone

The operator behind 73 cocktail bars and restaurants, Revolution Bars Group, has announced a partnership with the UK homelessness charity, Shelter.

Big Interview: Be At One's Steve Locke and Andrew Stones

18-Jul-2017 By Claire Churchard

Be At One’s Steve Locke and Andrew Stones reveal how speedy yet great cocktails have been the basis for a business that is still keeping the party going.

Spirits

Our ultimate cocktail guide

18-Aug-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

Spirits and cocktails are a booming category in pubs, so it’s time to get your offer perfected. It’s not all about size either, but rather what’s the right mix for your pub’s customers. Nigel Huddleston and Nicholas Robinson report

Cocktail & Spirits report

Little mix: the comeback of the cocktail

07-Mar-2016 By Joel Harrison

Mixed spirits drinks have been far from on-trend for a few decades. These days, however, the comeback of the cocktail is complete. Joel Harrison reports

Hi-Spirits sambuca hots up

05-Feb-2010 By Robyn Lewis

Adventurous sambuca fans can now tickle their tastebuds with a hot and spicy flavour. Producer Hi-Spirits has added a chilli variant to its Antica...

Hi Spirits to launch sambuca RTDs

15-Oct-2009 By Robyn Lewis

Fizzy sambuca is set to hit UK bars in the form of a new RTD range from distributor Hi Spirits. The company is hoping the launch will capitalise on...

Instant cocktails: Case studies

11-Jun-2009

The Duke of York, Marylebone, LondonBar manager: Tom FarleyServing: Mojito, Piña ColadaNumber of cocktails sold: 80 Mojitos, 64 Piña Coladas in...

Instant cocktails

11-Jun-2009

From deepest Yorkshire comes the story of Pete the Postman. Having celebrated the end of each shift with the same pint of bitter in his local for...

Diageo launches margarita mix

01-Apr-2009

Diageo has added its weight to the pre-mix cocktail market with a new Jose Cuervo margarita product.To make a margarita with the mix, barstaff need...

RTDs: Cocktail hybrids

12-Sep-2008

A developing sub-sector within RTDs is what Steve Perez, the managing director of Vodka Kick (VK) owner Steve Perez refers to as "hybrid...

Mixability: Time to mix it up

13-Nov-2007

Cocktails! Why does that word fill licensees with dread? The answer is quite simply a lack of knowledge, not just of the the art of producing good...

The magic of mixing

31-May-2007

Cocktails are starting to make their way onto pub menus. But many outlets are still uneasy about offering them. Rosie Davenport reports Simply...

Evening: cocktails for party nights

18-Apr-2007

Cocktails are still considered by many to be the domain of the style bar, confined within city centres, to be drunk by the young, cool and trendy.Not...

Rosie Davenport looks at cocktails

18-May-2006

Cocktail credentials: Bianca has been bar manager at Brighton Rocks in Brighton for four years. In that time she has organised several events...

The theatre of cocktails

06-Oct-2005

Simplicity is key when it comes to developing a cocktail menu, and suppliers are offering plenty of help to make it easier for pubs City centre bars...

Cocktails - a potential source of extra profit for pubs

04-Jun-2001

Some licensees are reluctant to experiment with mixing anything more exotic than a gin and tonic - but they could be missing out on an important...