The Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association hosted the first-ever nationwide cocktail competition using “honkaku” (authentic) shochu and awamori, which represent Japan’s national alcoholic spirits, on October 17, 2018, at Asakusa View Hotel in Tokyo. A total of 20…
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Australia’s Orlando Marzo crowned World’s Best Bartender
Orlando Marzo, from Melbourne’s acclaimed Lûmé restaurant, has been named the world’s best bartender by the biggest bartending competition on the planet, WORLD CLASS Global Bartender of the Year 2018. Orlando beat over 10,000 bartenders from every…
World Class: Top three cocktail trends for 2019
As the 2018 WORLD CLASS Bartender of the Year competition prepares to conclude in Berlin with a final test for the top four contenders and a glamorous awards ceremony on Monday evening, the global drink…
Sean “Diddy” Combs and CÎROC create signature cocktails with Black Raspberry
Sean “Diddy” Combs and the Makers of CÎROC Ultra-Premium Vodka have unveiled CÎROC Black Raspberry, the newest addition to the successful liquid portfolio, and will only be available for a limited time. The rich tasting spirit…
#Tastemakers: Curing the mundane with Hendrick’s Gin Global Ambassador Ally Martin
“I’ve had some of the best Flora Dora’s in the world in Kenya!” Ally Martin, Hendrick’s Gin Global Ambassador, shared while raising his glass to a packed house of some of Nairobi’s most influential opinion…
Here are your 7 Kenyan Finalists for the world’s biggest cocktail competition
World Class is the world’s biggest and most reputable cocktail competition and is the ultimate test of bartending skill. At every stage of the competition bartenders create cutting-edge cocktails, make great contacts, and face amazing new…
Nairobi Cocktail Week: Raise your glass, celebrate the art of mixology
Attention drinkers: Nairobians will soon have an unique opportunity to celebrate both the craft and art form that is mixology. Set to take place from the 29th of August to 7th of September, the inaugural…
BACARDI ‘brought the beach down’ for New Year’s party
BACARDI threw the biggest party to end 2013 at Forty Thieves, Diani Beach. The end of year party went down at the Sandy South Coast showcasing world famous platinum selling UK Deejays, Ministry of Sound…
Carnivore launches the Dawa Bar
We have the Carnivore to thank for that Swahili phrase that bartenders throw at patrons: “Dawa yako ni gani?” Loosely translated, that has been known to mean; what’s your poison? The head honcho of bartenders…
Harry’s Bar marks 100yrs of cocktails in Paris
Favourite of Ernest Hemingway, birthplace of the Bloody Mary, haunt of generations of expat Americans in Paris — there are few watering holes that can boast the legacy of Harry’s New York Bar. And as…