Muddled by Mojitos? Bewildered by Bellinis? Confused by Cosmopolitans? Many pubs find cocktails daunting, but significant numbers are discovering an...
Jon, Mark and Robbo (JMR). Those names may ring a bell. If you've been keeping an eye on spirits innovation over the last five years or so, you might...
As revealed earlier this month the five pubs taking part in The Publican Cocktail Challenge in association with Volare cocktail liqueurs and the Bar...
BaileysBaileys is to Christmas what Pimm's is to summer: the undisputed king of the season. In summer Pimm's can so often be the drink of choice for...
As announced earlier in the summer, The Publican has teamed up with flavoured cocktail liqueur range Volare and the Bar Academy to see if pubs really...
Thanks to those good people of Courvoisier I've been recently able to experience how the stuff of Napoleon gets made - and in its own backyard. True,...
The owners of Scotland's top-selling malt whisky have denied claims that this summer's controversial brand relaunch aims to shed traditional Scottish...
Do you think the trade lacks knowledge about cognac? How can awareness be raised?There is certainly a lack of knowledge about cognac. People find it...
Licensees and bartenders have been given the chance to access a free database of cocktail recipes and training through their iPods.Ashley Carpenter,...
Liqueur brand Bols has launched a purpose-built bartending academy in its home city of Amsterdam.The Bols Bartender Academy is housed in the House of...
Whyte and Mackay has launched a range of super premium whiskies that it hopes will create a "halo effect" around the brand in the on-trade.While the...
For the last couple of years a lot has been written in these pages and a lot has been said in training courses across the country about the potential...
Barstaff don't need the flair of Tom Cruise in that blockbuster study of the drinks industry Cocktail to profit from mixing drinks. At least that is...
With May marking the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, Maxxium UK's French liqueur Cointreau is celebrating its long-running partnership...
When getting a pub up to scratch, making sure you and your staff are at the top of your game has to be a priority.That's why so many of the category...
Asda is trialling a Challenge-25 scheme at 10 stores in Scotland and has called on its off-trade rivals to follow suit. The supermarket giant already...
The recent decline of spirits continues to be big news, yet there are some categories that have bucked the trend. It seems that, where vodka, gin and...
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...
Next month JD Wetherspoon is to launch a new cocktail range to capitalise on the growing popularity of speciality spirits such as sambuca.So far the...
What exactly is your role in the gin production process?Running a still is literally like watching a kettle boil every day, but the key areas are the...
How would you assess the performance of Beam Brands in the UK since its formation a year ago?It is rare in your career to get hold of a portfolio of...
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