Fords Gin is helping to spread Christmas cheer across London with its newly launched Festive Cocktail Challenge seeking out the best ’12 Cocktails of Christmas’, giving top bars the opportunity to showcase uniquely crafted drinks and win a one-off trip … Continue reading
Following a nail-biting last round, London’s biggest gin competition – THE GRAPHIC GIN OFF 2016 – is back on the 18th of July at Graphic Bar in Golden Square. Round 4 will see three gin brands, Boodles, Tarquins, and Sipsmith … Continue reading
Beefeater Gin has launched its sixth annual cocktail contest to discover the most creative and skilled bartenders from across the globe. In a new twist on the format, Beefeater MIXLDN 6, the largest international gin cocktail competition, will challenge contestants … Continue reading
Welcome news just in – The Beaufort Bar at The Savoy has appointed a new head bartender in the shape of Kyle Wilkinson who has taken over from previous Head Bartender Chris Moore. Having honed his skills at the likes … Continue reading
No we’re not being sexist or patronising, the big news is that Beefeater, London’s very own gin, has announced Evelyn Chick from Harbor Room bar in Toronto, Canada is the winner of the 2015 Beefeater MIXLDN Cocktail Competition. In fact … Continue reading
Beefeater has announced that Joe Schofield from The American Bar and The Beaufort Bar at The Savoy has been crowned as the national champion of the UK 2015 Beefeater MIXLDN Cocktail Competition. Battling fierce competition from over 12 contenders, Schofield … Continue reading
Beefeater Gin, London’s very own gin, is calling on the world’s top bartenders to compete in the Beefeater MIXLDN Global Bartender Cocktail Competition. The 2015 contest invites entrants to create a gin cocktail that best encapsulates the spirit of London … Continue reading
Edinburgh’s top bartending talent was on show at last week’s inaugural Pickering’s Gin cocktail competition. Eight finalists took part – from Clouds and Soil, Bon Vivant, Spitfire, Juniper, Voodoo Rooms, Lioness of Leith and the Whisky Rooms – and the standard … Continue reading
This April sees the launch of the first ever Pickering’s Gin Cocktail Competition and on 15th April, a select number of highly skilled bartenders will convene at Clouds and Soil on Picardy Place in Edinburgh to see how Pickering’s Gin … Continue reading
Bombay Sapphire gin is pleased to announce that entries are now open for the 2015 Bombay Sapphire World’s Most Imaginative Bartender competition. Now in its fourth year, the competition challenges bartenders to create original and unpanelled cocktails and this year … Continue reading
Well done Brandon Phillips of Chicago who won out against 30 finalists from around the world with his ‘Hackney Handshake’ cocktail at last night’s grand final of the prestigious Beefeater MIXLDN Cocktail Competition in London. Phillips impressed the panel of judges … Continue reading
It’s going to be a big week for thirty of the world’s best bartenders as on 12th-14th January 2015 Beefeater Gin, the only historic dry gin still distilled in London, will determine the next BEEFEATER MIXLDN Global Bartender Champion. This … Continue reading
Last year BBFB’s seminars at the Home of Cocktail Culture was a highlight of London Cocktail Week and this year they’re back even bigger and better rolling out a series of seminars, cocktail competitions and activities aimed to inspire and … Continue reading
Wow, here’s something new. Beefeater Gin, the only historic dry gin still distilled in London, is embracing its roots with a unique and exciting global bartender competition that mixes the best of modern cultural London, to challenge and inspire the … Continue reading
Geraldine Coates shares her experience of judging at one of world’s most adventurous cocktail competitions. Now that the dust has settled on the third and surely most spectacular Global Final of Bombay Sapphire’s World’s Most Imaginative Bartender contest it’s time … Continue reading
From June 8-13 fourteen of the world’s most creative bartenders will congregate in London for the internationally recognised Global Final of its World’s Most Imaginative Bartender competition. Since the inaugural competition in 2011, the program has witnessed exponential growth in … Continue reading
James Fowler from the Larder House Bar in Bournemouth, has been crowned the World Class UK Bartender Of The Year 2014, following a landmark week of intense competition. He was announced the winner on board British Airways flight BA26 from … Continue reading
Here’s where we’ll be heading next week – a gin-inspired pop-up open from 19th – 24th May at the very amazing Callooh Callay in London. Bombay Sapphire’s Imaginarium is a place of inspiration and imagination where everyday cocktails are transformed … Continue reading
Richard Woods of Duck and Waffle has been crowned as the UK & Ireland winner of the Bombay Sapphire World’s Most Imaginative Bartender competition, which challenges the best burgeoning talents in bartending to create world class and imaginative cocktails. The UK & Ireland … Continue reading
At the very splendid finale in London last week Jason Williams of “The Rook” bar in Sydney, Australia, was announced the overall winner of the third annual Beefeater 24 Global Bartender Competition. Williams wins an all-expenses trip to one of … Continue reading
