News
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G’Vine GCP Finalists & Challenges Announced
In just over 2 weeks’ time 15 bartenders from across the world will be descending [...] -
Spirited Awards 2013 Top Ten Finalists Announced
Congratulations to all the finalists, especially of course to our UK-based friends and colleagues. [...] -
BarLife Cricket Team Back for Second Season
After a tricky first season the industry cricket team sponsored by El Dorado Rum known [...] -
Café Pacifico Sydney Closing
News has reached BarLifeUK that after 15 years one of Sydney’s most iconic bars, Café [...] -
Introducing Barlife Magazine
The new, monthly drinks magazine for iPad, from the makers of BarLifeUK.com [...] - More from News
Competitions
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G’Vine GCP Finalists & Challenges Announced
In just over 2 weeks’ time 15 bartenders from across the world will be descending [...] -
Buffalo Trace Barrel Aged Competition Results
Buffalo Trace invited a group of bartenders to create unique Barrel Aged Cocktails which extolled [...] -
Crystal Head Vodka Cocktail Competition Results
Want to get bartenders excited? Tell them they can enter a competition to win hospitality [...] -
Bols Around The World Grand Finale
Amsterdam is home of bikes, tuleps and people craving pickled gerkins dipped in peanut butter, [...] -
Bristol Gin Mare Mediterranean Inspiration Heat Results
The second spot on the plane to Ibiza for the final and the chance to [...] - More from Competitions
Drinks
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What Makes a Great Swizzle?
I’ve had the very lucky job of tasting a huge amount of Swizzles over the [...] -
Heineken Ambassador Roles across the UK
Despite what some people may say we know that bartenders love a beer, here is [...] -
Quintessentially Vodka Launches in UK
We know that not everyone gets excited about a new vodka launch, but this one [...] -
Los Danzantes & Alipus Mezcal Launched into UK
Mezcal has, finally, begun to get a proper foot hold in the UK bar industry [...] -
A Day on the Farm with Chase Distillery
If distilleries were people, Chase would be that guy at school who you liked despite [...] - More from Drinks
Blogs
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Cherry Blossom Hunting with Luxardo
You know what they say? Never work with children, animals or blossom trees. It was [...] -
Give It Back!
The northern bartending elite came out in there droves on St. George’s Day for a [...] -
Food and Cocktail Matching in Manchester with Martin Miller’s Gin
When an invitation came for me to attend a food and drink pairing collaboration between [...] -
Northerners In Bermuda
Loosened by a few Gosling's Dark ‘N Stormy’s we joined the party and not for [...] -
Joe Petch: The Mount Gay Rum Academy Trip
Intrepid BarLifeUK blogger Joe Petch recently came back from Barbados and has shared his adventure [...] - More from Blogs
Other Recent Articles
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A Nicaraguan Adventure with Flor de Cana
Following series of heats across the UK the deserving winners jetted off to the home of Flor de Cana Nicaragua for the final and an adventure. BarLifeUK was there to bring you all the excitement.
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Charlie Chaplin does Ichi-go ichi-e
Whatever your thoughts on some of the more ‘ethereal’ bartending philosophies out there, check out Charlie Chaplin’s shaking shoulder bob… I’m sure I’ve seen someone else do that.
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Northern Great Brugal Rumble Final
May 1st see’s the first Boutique Bar Show of 2013 in Manchester, one of the highlights is the Great Brugal Rumble sitting alongside many other great events.
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Flor de Caña Cocktail Competition UK Final Results
After regional heats in Scotland, the north and the south, three Flor de Caña competition winners traveled to the company’s impressive, expansive headquarters in Nicaragua for the UK final. Read on for the results.
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Diageo Launches New Campaign for its Premixed Drinks
Middle class festival goers will be thrilled to know that they don’t have to smuggle bottles of Pimms into Glasto anymore, thanks to Diageo’s newly extended range of RTDs.
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Win Tickets to See Miles Kane Play the Zanzibar, Liverpool with J.D. Roots
On May 15th, Miles Kane (former co-frontman of The Last Shadow Puppets and The Rascals) will be playing The Zanzibar in Liverpool.
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Show Your Spirit Finalists Announced
Two months ago Diageo launched an innovative competition for bartenders to design a new spirit to join their Reserve Brands portfolio, 4 finalists have been announced and 19 others are vying for the final place.
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Impress Dan Aykroyd at the Crystal Head Vodka Cocktail Challenge
Enter a Rolling Stones inspired Crystal Head Vodka cocktail and you could be presenting your drink to Mr Dan Aykroyd and winning £2,000 worth of Rolling Stones gig tickets.
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Diplomatico World Tournament UK Final Results
One of the highest quality cocktail competition finals we’ve seen produces a winner to take on the world in Venezuela.
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Bols Around the World Semi-Finalists Announced
The UK’s Rusty Cerven will be competing against semi-finalists picked from 66 countries to become Bols Bartending World Champion 2013.
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Jubjub Does Cantina de Cuervo
The second instalment of the new look Jubjub bar kicks off this week, with Jose Cuervo Tequila taking charge.
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Swizzle your way to Guyana with El Dorado Competition
One of 2012’s most fiercely contested and fun competitions the El Dorado Swizzle Competition is back, with the first prize a trip to Guyana.
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Diplomatico World Tournament Bristol and London Results
The standard at each of the Diplomatico World Tournament (DWT) heats has been pretty stellar, which probably has something to do with the ultimate prize of $5000 and a trip to Venezuela.
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G’Vine GCP UK Heats Produce Two Superb Winners
The G’Vine Gin Connoisseurs Program (GCP) Finals in Cognac is one of the toughest competition finals in the world and fittingly the heats to get there are no walk in park either.
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Buffalo Black IPA Launches
A new beer has hit the bars of Brighton, Black Buffalo IPA is a new cask beer infused with the flavour of Buffalo Trace bourbon.
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Gin Mare Mediterranean Inspirations London Heat Results
The first of 5 heats for the incredibly popular Gin Mare Mediterranean Inspirations competition took place this week at Covent Garden Cocktail Club.
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Spectacular Exploding Barrel Prank / Hoax / Not Hoax / No Idea but it looks pretty cool
We don’t condone playing with fire or video cameras – no good will come of it…
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Our/Berlin. Pernod Ricard is playing “Start-up” in the German capital
How are global spirits companies reacting to the rise of local micro distilleries? It is an open secret that businesses, having reached a certain size, run the risk of no longer being innovative.
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Diplomatico World Tournament Northern Heat Results
We went North, we drank rum and two bartenders conquered. It must have been the Diplomatico World Tournament Northern Heat.
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Chris Dennis: Dysfunctional Dinners…Presents a Christmas Feast
With the massive success of last year’s escapade still fresh, the fabled minds of some our industries finest would have to come together and create something wackier than ever before.
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Diplomatico London Bars Heat Results
Two more competitors for the Diplomatico UK finals were chosen in the second London Heat, and eleven others got very very drunk on delicious rum cocktails, so it seems that everyone is a winner! (Sort of.)
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