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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 on Cognac for 4 days of intense competition to find out who will be crowned the 2013 G’Vine GCP Champion.

Spirited Awards 2013 Top Ten Finalists Announced

Spirited Awards 2013 Top Ten Finalists Announced

Congratulations to all the finalists, especially of course to our UK-based friends and colleagues.

What a fine specimen of human beings we are.

BarLife Cricket Team Back for Second Season

After a tricky first season the industry cricket team sponsored by El Dorado Rum known as BarLifeCC is back for revenge.

Phil (far right) and some of the team in full pose

Café Pacifico Sydney Closing

News has reached BarLifeUK that after 15 years one of Sydney’s most iconic bars, Café Pacifico, is to close its doors.

Introducing Barlife Magazine

Introducing Barlife Magazine

The new, monthly drinks magazine for iPad, from the makers of BarLifeUK.com

The streets of Tequila were inspiration for the new look Jubjub

Jubjub Does Cantina de Cuervo

The second instalment of the new look Jubjub bar kicks off this week, with Jose Cuervo Tequila taking charge.

Buffalo Black IPA Launches

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.

Our/Berlin. Pernod Ricard is playing “Start-up” in the German capital

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.

Job Alert: Showcase Manager/Senior Brand Ambassador – Peroni Nastro Azzuro

Job Alert: Showcase Manager/Senior Brand Ambassador – Peroni Nastro Azzuro

Peroni Nastro Azzurro is the best-selling Italian premium lager worldwide, and is looking for an established senior brand ambassador to take the role of Showcase Manager, ideally based in London/South of England.

Northern Restaurant & Bar 2013 News

Northern Restaurant & Bar 2013 News

On March 5th & 6th, Manchester is hosting this years Northern Restaurant & Bar (NRB) exhibition, full of exhibitors, talks and Rematch Beeyatch.

Goodbye Wax Jambu, Hello Wax’s Hogo Shake Up

Goodbye Wax Jambu, Hello Wax’s Hogo Shake Up

An exciting new pop-up bar is opening in London, Wax’s Hogo Shake Up will be bringing you lovely drinks and weekly tastings, competitions and samplings.

Tanqueray Malacca launched in the UK

Tanqueray Malacca launched in the UK

Tanqueray Malacca is back with a limited release of 100,000 bottles worldwide exclusively for the on-trade.

Help Gaz Regan Raise Money for Charity

Help Gaz Regan Raise Money for Charity

Just One Shift is aiming to raise $250K to help provide clean water to people in need around the world and they need your help.

Nominations Open for the Spirited Awards, Tales of the Cocktail 2013

Nominations Open for the Spirited Awards, Tales of the Cocktail 2013

Here we go again kids, it’s awards nomination time…

Pretty girls and a blurry Dan Priseman at Jubjub...

Callooh Callay’s Jubjub bar becomes pop-up event space

Jubjub’s intimate space will now be hosting “experiential, transformational running for weeks at a time with different brands.”

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It’s Australia Day on Saturday – Time to Drink Some Coopers

Iconic Aussie brewer, Coopers, invites you to celebrate their 150th birthday and Australia Day this Saturday at Shoreditch Grind

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Simon Ford and the 86 Company Launch Bartender-Friendly Spirits Range

Simon Ford is to launch the 86 Company’s spirit range, having built a strong positive profile within trade, consumer, and media circles in the United States and internationally

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All Star Lanes Hold Manchester Recruitment Open Days

Bar and Bowling operator All Star Lanes will be holding two open recruitment sessions in Manchester this month

OnLocation: One Night in Manchester

OnLocation: One Night in Manchester

Surviving a night out in Manchester is one thing, remembering it so we can tell you all about it is something else. BarLifeUK and Jose Cuervo Tradicional discover where to go in Manchester.

The Alternative Bar Awards 2012 – Live Results Update

The Alternative Bar Awards 2012 – Live Results Update

Refresh this page from 8pm UK time onwards to find out who has been humiliated for what, and why…

OnLocation: One Night in Brighton

OnLocation: One Night in Brighton

BarLifeUK and Jose Cuervo Tradicional tour Brighton in order to bring you some of the town’s best bars. We also ate fish & chips and played in the arcades.

I told you they were keen

Bar Convent Berlin – Day Two

With the laughter that emanated from the theatres on Day Two of BCB you’d think you were at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival not an industry trade show.

Finally on a billboard

Bar Convent Berlin – Day One

Day One of BCB saw talks from Philip Duff, Raj Nagra, Tomas Estes, David Cordoba and Enrique Comas.

The auction in full swing

Bar Convent Berlin kicks off with a Rematch Bang

Bar Convent Berlin brings together the best in our industry and this year, before the show has even started, we’ve had two big nights.

Bar Convent Berlin 2012 Preview

Bar Convent Berlin 2012 Preview

As October heads towards us at a speed not seen since gaz regan heard the word’s ‘free bar’ it means only one thing, Berlin Bar Convent is just around the corner.

Boutique Bar Show Exhibitors

Boutique Bar Show Exhibitors

This week Boutique Bar Show gives you the opportunity to try new products and find out more about brands you already know.

Competitions at Boutique Bar Show

Competitions at Boutique Bar Show

Boutique Bar Show London is taking place on Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 19th September and there is plenty going on.

Win Tickets to Party with Jack Daniel’s in the Devil’s Arse Cave

Win Tickets to Party with Jack Daniel’s in the Devil’s Arse Cave

The culmination of this years birthday celebrations is a party in The Devil’s Arse Cave with live music from The Vaccines, Mystery Jets and Tribes.

Seminars at Boutique Bar Show London

Seminars at Boutique Bar Show London

With the London Boutique Bar Show taking place on the 18th – 19th September here is a look at what will be happening in the theatres this year.

The Milk Thistle

OnLocation: One Night in Bristol

Our new OnLocation feature profiles bars in each of the UK’s different cities. First up, we hit the road with Jose Cuervo Tradicional in Bristol.

Photo courtesy of Sean Ware.

Bacardi Softball: LCC Beat Old Timers in Barca Final

London Cocktail Club beat the Old Timers and win a trip to Barcelona, courtesy of the Bacardi Classic Softball Tournament.

The winners

A Special Evening for the UK Tales of the Cocktail Winners (and a couple of hangers-on)

The UK’s clean sweep of the Spirited Awards International Categories celebrated at Jubjub Bar.

BarLifeUK and Cuervo Tradicional go OnLocation

BarLifeUK and Cuervo Tradicional go OnLocation

Over the coming months the BarLifeUK team will be touring the UK with Cuervo Tradicional to check out the country’s leading cocktail cities.

You're a lion. Yes you are, a big, hairy lion.

42Below Cocktail World Cup 2012 UK Final – Come and Join the Party

On Tuesday 14th August, the UK leg of the 42Below Cocktail World Cup with come to its sticky, vodka-soaked climax at London’s Floripa Bar.

The decanter is presented to the Savoy's American Bar

Bacardi Family Celebrates 150th Birthday with Rare Blend Decanter

To celebrate the Bacardi family’s 150th birthday, eight of their dynasty of master blenders came together to create a rare blend, presented in a bespoke decanter.

Bacardi + Baseball back in the day...

Bacardi Say: “Hey badda badda, swing badda badda”

The Bacardi Classics softball tournament brings 1950s Havana to Finsbury Park this Sunday.

Mojo Release iPhone App

Mojo Release iPhone App

You wouldn’t want to be stuck in a lift with the sort of person who doesn’t like Mojo Mobile’s brand of Rock and Roll.

Imbibe Live! Features and Seminars Announced

Imbibe Live! Features and Seminars Announced

Imbibe Live! 2012 is looming large on the horizon, and they have just released their schedule of features seminars and training sessions.

Bolsy, yoghurty goodness...

Bols Go Around the World with a Yoghurt

The whirlwind trip to Amsterdam was timed to coincide with the Bols Around the World cocktail final and the UK launch of the new Bols Natural Yoghurt Liqueur

Tales of the Cocktail 2012 Spirited Awards Finalists Announced

Tales of the Cocktail 2012 Spirited Awards Finalists Announced

The UK puts on a typically strong showing in the International category nominations of the 2012 Spirited Awards – And BarLifeUK are back for the 2nd year running.

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