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At their second venue, the team has zeroed in on European tradition – but not without some local touches.
A salty and sweet coffee cocktail with sustainability in mind.
Prepare your livers, the biggest cocktail festival in Asia returns.
Bar Masons in Chennai may teach the basics but stresses the importance of wellness and hospitality to its students.
The decorated bar announces The Old Man Singapore and a new concept in Hong Kong. By Holly Graham.
Four Pillars’ Australian [Gin] Open cocktail competition comes to Asia.
Find out who’s on shift where this month.
The history of a hangover staple.
The classic recipe for the ultimate cocktail after the night before.
Bangkok-based sustainability advocate Mark Lloyd shares the story behind his zero-waste Mohinga Martini, based on Myanmar’s breakfast staple.
A cocktail based on Myanmar’s breakfast staple commonly made with catfish, vermicelli noodles, fish sauce, fish paste, ginger, banana stem, lemongrass, onions, garlic and chickpea flour.
Celebrations ahead as The Bar Awards brings the most ambitious touring campaign yet to Asia.
Hidetsugu Ueno shares why he doesn’t consider himself a truly Japanese bartender, and what he really thinks about modern bartending.
The pros share tips on making your own and finding unique ways to incorporate it into your drinks program.
A funky, tequila and kombucha based cocktail with a SCOBY garnish.
Marcia Fermentology's recipe for making kombucha.
Use this alcohol-free bitter aperitif in your low or no abv Negroni, Spritz, Americano and more.
Medication turned into relaxation, the distinguished ritual of the aperitif has given birth to an extended family of drinks – and a far more civilised world.
We revisit some of our favourite low abv bottles to enter Asia over the years.
A simple how-to for the fermented honey beverage.
Tequila gets the funk with fermented banana.
A fruity, bitter-backed ode to the power of pineapple skin.
A complex two-gin duet with backing from fermented taro and cardamom.
Something’s brewing as fermentation comes alive in Asia’s cocktails – we ask four leading bartenders how to avoid vinegar, explosions, or even vegetable soup.
The regional winners will head to Milan for the finals beginning January 20.
The winning Campari Bartender Competition cocktail from Singapore's local finals.
The winning Campari Bartender Competition cocktail from Japan's local finals.
The winning Campari Bartender Competition cocktail from Taiwan's local finals.
From the Stone Age to the ancient Romans, Stockton’s new menu Origin of the Species draws from unusual inspirations.
One of Jerry Thomas' showstoppers with which he toured the country.
Lapsang souchong tea makes for a very smoky, dark toddy that’s the liquid equivalent of a cigar after a meal.
A toddy that takes Applejack or Calvados and turns it into a wonderfully rich, smooth after-dinner drink
The history and techniques behind this cold weather classic, plus three twists to try.
Industry experts share their hopes for 2019.
Find out who’s on shift where this month.
Industry experts share their thoughts on trends and habits they hope won’t follow us into 2019.
The NYC bar’s new book Mixology and Mayhem maps out the team’s process from structure to seasonality.
The recipe behind one of the world's most iconic drinks.
A look back at some of our favourite Mainland openings in the last year.
The Charles H and Manhattan stars will be relocating with Four Seasons and new roles.
A look back at the biggest and best openings from the region in the last 12 months.
Get to know the Victorian-style mulled wine concoction made famous by Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.
A Victorian-style mulled wine concoction made famous by Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.
A Peddlers gin cocktail by Jamie of Janes + Hooch in Beijing
A Peddlers gin cocktail by Warren Pang of Gaga Chef in Shenzhen
A Peddlers gin cocktail by Colin Tait of Shake in Shanghai
The premium Shanghai brand distills rare Eastern botanicals to create a new gin that is stirring up a storm in China and beyond.
Global brand ambassador Daniyel Jones shares three recipes to transport you to the islands.
Proof & Company's new e-learning platform is designed with excellence and convenience in mind.
The award-winning star-tenders announce their new bar that’s been three years in the making.
Striking portraits of all the winners from DMBA 2018.
The second take of a stiff re-animator.
Few classics have suffered more from THEIR export than the mighty Corpse Reviver.
Few classics have suffered more from THEIR export than the mighty Corpse Reviver. Seamus Harris charts the journey of a stiff re-animator.
Watch the video and relive our marvellous third awards ceremony in numbers
The cocktail legend reveals his future plans, his mindfulness practices and what bartending means to him.
Find out who’s on shift where this month.
Marque d’Amor in L’Escape Hotel in Seoul is shifting perceptions of the city’s bartending culture.
Gin, sake, sherry and sherry make the base of this botanical cocktail.
The Taipei draft cocktail bar will find a home in Hong Kong this December.
The Bar Awards Kuala Lumpur and Penang announces its winners during a big industry bash at APW (Bangsar).
The gin giant welcomes a new head bartender coming in fresh from a long stint at some of NYC’s best bars.
Find out who won what at this year’s spectacular DMBA in Shanghai.
Check out who’s in the running for our very own awards in Shanghai on November 19.
Find out who’s on shift where this month.
Are your favourites still in the running?
The "Mix Your Origin" MONIN Cup 2018 regional finals from second runner up Hafizuddin Bin Sedik.
The "Mix Your Origin" MONIN Cup 2018 regional finals from first runner up Son Jeok Su.
The "Mix Your Origin" MONIN Cup 2018 regional finals from winner Nyan Min.
Twelve competitors were whittled down to a top three, who will now compete in the global finals in Paris.
Shanghai is about to get its own unofficial cocktail week as industry stars from around the world head in for this year’s awards.
The team from Paris’s Candelaria gets into the details and differences behind the two agave spirits.
Get to know the history of the classic Bamboo Cocktail.
Recipe for this dry, Japanese-born classic.
Old Fashioned Week is running until November 10.
Stockton's Old Fashioned Week 2018 creation.
Indulge Experimental Bistro's Old Fashioned Week 2018 creation.
IB HQ's Old Fashioned Week 2018 creation.
A gritty, soulful and subtly sophisticated whisky cocktail inspired by hip hop.
A veggie-centric cocktail inspired by American hip hop.
A bitter, rum-forward cocktail inspired by hip hop.
A Wu-Tang Clan inspired whisky cocktail.
American hip-hop culture flows deep through 28 HongKong Street’s current menu.
Mr Black adds a coffee amaro to their range.
The first in Bruichladdich's new range of Port Charlotte expressions.
Plantation's first 100 percent Jamaican pot still rum.
DRiNK’s monthly product round-up of new bottles in Asia.
The industry stars previewed their very own rum at this year’s Bar Convent Berlin.
The Bar Awards Kuala Lumpur announces its Top 10s.
You can still join the global Old Fashioned Week event, but act fast!
Get ready for eight days of juniper-powered partying across the city.
Local Heroes: David Ong, owner of Manila’s best bar The Curator Coffee and Cocktails and vinyl haven OTO, tells Holly Graham why Manila is the next big bar scene.
Some say the 1980s were the lowbrow nadir of cocktail culture. Not so, says Seamus Harris, who reps one of the decade’s most enduring classics.
A modern classic, invented by London bartender Dick Bradsell around 1984.
Stone Brewing’s Shanghai outpost uses a bit of retro-inspired innovation to protect its craft.
Understanding mixed drinks one family at a time.
A rich and velvety cocktail balanced by a trace of citrus.
The Singapore bar registers its best-ever position, while Hong Kong’s The Old Man debuts in the top ten.
IBHQ puts hospitality and flavours first.