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For the first time ever, the winners of DRiNK Awards were announced in a mesmerising theatrical setting – at the Shanghai Centre Theatre right in the heart of the city.
March 8, 2023
Asia’s women in bartending
An ever-growing and updated list of women working in Asia’s alcohol industry.
N.I.P founder Nic Law and Proof & Company general manager Adrian Chung share more on the exciting partnership.
In its 9th consecutive year, 2023 sees the biggest Festival Village yet.
March 2, 2023
Who’s on shift: Guest bartenders in Asia March 2023
Find out who’s on shift where this month.
February 23, 2023
HLC Global Bartender Scholarship announces winners
HLC Global Bartender Scholarship winners feature five bartenders from Asia.
February 15, 2023
Love behind bars: Working with your partner in the bar industry
To celebrate Valentine’s Day, some of Asia’s bar industry power couples share how they work with their significant other.
February 7, 2023
Global bar events 2023
A list of major bar events and cocktail festivals in Asia and beyond in 2023.
February 4, 2023
Who’s on shift: Guest bartenders in Asia February 2023
Find out who’s on shift where this month.
January 25, 2023
Angel Ji opens Kuala Lumpur’s sustainability driven Bar Triptyk
Angel Ji teams up with architect Ahmed Zareh to open a bar and two new restaurant's in Malaysia's capital. By Holly Graham.
30 Best Bars India reveals this year’s list and award winners.
January 11, 2023
Jay Gray of Singapore’s Sago House reveals all on two new venues
Jay Gray, founder and CEO of Sago House, Low Tide, Ghostwriter and Underdog Inn shares all on the group’s two latest venues.
January 4, 2023
Who’s on shift: Guest bartenders in Asia January 2023
Find out who’s on shift where this month.
With mainland China still pursuing a strict zero-COVID policy and many cities still dealing with lockdowns, bartenders and bar owners in China speak up.
November 30, 2022
Who’s On Shift: Guest bartenders in Asia December 2022
Find out who’s on shift where this month.
November 23, 2022
Kelsey Ramage: Authenticity in ourselves in our spaces
Kelsey Ramage, the brains behind the Trash Collective and Black Lagoon, talks about how to show up as our true selves and make space for others to do the same.
Joshua Ivanovic of JungleBird, Kuala Lumpur shares his recipe for his Pina Colada in a pod for the ultimate garnish.
October 25, 2022
Get to know: Sidecar
Seamus Harris reports a wartime whimsy from the jazz age that became the basis for a whole family of drinks.
October 20, 2022
Get to know: Chuhai, Japan’s OG RTD
Japan’s favourite ready-to-drink canned alcoholic beverage has a history that involves war, vodka and…David Bowie.
Find out who’s on shift where during The World’s 50 Best Bars 2022.
September 27, 2022
14 bars from Asia feature on The World’s 50 Best Bars 2022 51-100 list
Singapore features the most bars from Asia on this year’s list.
September 27, 2022
The Shady Family channels mobster glamour in its stable of Bali bars
Drink like a gangster at The Shady Family’s Bali outposts.
September 21, 2022
Celebrate World Sake Day 2022 with a Global Kanpai
Join a global cheers on a live feed broadcast from Hong Kong.
September 20, 2022
Get to know: Grasshopper
The history of this minty green cocktail found its beginnings in New Orleans over a century ago.
Find out who’s on shift where this month.
September 8, 2022
Vantguard sells Gin Mare to the Brown-Forman Corporation
The Spanish company has sold the Mediterranean gin to the American spirits group.
September 6, 2022
A tale of two new Vietnamese molecular cocktail bars
Kuusi by TUNG Hanoi and Hybrid Saigon opened at the same time at opposite ends of the country to change Vietnam’s cocktail game.
August 30, 2022
Why Asia’s bartenders are using hydrosols in cocktails
As hydrosols gain popularity in cocktails, bartenders from Singapore, Hong Kong and Indonesia share their thoughts.
Find out who’s on shift where this month.
August 15, 2022
Keith Motsi departs Charles H Seoul for Virtu in Tokyo
After two years behind the stick at Seoul’s Charles H, Keith Motsi moves to Tokyo to take over Virtu.
Pussyfoot Saloon in Seoul is looking for bartenders to join them for a month.
Listen to the stories of DRiNK’s founder and managing editor.
The collaboration marks Tales Of The Cocktail’s first physical footprint in Asia.
The Aussie bartender took the crown at this year’s Patrón Perfectionists.
Bar, brand and media personalities from all over Asia feature on 2022’s list.
Spirited Awards announces the Top 4 ahead of the ceremony on July 28.
June 14, 2022
Sundara Bali serves up zero-waste culinary cocktails that pay homage to Indonesia’s history
Cocktails inspired by the history of Indonesia use home grown ingredients and strive for zero waste.
June 9, 2022
Meet the woman who is Thailand’s only qualified winemaker and championing New Latitude Wines
Nikki Lohitnavy is the force behind Thailand’s family-run GranMonte vineyard in Khao Yai, and is paving the way for New Latitude Wines.
Spirited Awards announces the Top 10 ahead of the Top 4 on June 21.
Well, not quite the full colour spectrum, but Baldoria’s range of vermouth proves that it doesn’t all have to be red and white.
DRiNK’s managing editor Holly Graham pens her first book that shares the recipes, stories and history behind the cocktails, bars and people that define this spirited region.
The award winning Hong Kong bartenders announce their brand new range of RTDS.
Jerold Khoo and Bai JiaWei, co-founders of Stay Gold Flamingo in Singapore, tell all about their rock and roll bar.
May 7, 2022
Afterthoughts on Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2022
Thoughts, feelings and a causal analysis on this year’s Asia’s 50 Best Bars list.
Spirited Awards makes its first announcement ahead of the ceremony on July 28
Jay Gray reveals exclusively to DRiNK how his bar is giving guests a chance to own part of Sago House’s cocktail menu.
A round up of all the guest shifts in Bangkok happening around Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2022.
April 21, 2022
Asia’s 50 Best Bars reveals the 51-100 list for 2022
A week ahead of the main announcement, the 51-100 list is revealed.
Award winning bartender Ezra Star talks her move from the USA to Hong Kong and her new and upcoming bars.
April 14, 2022
COVID restrictions are lifting In Singapore: Now what?
With COVID-19 restrictions lifting in the Lion City, how are bar’s preparing for the new new normal?
Keith takes home the prize ahead of this year’s Asia’s 50 Best Bars announcement.
March 27, 2022
These are the best bars in India right now
30 Best Bars India announces the country’s best bars for 2022.
March 24, 2022
The Old Man supports Ukraine through education and cocktails
The Hong Kong bar has prepared a set of videos to inform and educate, and is selling a bottled cocktail for charity.
Indonesian bartenders are creating their own liqueurs with local ingredients to overcome the barriers of inconsistent supply.
After two years of digital countdowns due to the pandemic, 2022 hopes to see the return of a live event in Thailand’s capital.
The Jigger & Pony Group reopens Sugarhall as a rum-focussed cocktail pub in the heart of Singapore.
February 24, 2022
The best bars in Ho Chi Minh City, according to Lam Duc Anh
Lam Duc Anh, owner of STIR in Ho Chi Minh City, shares his favourite bars in the southern Vietnam City.
February 17, 2022
Nominations are now open for the Spirited Awards 2022
Nominations are open from now until March 8.
February 12, 2022
This scholarship awards USD$1000 to travel to cocktail conferences
Apply now for HLC Global Bartender Travel Scholarship for a chance to travel to a cocktail conference of your choice.
January 27, 2022
Cocktail Families: Duos and Trios
While a simple starting point, the duo is the basis for most cocktails, so think carefully about how the two main ingredients work in any drink before getting complex.
January 22, 2022
How cauliflower shaped modern gin
The introduction of the cauliflower to the European diet shaped the modern gin we know today.
January 20, 2022
A look back at DRiNK Awards 2021
DRiNK Awards 2021 in Shanghai was a night to remember where China’s best of the bar world came together.
Andrew Yap explains why the bar changed its name, but still remains true to Ernest Hemingway.
Tune in later this month to get involved in a series of bar industry chats.
Singapore industry veteran Rachel Ling shares her journey from a career in vodka to a deep dive into sobriety.
January 3, 2022
The best of the bar industry in 2021
A roundup of positive things to happen to Asia’s bar industry in 2021.
December 21, 2021
Technology and the “new normal” bar
Tom Egerton documents how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way bars implement technology and its future.
Meet the finalists headed to Mexico for the Patrón Perfectionists global final in the last part of a four part series.
December 12, 2021
The best bars in Jakarta according to Kiki Moka
Kiki Moka, group head bar manager at Union Group in Jakarta, shares his favourite bars in Indonesia’s capital.
December 8, 2021
COA takes Best Bar in Asia on The World’s 50 Best Bars 2021 list as India makes a return
India enters the list for the first time since 2010 as Asia takes 16 places this year.
Singapore features the most bars from Asia on this year’s list.
Meet the finalists headed to Mexico for the Patrón Perfectionists global final in the third part of a four part series.
November 18, 2021
Singapore whisky expert creates whisky tasting glasses with Lucaris
The Gran fine crystal whisky glasses launch in Asia.
Meet the finalists headed to Mexico for the Patrón Perfectionists global final in the second part of a four part series.
November 12, 2021
Cocktail Families: Flips
They started with a red-hot poker, then added an egg, and now are back as a winter treat.
November 10, 2021
Singapore’s Republic Bar is a homage to the swinging 60s
The Republic Bar celebrates the 1960s through cocktails and hospitality.
Diageo reveals details of the USD$75 million investment.
November 1, 2021
Road to Mexico: Meet the Patrón Perfectionists finalists
Meet the finalists headed to Mexico for the Patrón Perfectionists global final in the first part of a four part series.
A UK based bartender takes the prize with a winning sustainable Flor de Caña cocktail.
October 26, 2021
Shelf Life: October 2021
DRiNK’s monthly round-up of new bottles in Asia.
October 25, 2021
Vijay Mudaliar’s sustainable new venue Analogue is an education in the future of F&B
The team behind Native – one of Asia’s leaders in sustainability – opens their second venue in Singapore’s Chijmes.
For International Mezcal Day 2021, Jay Khan and Andrew Davis share their love for the agave distillate.
Korea's soju experts share their knowledge and thoughts on the future of soju
October 9, 2021
Celebrating a decade of 28 HongKong Street
The Singapore stalwart celebrates ten years with parties, special cocktails, a documentary and more.
The award winning bartender and coffee cocktails specialist will release his first book next month.
Statistics prove everything and nothing – but they never give the full story. Will Jarvis shares the challenges for sake in the midst of COVID-19.
September 27, 2021
Hunter in the Dark is Hong Kong’s first ever amaro
A unique collaboration between a Hong Kong bar, spirit producer and forager results in an amaro inspired by local flavours.
September 24, 2021
What Shingo did next: bars, brands, festivals and more for the world renowned bartender
Shingo Gokan reveals two new bar concepts, a coffee and cocktail summit and a glassware line.
September 22, 2021
Angus Zhou of DraftLand shares the best bars in Taipei
Angus Zhou, founder of DraftLand in both Taipei and Hong Kong, reveals his favourite bars in Taiwan’s capital.
September 20, 2021
Obsidian: Shenzhen’s big, bold, behemoth of a bar
The monolithic and multi-faceted three level Shenzhen venue is all about the attention to detail and ready to welcome the world.
September 15, 2021
The best canned cocktails in Asia
Canned cocktails are here to stay, and these tins are some of our top picks.
September 13, 2021
This Malaysian speakeasy shares how they have adapted as a small business in COVID
Alicia Mak, founder of Atas Speakeasy in Ipoh, Malaysia, shares how her team has adapted in an onslaught of lockdowns.
September 5, 2021
What’s going on in your barrel? The science of barrel ageing
A brief look at the science of barrel ageing in spirits.
The co-owner of Sidecar – currently India’s best bar – shares her top bar picks in her city of New Delhi and other great bars around the country.
August 20, 2021
Local Heroes: Lola Lau of Hope & Sesame Shenzhen
Lola Lau of Hope & Sesame Shenzhen shares her thoughts on China's bar scene, new projects and saketinis.
August 9, 2021
Everyone likes baijiu, you just don’t know it yet
Get to know more about this misunderstood spirit on World Baijiu Day 2021
Siriwan “Kae” Prawatroi's socially enterprising farm has found ways to legally produce Thai beverage "drunken sugar", as well as help local farmers and communities.
August 6, 2021
Cocktail Families: Slings
The sling – so called because you slung it back pretty quickly before moving on to the next, starting at breakfast and continuing throughout the day.
July 31, 2021
Get to know: Rob Roy
The drink of Scottish freedom fighters, or 19th Century socialites.