Announcing the Top 10 China nominees for this year’s DRiNK Awards, as decided by the judges.
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The Sydney bar is recognised in the first of a series of special awards leading up to announcement of The World’s 50 Best Bars next month.
From a generational shift in leadership to an intensifying search for authenticity, we ask a Japan-based sake sommelier and writer Yulia Ezhikova to share her insights into the key forces that will influence sake in 2021.
The Old Man founders Agung Prabowo and Roman Ghale depart the bar to open two new venues with their partners.
The Guangzhou bar is recognised for their in-depth guide on how to navigate business and stay afloat in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Singapore and Shanghai win at the Spirited Awards 2020.
World’s 50 Best Bars announces details ahead of its virtual 2020 ceremony.
Bar, brand and media personalities from Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Taipei, Bangkok, New Delhi and Kuala Lumpur made up this year’s list.
Register now for a free tequila course and certification with Patrón on September 21 and 22.
Dean Callan discovers there are many fashions that can be called an old fashioned, one of American whiskey's most famous cocktails.
The co-founder of Sidecar talks women in bartending, being one of Asia’s 50 Best Bars and surviving COVID-19.
Our celebration of industry accomplishments returns this November with a new name and exciting new award categories.
Plus, a certain publication makes the Top 4 for the first time!
The history of a simple sour made glam with bubbles.
The history of a simple sour made glam with bubbles.
The rum haven brings Caribbean drinking culture to the streets of Soho.
A regularly updated list of major bar events in Asia and beyond.
Cooperation. Knowledge. Progress. Cheers to embracing the future.
Don your white lab coats, dust off your beakers and slip on your protective goggles – it’s time to get scientific.
Avroko Group brings New York’s Ghost Donkey, Saxon + Parole, The Poni Room and Liquorette to New Zealand’s capital.
The 50 Best Recovery Fund aims to financially aid bars most in need due to the pandemic.
The ultimate tequila cocktail.
History and mystery from Mexico.
The new platform aims to educate, connect, engage and inspire.
Keith Motsi, Chanel Adams and Sylvia Su share stories of their f&b careers across Asia.
Havana Club celebrates the bar world’s entrepreneurial talent, with a €20,000 prize up for grabs.
Two-part bar SanYou is out to alter perceptions about the world’s most consumed yet misunderstood spirit.
Moment of awkward silence? Reach into your pocket, pull out one of these bits of knowledge and slide it across the bar.
Help these juices reach their highest potential through easy clarification.
The e-book features simple food and cocktail recipes by the world’s best bartenders and chefs.
Have you seen Tom Collins? You’d best find him quick.
The program aims to build on local initiatives to support communities by aiding with equipment, digital skills and more.
Bryson Rivera makes drinks by day and inks in his spare time.
It wasn’t the first drink to be mixed with gin, but it was the one that took over the world.
The infamous bartender's Martinez recipe.
Jay Gray reveals the details of the Sago Street bar he’s built with Desiree Silva and George Abhishek, hoping to open soon after Singapore’s lockdown is lifted.
The new non-profit organisation will support the cocktail community through industry initiatives, funding and education.
As one of the first cities in Asia outside of mainland China to resume some normality during the pandemic, Hong Kong is leading the charge in domestic guest shifts and takeovers.
Nantou Distillery’s single malt Omar uses Scottish techniques blended with Taiwanese terrior to create a unique whisky in the growing Taiwanese whisky category.
Jamie Pea's orange gin marmalade recipe, perfect for a breakfast martini.
Shanghai chef Jamie Pea brings together Chinese botanical-packed Peddlers Gin and local oranges in a spiked spread.
Thoughts, feelings and a causal analysis on this year’s Asia’s 50 Best Bars list.
Jigger & Pony (Singapore) has been named the Best Bar in Asia, and this year sees six new bars and India enter the list.
Clean drinks are a dominant force right now… make sure you’ve got ice that earns the right to cool your cocktail.
โอมาร์ (Omar) ซิงเกิลมอลต์วิสกี้จาก โรงกลั่นเหล้าหนันโถว (Nantou Distillery) ผสมผสานเทคนิคการผลิตจากสกอตแลนด์ เข้ากับคุณลักษณะที่เป็นเอกลักษณ์จากแตร์รัวร์ของไต้หวันเพื่อสร้างรสชาติที่แตกต่างท่ามกลางอุตสาหากรรมการผลิตวิสกี้ที่กำลังพัฒนาอย่างมาก
Jay Khan, co-founder and director of COA in Hong Kong, is named Bartender’s Bartender 2020.
Shortly after announcing the Regional Top 10 Honourees, this year’s Spirited Awards has whittled down to its Top 10 Nominees, with 15 places going to Asia-based bars, personalities and a certain publication.
Last year’s winner of the “Legend of the List” award and Asia’s best bar in 2017 and 2018, Manhattan in Singapore is the recipient of the inaugural Michter’s Art of Hospitality Award 2020.
A once-coveted starlet of the pre-Prohibition era, few cocktails have achieved such ridicule as the Pink Lady. But why? Seamus Harris remembers a century of pink-drink prejudice.
A pink-hued gin classic.
A classic gin cocktail.
The bar’s commitment to sustainability, ethical sourcing and the wider community has been recognised once again.
With more and more bartenders online and building their social media game, here are 12 top tips to boost your game.
Hong Kong Distillery – the company behind Handover Gin – was found to be running without licenses and making false claims.
Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai are the shining stars in the awarding body’s APAC Top 10s.
Better drinking through listening.
The Bacardi brand ambassador and advocacy manager makes cute animal and cocktail pins as his side hustle.
Many bars across the region are activating to help their peers during COVID-19 shutdowns.
Barbary Coast’s late night industry supper provides free meals to the wider hospitality community during tough times.
The Nicaraguan rum postpones its competition until conditions are safe for participants.
Asia's 50 Best announces more details ahead of its virtual 2020 ceremony.
We’ve all heard the saying that strong alcohol kills germs – but is there actually any truth to it?
Some bar education platforms are already free, while others are providing free services to support the industry during this difficult time.
A letter from the DRiNK team in this trying time.
Here’s some inspiration for adding bottled cocktails to your business.
Asia's 50 Best Bars ceremony changes formats due to the COVID-19 epidemic.
A guide to surviving the epidemic of coronavirus COVID-19 as a bar or restaurant.
As the world battles tough times, help presents itself in many forms – these are some of the heroes in China you may not have heard of.
Distilled local Hainan peppers pack a punch in this rum sour-style cocktail.
Bastien Ciocca shares the story of how distilling local Hainan peppers led to a surprising rum sour-style cocktail.
Bangkok’s Asia Today presents Barnana, a cocktail shoot that strays away from the norm.
We chat with the women behind the stills of five Asia-produced spirits.
Rather than splitting SGCF into two events, the whole festival has now been moved to October.
Kuala Lumpur-based independent bottler Eiling Lim talks whisky, sniffing out the best casks and the joys of being a woman in a male-dominated industry.
Find out who’s on shift where for International Women’s Day 2020.
Find out who’s on shift where this month.
A safe, sparkling clean environment makes for happy, healthy guests – here’s how to start.
DRiNK talks with bar owners from two cities in Hubei province to see how China’s industry is coping at the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak.
Acidity doesn’t need to be limited to lemons and limes – here are some alternatives.
After almost three years of tight lipped development, Proof & Company has launched ecoSPIRITS – the company’s ground breaking solution to spirits packaging. CEO Paul Gabie reveals exclusively to DRiNK how it’s going to positively impact both the environment and the bar industry.
Gokan hopes to up shochu’s presence in cocktails across the globe with SG Group's new higher abv spirit.
The London-based bartender took out 22 finalists to take the top spot with her winning cocktail The Bridge.
Guilia Cuccurullo's winning Patrón Perfectionists 2020 cocktail.
Find out who’s on shift where this month.
Nominate your favourite bars and people for Tales of the Cocktail’s annual awards.
Get to know the harmful properties of some well-known cocktail ingredients.
Asia’s bar community shares knowledge and insight they have now, that they wish they knew when they first started out.
Origin at the Shangri-La, Singapore boasts a rum collection sourced from all over the world, complimented by unique in-house creations and blends.
We talk with the winner of DMBA 2019’s Founders Award on what it really means to do E.P.I.C. shit.
With the turn of the decade, members of Asia’s bar community share their aims and aspirations for 2020.
Find out who’s on shift where this month.
A look back at the biggest and best openings from the region in the last 12 months.
From its centuries-old history to tips for avoiding dairy-based disasters, here’s the skinny on this fatty delight.
Latin America’s playful answer to Eggnog gets its sweetness from canned milks, together with coconut, spices and rum for a drink nobody refuses.
This luxurious twist on a classic Eggnog at Four Seasons Seoul incorporates cardamom, truffle and fine cognac for a deluxe glass of holiday cheer.
A pandan and coconut 'nog for the season.
Glorious moments with our award winners, captured on camera.
A glimpse at our glittering awards ceremony, plus, DMBA in numbers!
From global competition winners, to high achievers and bartenders trying to save the world, we recognise Asia’s bar stars of 2019.
Find out who won what at DMBA 2019 in Shanghai.