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CLASS Spring 2023

CLASS Spring 2023

The man, the hat, the legend - the story of Ian Burrell

Outstanding Contribution winner at the Class Bar Awards, Ian Burrell, has dedicated his life to rum. Hamish Smith hears his story. 

CLASS Spring 2023

Review: Crossroads

Crossroads was among the few good things to emerge from the pandemic, a compact, subterranean cocktail bar in a former Victorian toilet in Camden. Its new-ish home on Newington Green is comparatively palatial, but with all the charm and pioneering spirit of the original – a quintessential neighbourhood bar with a sustainable, forward-thinking approach.

CLASS Spring 2023

Review: Lunar, Glasgow

Glasgow’s food and drink scene continues its upward trend with the arrival of Lunar, a wine and cocktail bar on the south side of the city. From the team behind popular West End beer shop Grunting Growler, the focus is on fresh flavours from natural wines and seasonally-driven cocktails.

CLASS Spring 2023

Review: Velvet at Corinthia London

Velvet was one of the big launches of the last six months. Hamish Smith dropped by this spring to review Corinthia London's latest bar. 

CLASS Spring 2023

Review: The Commons Club, Edinburgh

CLASS' Scotland reviewer Blythe Robertson pops by The Commons Club

CLASS Spring 2023

Review: The Canteen, Liverpool

The Class review team lands in Liverpool for the launch of Canteen. 

CLASS Spring 2023

Review: Project Halcyon, Manchester

The Class review team is in Manchester to pay Project Halcyon a visit. 

CLASS Spring 2023

How do you solve a problem like tequila?

Tequila production has soared in recent years, causing environmental and social issues where agave is intensely grown. Oli Dodd looks to the experts for future solutions.

CLASS Spring 2023

International spotlight: Class explores Himkok in Oslo

Continuing our series of spotlights on pioneering international bars, Hamish Smith visits Himkok in Oslo, Norway. Bar manager Maroš Dzurus talks us through what makes this bar so different. 

CLASS Spring 2023

Professor Charles Spence on the case for and against AI drinks making

Prof Charles Spence says that if consistency of serve is the aim, robot cocktail makers could be the future. But isn't there an argument for tasting the hand of the maker?

CLASS Spring 2023

Julio Bermejo: how I make the Tommy's Margarita

Hamish Smith gets the full skinny on the Tommy’s Margarita from the creator himself, Julio Bermejo.

CLASS Spring 2023

Exploring...Shochu

The Japanese spirit is relatively unknown in the UK. Laura Foster makes it her mission to provide some education.

CLASS Spring 2023

The New Fashioned - how the classic of classics has changed

The Old Fashioned is being given a makeover, catering to demands for lower-abv and culinary cocktails. Tyler Zielinski looks at some of the twists that are available.

CLASS Spring 2023

Joe Wadsack: why it's time to dive into Eastern European wine

As economic pressures bite, Joe Wadsack says it’s a good time to consider some of the cheaper but still delicious wines that have been produced across Eastern Europe for thousands of years.

CLASS Spring 2023

Anna Sebastian: How to become a bar consultant

Anna Sebastian went from a decade in operations to becoming a consultant. If you’re thinking of making the step, here’s how…

CLASS Spring 2023

Monica Berg's bar diary: Spring

In the first of a new series, Monica Berg from Tayēr + Elementary walks us through her approach to seasonal drinks, opening up the calendar to spring.

CLASS Spring 2023

Edmund Weil on handing back the keys to his award-winning bar

Developers’ plans for Edmund Weil’s Oriole site meant shuttering the bar after seven years. But he’s discovered the economic and sustainability benefits of being able to preserve the fixtures and fittings for a relocation.

CLASS Spring 2023

The best scotch whiskies from the BBAs 2023

Scotch whiskies in cocktail bars are increasingly skewed towards single malts, but would that play out in the BBAs scotch tasting?

CLASS Spring 2023

The best Irish whiskies from the BBAs 2023

Irish whiskey is the next port of call in our highlights of the Bartenders' Brand Awards results. 

CLASS Spring 2023

The best gins from the BBAs 2023

Today in our highlights of the Bartenders' Brand Awards 2023, we present the gin category.