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CLASS Spring 2023 edition launches

Access the digital magazine here. Not subscribed? Bartenders can sign up for a digital or hard copy here. Inside this issue

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16 March, 2023

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McCluskey leaves Bon Vivant Group

Stuart McCluskey has left Edinburgh-based Bon Vivant Group, which he founded in 2008.

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14 March, 2023

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Leeds’ Hedonist Bar closes

Leeds’ Hedonist Bar has closed its doors, the venue’s social media announced on Saturday.

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13 March, 2023

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Ten Locks introduces vodka made from peas

Spirits agency Ten Locks is launching its first in-house produced and owned spirit brand this month - Pod Pea Vodka.

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10 March, 2023

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Masons launches tropical gin

Masons of Yorkshire is launching a tropical gin, marking ten years of the brand.

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10 March, 2023

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Mitsuhiro Nakamura joins The Churchill Bar as head mixologist

The Churchill Bar & Terrace has announced the appointment of Mitsuhiro Nakamura as head mixologist.

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09 March, 2023

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Satan's Whisker's Kevin Armstrong on Roundbuilding - a book about the bartending method

Hamish Smith catches up with Satan’s Whiskers owner Kevin Armstrong, who tells us about his and Daniel Waddy’s book Roundbuilding – a rare attempt to document the bartending method

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08 March, 2023

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Sweeties at The Standard “relaunches”

Sweeties at The Standard – reviewed in the Winter edition of CLASS – has “relaunched” with a new beverage consultant and menu.

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16 January, 2023

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Registration for CLASS Bar Awards tickets opens

Bartenders based in the UK can register for tickets for the CLASS Bar Awards 2023 from today.

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06 January, 2023

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CLASS Bar Awards 2023 opens for entries

The CLASS Bar Awards, which returns on Tuesday 9th May in London, is now open for submissions.

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05 January, 2023

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Cavitation in spirits? Just don't call it ageing

When reduced to the goal of speed ageing, the process of hydrodynamic cavitation became taboo. Highlight its other uses – as some brands have – and it’s just another tool for creating flavour. Hamish Smith reports.

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16 November, 2022

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Schofields to take over Tom Kerridge’s Stock Exchange Hotel restaurant

The Schofield brothers will enter the restaurant space, taking over Tom Kerridge’s restaurant at the Stock Exchange Hotel in Manchester from February 2023.

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16 November, 2022

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The Portuguese fortified you haven't tried: Moscatel de Setúbal

Port isn’t the only world class fortified from Portugal. Joe Wadsack has another up his sleeve – and the best bit is Moscatel de Setúbal is great value for money.

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14 November, 2022

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Class to celebrate 25 years at LCW event today

Class will celebrate 25 years of the magazine at a drinks event at London Cocktail Week today.

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18 October, 2022

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Corinthia London and Salvatore Calabrese to launch Velvet

Corinthia London will launch Velvet November 1st, with Salvatore Calabrese behind the drinks and interiors by David Collins Studio.

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13 October, 2022

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25 Year of CLASS exhibition opens at LCW

CLASS opens its showcase of 25 years of the magazine today at the Little Cocktail Village in Devonshire Square near Liverpool Street.

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13 October, 2022

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London takes five spots at The World’s 50 Best Bars 2022

Five London bars were named in The World’s 50 Best Bars sponsored by Perrier tonight at a ceremony in Barcelona.

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04 October, 2022

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The Dorchester to replace The Bar with James Bond concept

The Dorchester in London is to launch a new bar concept in December, Vesper Bar, honouring the hotel’s connections to James Bond.

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30 September, 2022

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Shannon Tebay to open doors to Soho music and cocktail venue The Lower Third

Cocktail bar and music venue The Lower Third opens on Denmark Street in Soho tomorrow, with Shannon Tebay – formerly of The American Bar at The Savoy and Death & Co NYC – behind the drinks.

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29 September, 2022

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Gosnells opens “London’s only meadery”

Billed as London’s only meadery, The Gosnells Mead Bar has launched in Bermondsey.

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29 September, 2022

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25 years of Class: Hamish Smith on the relaunch of Class in 2016

After Simon Difford's second spell as editor and publisher from 2009-2014, Class lay unpublished for two years - until Agile Media relaunched the title in the autumn of 2016. Present editor Hamish Smith completes the story.

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28 September, 2022

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Schofield's leads UK quartet in 50 Best’s 51-100 list

Four UK bars have appeared in the latest 51-100 list from The World’s 50 Best Bars sponsored by Perrier, with Schofield’s in Manchester leading the contingent at number 59.

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27 September, 2022

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Tommy Matthews to open Passing Fancies in Birmingham's Custard Factory

Tommy Matthews is to open Passing Fancies in the Custard Factory, Birmingham’s creative and cultural hub.

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20 July, 2022

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A Bar with Shapes for a Name to expand downstairs

Remy Savage and Paul Lougrat’s A Bar with Shapes for a Name, which only opened in Spring 2021, is to expand to take in the basement downstairs.

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09 June, 2022

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A Bar with Shapes for a Name to expand downstairs

Remy Savage and Paul Lougrat’s A Bar with Shapes for a Name, which only opened last spring, is to expand to take in the basement downstairs later this year.

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09 June, 2022

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Campari Group completes Picon deal

Campari Group has completed the acquisition of the bitter aperitif brand Picon from Diageo.

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12 May, 2022

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Callooh Callay to add two London sites before UK roll out

Richard Wynne, the owner of Shoreditch bar Callooh Callay, has outlined an ambitious expansion plan that could see him launch 10-15 bars over the next four to five years.

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12 May, 2022

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Last call for Class Bar Awards tickets

With the Class Bar Awards 2022 less than three weeks away, time is running out to register for your ticket.

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12 May, 2022

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Mr Fogg's Apothecary in Mayfair to launch

Inception Group - the company behind Mr Fogg's, Cahoots, Barts and other concept bars - has announced Mr Fogg’s Apothecary will launch this June in Mayfair.

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04 May, 2022

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Schofield’s to host New York's Attaboy

Schofield’s Bar in Manchester will host legendary New York City bar Attaboy next month.

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25 April, 2022