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London, Birmingham and Edinburgh star at the CLASS Bar Awards 2024

Satan’s Whiskers took the title of Best Bar in the UK sponsored by The Lost Explorer at the CLASS Bar Awards 2024, which took place last night at Battersea Arts Centre in London.

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How to make SO Bar's Pick Me Up

Indulgent, fruity, caramel

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Spring drinks: making cocktails with Rhubarb

As the season’s bounty becomes apparent across parks, woodlands and verges, the garden offers a chance to flirt with early emerging and versatile rhubarb. Anistatia Miller & Jared Brown have the perfect pairings.

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Review: Finders Keepers, Manchester

Reviewer for the north, Dave Marsland, visits one of Manchester's more significant recent launches, Finders Keepers. 

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Review: Verve Lounge, Birmingham

Midlands reviewer, Ellen Manning, stops by Verve Lounge in Birmingham. 

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Review: Port of Leith Distillery, Edinburgh

Our Scotland reviewer Blythe Robertson drops in on The Port of Leith Distillery for his latest review.

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Review: Dear Sailor, Manchester

Manchester based writer Dave Marsland makes landing at Dear Sailor in Spinningfields for his latest review. 

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How to make Burlock Rum Room's Sleipner’s Folly

Fruity, aromatic, citric

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How to make Fitz's Bar Compass Club

Frothy, short, fruity

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Iain McPherson on the all-new Edinburgh Bar Show

Hamish Smith catches up with Iain McPherson on the all-new Edinburgh Bar Show, which takes place 8-10 April

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Review: Hamish Smith heads out on Britain's "most ordinary bar crawl"

A high-profile appointment at a high street bar group turns Hamish Smith's lapsed attention to mainstream venues.

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Master of Malt Trade launches the Clubman Trophy

Master of Malt Trade, the industry led wholesaler, are launching their own way to recognise those who might get overlooked in the hospitality industry - the Clubman Trophy.

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Bea Bradsell on the real story of the Espresso Martini

To celebrate Espresso Martini Day, Bea Bradsell - recently appointed on-trade director at Glasgow-based agency The Drink Cabinet -  shares the story behind her father Dick Bradsell's coffee-vodka classic. 

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East heads west - the journey to Three Sheets the sequel

Brothers Max and Noel Venning are taking their established-in-Dalston Three Sheets name to a second London site, in Soho. Hamish Smith finds out what to expect from the entrepreneurial duo.

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The new face of Schweppes

Schweppes has appointed Josh Linfitt as its Prestige GB brand ambassador. He explains what his new role entails and what it means to him.

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Ticket registration for the Class Bar Awards goes live

UK-based bartenders can now register for tickets for the CLASS Bar Awards 2024. 

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How to make Velvet by Salvatore Calabrese's Above the Clouds

Dry, bracing, fun

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Oriole’s long-awaited comeback announced

Award-winning cocktail bar and music venue Oriole will make its return this March, with a three-month pop-up to launch in Covent Garden ahead of a full reopening.

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How to make Kiki Lounge's Queenie Martini

Crisp, oceanic, clean

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How to make Opium's Fortunella Margarita

Fresh, bittersweet, citrusy

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How to make Henson's Bar's PBS Gimlet

Spice, nuts, fruit

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How to make Scarfes Bar's Cresent City

Bitter, boozy and sweet

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How to make The Bottle Cocktail Shop's Cereal Killer

Spiced, citrusy, fruity

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How to make Speak in Code's Track 50

Herbaceous, citrus, complex

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How to make Babur's Currytini

Vibrant, spicy, complex

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How to make The American Bar at Gleneagles' Bell Pepper Cocktail

Sweet, tangy, spicy

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CLASS Bar Awards 2024 finalists revealed

CLASS is delighted to announce the finalists of the CLASS Bar Awards 2024, ahead of the ceremony at Battersea Arts Centre in London on April 16th.

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Classics: La Louisiane

Clinton Cawood unearths the lesser-known New Orleans classic La Louisiane.

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Modern classics: the Penicillin

The poster-cocktail for modern-era classic creation is the Penicillin by Sam Ross. Clinton Cawood brings the potted history. 

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How to make Satan's Whiskers' The Ancestor

Sweet, spiced, warm