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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.
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16 March, 2023

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"The Dorchester has awoken" writes Hamish Smith in his review of the hotel's new Vesper Bar
Hamish Smith heads to The Dorchester and the grande dame hotel's new semi-themed Vesper Bar.
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17 March, 2023

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Seamless: the story of Connaught Bar's quest for greatness as it turns 15
For the Connaught Bar, excellence has become the daily routine. Hamish Smith catches up with Ago Perrone, Maura Milia and Giorgio Bargiani to understand better how, after 15 years of the bar, the guest experience only gets better.
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16 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
Nottingham

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A bartender's guide to Nottingham
Liam O'Brien of Brass Monkey is your tour guide to Nottingham.
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07 February, 2023

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Spotlight on...Line in Athens
On a quest for inspiration, Hamish Smith visits Line in Athens, where he catches up with co-owner Vasilis Kyritsis who talks us through his pathbreaking new bar.
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02 February, 2023

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The Manhattan - its history and falsehoods
A drink with a colourful, if erroneous, backstory, the Manhattan remains a classic among classics. Clinton Cawood traces its mukey origins.
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02 February, 2023

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Techniques and trends ...Koji cocktails
Tyler Zielinski's first in a series of pieces on new techniques and trends narrows in on koji.
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16 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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Playing with fire: Anistatia Miller & Jared Brown's trials on smoking spirits
Anistatia Miller & Jared Brown enjoy making a meal out of smoked spirits, thanks to a happy accident that revealed meat flavours from a roast could happily marry with the wood aromas.
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11 January, 2023

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Why hot cocktails don’t have to just be relegated to Christmas
Hot cocktails don't have to play to the silly, saccharine and suffocatingly seasonal side of drinks. Millie Milliken reports.
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05 January, 2023

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Hamish Smith on Sweeties: 'Two hits and four misses – and misses ballooned over the crossbar.'
Hamish Smith visits one of the big London launches of 2022, Sweeties at The Standard hotel, to see if the 1970s can ever be grounds for (good) cocktail inspiration. 
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03 January, 2023

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The Watermark's Dariush Haghighi on creating Cool Cats Ice
Dariush Haghighi, owner of The Watermark saw there was a market for locally produced clear block ice in Leeds. So he met it, he tells Hamish Smith.
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29 November, 2022
Tony Pescatori

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Tony Pescatori on his new bar Alma
Tony Pescatori talks to Hamish Smith about his Nightjar journey and his fresh start at the newly opened Alma.
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29 November, 2022

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Bar review: Lost Property Office at Brewdog Waterloo
A speakeasy in the UK's largest pub? Hamish Smith stops by one of this year's big launches, Brewdog and Rich Woods' Lost Property Office.
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20 October, 2022
Lyndon Higginson

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Lyndon Higginson working on his “last new bar concept”
Hamish Smith catches up with the legendary hospitality entrepreneur Lyndon Higginson, who is unexpectedly working on his last new bar concept.
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24 November, 2022

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The bartender's guide to Birmingham
The UK’s second-largest city has much to offer in terms of cultural history – and it’s hard to beat for fine dining too. But it’s the drinks that Samuel Boulton is on the trail of.
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14 November, 2022

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The Pisco Sour - an underrated classic with a disputed history
Clinton Cawood unearths the history of the South American classic.
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10 November, 2022

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Salvatore Calabrese on "bringing back the theatre to cocktail making"

Hamish Smith has the questions, Salvatore Calabrese the answers.
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10 November, 2022

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Oriole to close ahead of hoped relocation
Live music and cocktail venue Oriole will close at the end of 2022, with its Smithfield Market site on the cusp of redevelopment, Class can exclusively reveal.
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02 November, 2022

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Leeds' Hedonist Bar receives birthday makeover
Celebrating its seventh birthday this year, Hedonist Bar in Leeds has undergone a makeover, with the bar's new concept bringing together the traditional Yorshire pub with a  more contemporary cocktail bar setting. 
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02 November, 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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London Cocktail Week: an event guide
London Cocktail Week kicks off on Thursday 13 October for what promises to be the biggest yet, involving 350 bars spread across the capital and running for 11 days.
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13 October, 2022
50 Best

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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
Schofield's, 51-100

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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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Swift to open third site in Borough

The team behind London cocktail bars Swift Soho and Swift Shoreditch have announced the opening of a third site in South London this October.
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26 August, 2022
French 75

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The past and present of the French 75
Clinton Cawood tackles, with military precision, a classic named after a field gun. 
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11 July, 2022

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Drinks tasting menus - how they work
A few brave operators have tried their hands at drinks tasting menus, but the concept is a tricky one to pull off. Ellen Manning investigates
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27 June, 2022
Nick Thomas

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Nick Thomas on Manolo replacing Santa Chupitos
The pandemic spelt the end for Liverpool's Santa Chupitos, but in its place comes Manolo. Hamish Smith speaks to Nick Thomas about Graffiti Group's new bar. 
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01 August, 2022
Will Meredith, Tattu Group

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Will Meredith on his new head of bars role
Hamish Smith chats exclusively with Will Meredith about his move from Lyaness to his new digs at Tattu Group.
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01 August, 2022