Mauritian rum brand New Grove chose Belgium’s first and foremost Tikitender Tom Neijens from the Drifter to organise a Tiki cocktail competition at Uncle Babe’s Burgerbar in Ghent. The result was great fun with an amazing diversity in drinks! It shows how much you can do with rum. Next to the usual suspects there were…
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O’de Flander Geneverfestival shows extreme versatility of Flemish Master Distillers and their favourite product
O’de Flander is an organisation that safeguards,showcases and promotes the loveliest local product of East Flanders: genever. Both a quality label and a brotherhood they organise a festival each year to promote their genevers to the public and all the things you can do with them, like for instance cooking or cocktails. The Cocktail Nation…
Martini Terrazza Party shows us new and improved vermouth
The famous Williams Martini Racing Team held a Terrazza Party at Liege Belgium and took the opportunity to launch their brand new vermouth. Daniele Dalla Pola had some fun making cocktails with it. Fast cars, fabulous women and fresh drinks, what more can you desire? Well it was all there in Liege, Belgium. The sun…
The Cocktail Nation’s answer to the question: ‘are bartenders too focused on the past?’
Recently I bumped into an article on the most excellent Difford’s Guide website with the following title: Are bartenders too focused on the past? “Is contemporary bartending too intent on seeking out lost and forgotten drinks, with its nose stuck in a history book, rather than harnessing the products, processes and technologies of today to…
The Cocktail Nation’s totally random prophecy of cocktailtrends for 2014
It’s always difficult to say what will be the thing for the next year in any business (except for horseshoes and things like frying pans probably). In cocktails that’s even more difficult. If you observe closely, you can see a trend movement with the bartenders, which is not necessarily picked up by the big public….
Bar Bounce Antwerp
Marco Mathieux strikes again! Bar Bounce at Waalsekaai 44, Antwerp. The first thought that entered my mind when I stepped through the door was: ” I could stay here for hours”. And really it’s that kind of place. When you sit at the bar you’re surrounded by a happy helter-skelter of bitters and booze bottles,…
The Cocktail Nation goes Amster-damn! Part one
Door 74 a review of pink partying people and jungle fever It was hot in the city. You know, the kind of hot that makes desert scorpions say “f**k it”, kick back and relax in mini hammocks, while sipping rum cocktails from tiny Tiki mugs in their pincers. The kind of hot that makes…
Punch voor bij de barbeque
Iedereen leeft momenteel op EBT – ‘Emergency Barbeque Time’ en we hebben veel in te halen. In het weekend ruikt de buurt naar Dresden. De zon schijnt terug, het is lekker warm en daar horen uiteraard lekkere drankjes bij. Ideaal voor een tuinfeest of barbeque is een lekkere kom Punch om te delen met…
Gin Craze of Gin Race?
Welcome to the era of the Second Gin Craze… In mijn artikel in De Standaard spreek ik van een “ginteresse” en een trend, maar het begint al meer op een ‘Gin Craze’ te lijken, hopelijk wel een met een positievere impact op de bevolking dan die eerste uit de 18e eeuw in Engeland. Hoewel de…
VENUEZ13: twee dagen high-end hospitality op de meest indrukwekkende spirits en cocktailbeurs van de Benelux.
The Cocktail Nation ging naar VENUEZ13 en zag dat het goed was. Een verslag van indrukken. Dag 2 Begon onmiddellijk lekker met het onderwerp ‘bier in cocktails’ gepresenteerd door onze eigen Jeroen Van Hecke en Dries Botty van de L’Apereau te Blankenberge. Inspelend op de globale cocktailtrend om meer en meer lokale ingrediënten te…
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