
Spirited Union announces The Highballer of the Year Competition
Amsterdam-based rum distillery Spirited Union is launching its first Highballer cocktail competition in March to find the next innovative expression in botanical rum. Open to bartenders across the UK and Europe, the competition tasks entrants with creating the perfect Highball using Spirited Union’s range of botanical rums, to be submitted via social media. The best …

Nicole Sykes crowned UK Bacardí Legacy champion
Nicole Sykes of Satan’s Whisker in London has been named the UK winner of the Bacardí Legacy global cocktail competition. The Scottish bartender took the prize with her Ladder cocktail and will now travel to Miami in May to compete against 40 bartenders at the Global Final. Made from Bacardí Carta Blanca rum, crème de …

Canterbury bar wins Dry January Cocktail Competition
Jamie Proud from The Pound in Canterbury, Kent has won Good Living Brewing Company’s Dry January Cocktail Competition. The inaugural contest, which sets out to showcase that no and low-alcohol cocktails can be enticing and delicious, invited bars across the south east of England to create a low-ABV serve containing at least 100ml of Good …