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Review: Sister Ray, Liverpool
Dave Marsland, reviewer for the North, visits one of Liverpool's big launches this summer. 
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28 October, 2024

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Review: Maya, Manchester
Class reviewer for the North, Dave Marsland, stops by Maya in Manchester.
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25 October, 2024

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Review: Old Pal, Edinburgh
Natasha Corfield reviews Old Pal in Edinburgh.
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22 October, 2024
Oriole

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Review: Oriole
Hamish Smith headed to Covent Garden for the second coming of Oriole.
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16 October, 2024
Archive & Myth

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Review: Archive & Myth at the Hippodrome
Hamish Smith takes a gamble on Archive & Myth at the Hippodrome.
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16 October, 2024

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Hannah Sharman-Cox and Siobhan Payne on London Cocktail Week's highlights
What’s happening at London Cocktail Week this year? Founders Hannah Sharman-Cox and Siobhan Payne fill us in.
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04 October, 2024
CLASS Autumn 2024

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CLASS Autumn 2024 magazine launches
Access the digital magazine here. Not subscribed? Bartenders can sign up for a digital or hard copy here. INSIDE CLASSHamish Smith introduces the latest edition of CLASS. 
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03 October, 2024
CLASS Report, Mixers

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The CLASS Report: Mixers
Our last category in the CLASS Report is Mixers - Hamish Smith sums up the results.
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30 September, 2024
Liqueurs, Class Report

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The CLASS Report: Liqueurs
Today we look at the liqueurs that sell best at the UK's best bars, according to our recent CLASS Report. 
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26 September, 2024
vodka, class report

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The CLASS Report: Vodka
Today's instalment of the CLASS Report is vodka. These are the bestselling brands in the UK's Best Bars
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24 September, 2024

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Classic cocktails: The Bizzy Izzy Highball
Clinton Cawood unearths the Bizzy Izzy Highball.
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20 September, 2024

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Modern classics: East 8 Hold-Up
The East 8 Hold-Up is that rare thing - a modern classic. Clinton Cawood tracks down the not-so-long-ago history.
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20 September, 2024

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Classic cocktails: Mai Tai
Clinton Cawood documents the beginnings of the tropical classic that is the Mai Tai. 
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20 September, 2024

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The Bartender Knowledge Exchange makes its return to London Cocktail Week
As London Cocktail Week returns to the capital next month so too does the Bartender Knowledge Exchange a peer-to-peer educational programme that made its festival debut in 2023.
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17 September, 2024
Scotch whisky

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The CLASS Report: Scotch whisky
Scotch is only the seventh largest category in the UK's best bars - Hamish Smith sees which brands are on bartenders' radars. 
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11 September, 2024

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The CLASS Report: Brandy
Next up in the CLASS Report is the brandy category. These are the bestselling brands in the UK's best bars. 
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10 September, 2024
Spritz alternatives

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Beyond Aperol: the alternative classic Spritzes to spritz up your menu
Joe Wadsack has some traditional and delicious Spritzes to spritz up continue the summary vibes as we edge into autumn.
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05 September, 2024

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The CLASS Report: Gin
Hamish Smith looks at the brands that sell best in the bestselling spirits categories in the UK's best bars. 
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05 September, 2024
Corset Club

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Review: The Corset Club, Glasgow
Our new Glasgow-based reviewer Mark Murphy stops by The Corset Club.
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04 September, 2024
whiskey uk's best bars

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The CLASS Report: American Whiskey
Hamish Smith upicks the data from the American whiskey category of the CLASS Report.
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04 September, 2024

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The CLASS Report: Tequila
Which tequilas are the UK's Best Bars serving? That's the question we asked for this latest instalment of The CLASS Report. 
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30 August, 2024

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Techniques and trends: tea in cocktails
Tyler Zielinski investigates the myriad creative ways in which Britain’s favourite beverage is being used in cocktails.
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22 August, 2024
CLASS Report

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The CLASS Report launches
CLASS has launched its first data-led insights project: The CLASS Report.
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22 August, 2024

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Review: Stray, Manchester
Reviewer in the North, Dave Marsland, visits one Manchester's biggest opening of the year - Stray.
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15 August, 2024

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Sign up for the Classroom with De Kuyper
Registration has now opened for the latest Classroom - a digital education event in association with De Kuyper.  
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15 August, 2024

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Anistatia Miller & Jared Brown's mixed drinks that make the most of tomato season
Tomatoes and the plants they come from have all manner of uses in cocktails, as Anistatia Miller and Jared Brown recount.
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14 August, 2024

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Review: No Nuisance, St Albans
Clinton Cawood takes a short train ride outside of London to St Albans, the home of Happiness Forgets' new sister bar. 
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13 August, 2024

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Review: Pearl at Park Hill, Sheffield
Reviewer for the north Dave Marsland took his time to get to Pearl at Park Hill in Sheffield, but it was well worth the wait. 
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12 August, 2024

Sponsored Content

Franklin & Sons crowns winner of debut cocktail competition
Pioneering independent drinks brand, Franklin & Sons, has crowned the winner of its first-ever, national cocktail competition, ‘Flavour in Motion’.
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05 August, 2024

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How to make Gungho's Sustainable Piña Colada
Tropical, natural, juicy
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05 August, 2024