With seminars, eye-catching light art, and of course delicious cocktails, World Class kicked off the 2025 competition season for bartenders in Slovakia.

We’re delving into the making of The Cocktail Balance 2.0, revealing the secrets, struggles, and attention to details that go into making a book. Now get a peak behind the scenes with Katarína Nékiová in all the prep required to get the recipes in the book.

We’re delving into the making of The Cocktail Balance 2.0, revealing the secrets, struggles, and attention to details that go into making a book. Now get a peak behind the scenes with the stunning photography from Adrián Chrzan.

We’re delving into the making of The Cocktail Balance 2.0, now with Dávid Tlčimuka revealing those design decisions that influence the reader experience.

Winter is the best season for foraging wild rose branches for tea.

With 11 internationally-acclaimed Slovak bartenders featured in the 2.0 book attending, it’s going to be an event of significance for the country’s bar industry.

Highlights of 2024 at The Cocktail Balance and plans for the year of 2025 ahead.

January not only marks the beginning of a new year, but also a new start of the World Class Competition in Slovakia. A new format provides competitors with a much more active and experiential journey this year!

With the mini version of the carbonation rig, you can now carbonate drinks in small spaces and on the go.

Not sure what to get the bartender in your life? Here is a gift guide for five different kind of bartenders. (We won’t tell if you get them for yourself.)

With roasted pumpkin seed & cinnamon syrup, edible pumpkin air, and Johnnie Walker Black Label whisky, the Whisky & Air cocktail is a cosy cocktail for the cooler months.

The gorgeous handbook to bartending, from art to science,
from cocktail craft to hospitality, is now available!

Michal Dojčák took part in the prestigious World Class 2024 competition, held this year in Shanghai. Find out what is World Class, his favourite part of it, and his tips for future competitors.

Eva Polgary is one of the two designers who designed the bespoke glasses in The Cocktail Balance 2.0. We talked to her about how she got into glassmaking, the process of making glassware, and the final product.

The World’s 50 Best Bars 2024, sponsored by Perrier, held their 16th annual awards ceremony on October 22, this year in Madrid, Spain. Supporting Madrid Cocktail Week, the two events converged at the same time to create a bartender’s haven, showcasing the best bars, cocktails, roundtables, and masterclasses. 

Under a fairy-tale castle in the Slovak hills and surrounded by gardens, a meadery makes one of the best meads (honey wines) in the world.

The World’s 50 Best Bars, sponsored by Perrier, has just released the extended list of their ranking for 2024 two weeks ahead of the awards ceremony in Madrid. From No.90 last year, this year Mirror Bar jumped 28 places to land at No.62 in the ranking. 

The smell of sweet baking is the smell of comfort, promising to fix even a bad day. Now imagine the smell of a bakery in a drink - possible thanks to the hydrolyzing power of enzymes.

Last week we spoke to Jason-Candid about Healthy Hospo, this week we discuss how he implements healthy work environment practices in his own role as a manager in the gastro industry. Find out his number one tip for improving the workplace without spending a cent.

Every worker in the hospitality industry knows that it’s a tough line of work, even when you love it. It can all take a toll on your mental health, and that’s where Healthy Hospo comes in. We talk with Jason-Candid Knüsel about what it is and how it can help.