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A few days ago I posted on Twitter: " If you think you have TALENTO,want to become WORLD CLASS or create your LEGACY, proof it in your bar every night & stop doing competitions" Jacob Briars, Global Trade Advocacy Director of Bacardi, a person I highly respect in our Industry,  responded to me on twitter and it become quite a discussion. But I like to roll out my thoughts behind this tweet also here on my blog, cause I felt uncomfortable with a 140 character discussion on twitter. Because, first of all, I don't want to be unfair. To Bacardi (LEGACY), Diageo (WORLD CLASS) or Pernod Ricard ( Havana Club) with (TALENTO and their Global Cocktail Competition). First of all, this is not a critic on this three competitions. There are many in our Industry. These are the most famous ones. We have so many. International and Global ones. But also National ones like the German GSA Competition from MIXOLOGY Magazin. etc. Dozens. Hundreds? Second of all, my tweet is...

Im Sommer 2015 hatte ich das Vergnügen mit der HOTEL DU ROME Gruppe und dem Magazin Feinschmecker mehrere Gin & Tonic Tastings in Berlin, München und Frankfurt durchzuführen. Neben den Tasting fand ich die Zeit, mich mit den Bartender er Häuser hinzusetzen. In Berlin traf ich Daniel Klingseis. Hier sprechen wir über seinen Weg hinter die Bar und ins Hotel.

We started 17:00 pm  Location: CAFE PARIS, Rathausstrasse 4, Hamburg. www.cafeparis.net We shared a Patè and bread Drinks I had: 3 glasses of Kronenbourg 1664 *** Time around 20:00 pm We just left - location: Le Lion • Bar de Paris, Rathausstrasse 3, Hamburg. www.lelion.net Drinks I had: 1,5 Gin Basil Smash ( we tried 3 different Versions. A „regular“ one with Beefeater 47, one with RUTTE DRY GIN and one with RUTTE CELERY GIn. Rutte works very well but the Celery Version is killing it - I fell in love with ! )  2 Shots of Tequila. No Brand. Was a present from Raoul and his friends from Mexico. They used to run LE LEON Tequila and just sold the brand. They are now doing a new, unreleased brand, not published yet. It was a Reposado Tequila. Very interesting Agave fruit. The fresh oak barrel was not elegant. A hint to much vanilla, little to sweet.  *** Time: around 21:00 pm We just left: Location: Kleines Phi - Feldstrasse 42 - Hamburg....

Seit einigen Monaten interviewe ich von Zeit zu Zeit Bartender. Wie wird man Bartender? Wie ist der Weg? Unsere Gespräche sind Zwischenstops. Denn die Reise geht weiter... Im Juli 2015 sprach ich mit Frank Thelen. Seit dem 1.9.2015 arbeitet Frank nunmehr im Le Lion. Und wir sind froh, dass er uns mit seiner sympathischen Art und seinem Können unterstützt. Photo via Frank Thelen von Fotografie Wolfgang Simm -  www.facebook.com/wolfgang.simm

Seit einigen Monaten verkaufen wir in unserer Boilerman Bar Biere aus der Buddelship Brauerei Hamburg. Und zwar recht erfolgreich. Andrej Busch, Barchef und Master Mind der Boilerman Bar, war auf die Biere aufmerksam geworden. Hinter Buddelship steht kein großer Konzern wie bei Holsten, Astra oder auch RATSHERRN (Die Nordmann Gruppe mit dem griffigen Slogan "Just Craft . Real Taste"). Buddelship ist meines Verständnisses nach echtes "Craft Beer". Und wie Simon schon bei seinen Auslandbesuchen feststellen durfte und wir hier im Gespräch erörtert, freuen wir uns in Zukunft auf weitere kleinere Brauereien in Hamburg. Jenseits der Konzerne. Geführt und besessen von brauenden Unternehmern - sozusagen: "Real Craft. Just Taste" Für unseren Bildungstrinken Podcast haben Herr Bauer und meine Wenigkeit Simon in der Produktionsstätte besucht. Was ich gesehen habe, sowohl in Bezug auf Simon als auch auf seine Brauerei hat mir sehr gut gefallen. Wir werden das ...

Less than two years ago, a young man asked me if he could start working as a bar back at our Boilerman Bar in Eppendorf. Today Hendrik Albrecht is a very talented young bartender at Le Lion • Bar de Paris. Over the last eight years, I learned a few lessons. I learned to step back, I learned to build a team. I learned that it is important to let the people behind my bars grow, to grow the bars and teams themselves. A few weeks ago, we put Hendriks first drink creation on our Le Lion Menu. AMBER. Today, Hendrik can easily take over a bar shift at Le Lion at a very crowded weekend. And believe me - it is VERY crowded. I love to watch him producing hundreds of perfect cocktails on this nights. And he is just 23 years old. Amazing. And me, Mario Kappes and Andrej Busch can't wait to see the next talent stepping behind our bars. We have great Team at Le Lion • Bar de Paris and THE BOILERMAN BAR. Standing ovations to all of them. But today, I give all tribute to Hendrik. A you...

The last weeks I had to travel quite a lot. Lets call it "research". And I have fallen in love with the App "HERE - Maps for life"  from NOKIA APPS LCC. It saved my live a few times - at least made me find good bars quick. Also it saved hundreds of € wich I would have normally spend on international roaming. It made my trips just better - also because I love "walking" a city. HERE is an awesome MAP app - it is available for many platforms, you can find details here:   https://www.here.com I know - there are many MAP app. But HERE is outstanding. You can download the map of the city or country you are traveling to on your device and can use it offline (you need to register for free to do this). But the download includes all addresses of bars, restaurants, Hotels, Shops etc. Including TripAdvisor, Lonley Planet info, also details for Public Transport etc. And its getting your location via your phone (not data) signal. So you can look up everything y...