Barmagazine - Thinking about drinking

17/08/2026

Europe’s 50 Best found one. We found four.
This June the 50 Best Bars circus came to Amsterdam to launch its first European list, and left the host city with exactly one bar on it. Super Lyan — Amsterdam at No. 42. Deserved, but not the whole picture. Sins of Sal is where the industry drinks. Fitz's Bar lets you order by smell, from a trolley of house-made perfumes. SHAKERATO is Eric van Beek coming home after making Handshake the best bar in the world, and it still sits at No. 2.
Save this for your next Amsterdam trip. And if we missed your favourite, the comments are open.

13/08/2026

These bars distill their own spirits.
Four bars that decided making the drink wasn’t enough. Himkok in Oslo has distilled aquavit, gin and vodka on site since 2015. Advocatuur in Amsterdam runs a still room behind the bar. The Sidecar in Dublin forages its botanicals from city parkland. CopperBay in Paris built a pastis with a Marseille distillery.
Save this if you’ve ever thought about making your own.
Full story on BarMagazine.com. Link in bio.

10/08/2026

7 Signatures from Little Red Door’s Agri/Culture menu.
Little Red Door in Paris’ Marais built its new menu with the people who grow the ingredients. Every drink is built around a single ingredient, where it comes from, and the person who grows it. Shiitakes grown in an underground car park. Strawberries from Maison Carletti, a family farm in Lot-et-Garonne. Beaufort cheese, in a cocktail.
Save this for your next Paris trip.
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21/07/2026

One lemon, way more juice. 🍋 Super Juice is the batching hack every high-volume bar should know.
Formulas (peel weight):
Citric × 0.66 | Malic × 0.33 (limes) | Water × 16.66
Recipe & method: 🎥 Seán Kearns

06/07/2026

The nightcap is having its moment. 🥃
Nightcaps share more in common with first drinks of the night than they first appear - which is why they’re sometimes the same drink. A martini during cocktail hour feels as appropriate as one does at the end of the night. “A stiff drink is like a Spanish exclamation point: appropriate at either end,” says Sam Nellis, head bartender at Silver Lyan. “Nightcaps are coming back because people who drink and drink well understand that alcohol isn’t just intoxication; it’s ritual.”

Three ways Silver Lyan closes the evening:

№ 01 SILVER SERVICE MARTINI
Fords gin & Dolin vermouth, served 50:50

№ 02 SEASON’S SAZERAC
Solera-fruit Pierre Ferrand cognac, Michter’s rye, Peychaud’s, white absinthe

№ 03 BEESWAX OLD-FASHIONED
Hibiki Harmony, local beeswax, Baller bitters

What’s your last call of choice? 👇

01/07/2026

🇬🇷 Athens' Line has been crowned No.1 on the inaugural Europe's 50 Best Bars 2026 list, revealed tonight in Amsterdam. London takes seven spots, Italy returns nine, and Tirana, Bratislava and Innsbruck all make the map. Salvatore Calabrese is named Roku Industry Icon. Read the full story →

Line in Athens is named No.1 on the inaugural Europe's 50 Best Bars 2026 list, revealed in Amsterdam, with London, Barcelona and Paris close behind. More

29/06/2026

Ten years of Danico, in four glasses.
For its 10th anniversary, Nico de Soto and his team built a “Best Of” menu, pulling one signature cocktail from each year of the bar and serving the whole arc back to back in Paris this summer.
Our four to start with:
Sado Miso: Pierre Ferrand 1840, rye, brown butter miso, anko, black sesame, rice + tofu milk, egg
L’Alligator C’Est Vert: absinthe, coconut milk, pandan, nutmeg, egg
Kota Ternate: Planteray rums, pineapple, coconut, spice mix, lime, milk
Chicha Morada: vodka, chicha morada, clarified apple
1 June to 31 August 2026. Limited run.
📷 Danico

21/06/2026

Top 10 Bars in Los Angeles 2026. BarMagazine’s editorial pick.

Los Angeles put four bars on North America’s 50 Best Bars 2026: Mírate at No. 28, Daisy Margarita Bar at No. 44, Vandell at No. 68 and Thunderbolt at No. 92. Our 10 reaches further: a Beverly Hills aperitivo room from the Dante team (2019 World’s Best Bar), Ray Buhen’s 1961 tiki institution on Sunset, and the most ambitious culinary cocktail program in DTLA at The Wolves.

Which LA bars would make YOUR Top 10? Tag them below ↓

Read the full list at the link in bio.

18/06/2026

seedlibrarynyc has unveiled its second menu - ten new signatures shaped by six months on Park Avenue. From Mr Lyan and team, built on overlooked ingredients with the trademark Lyan blend of complexity and approachability.
The new menu launched June 9.
Four signatures to start with - which one are you ordering first? 👇
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03/06/2026

🗽 Women & Hospitality crosses the Atlantic for the first time. Margarita Sáder and Julie Reiner co-host the ninth edition of the global seminar series at Milady's New York on June 8, 2026, with Faye Chen (Double Chicken Please), Susan Fedroff (Milady's, Clover Club) and Patty Dennison (Kinda Nice, Shenanigans) on the panel. Paradiso takes over the bar the following night.

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Women & Hospitality hosts its first North America seminar at Milady's New York on June 8, 2026, with Margarita Sader, Julie Reiner, and Faye Chen. More