Australian-born Ben arrived in the UK as a fresh-faced 21-year-old, with the intention of doing a short stint in the bar-trade before returning home. Seven years later, with a career that’s taken in Rockwell Bar (now Vista), Soho House Group, Bistro Bruno Loubet and Zetter Townhouse, he is now the man behind the bar at […]

As we draw to the end of August, still revelling in the balmy summer evenings, here in the spirits department our office has been very quiet with summer holidays taking most people away for a week or two. However we have not abandoned entertainment and training over these warm months, of course not, and there […]

July arrived bringing the sunshine in force – and our whole team debunked to Olympia for a couple of days to show the whole Berry Bros. & Rudd Spirits Portfolio together for the first time at Imbibe, the UK’s largest trade show. This included the new Glenrothes vintage and some products from our US partner […]

The last six weeks have seen me travel (almost) the length of the country to recruit, and then to judge, the regional heats of the No3 Gin cocktail competition. The brief was very wide simply asking bartenders to make a “twist on the gin & tonic” and it was amazing to see all the different […]