Hamish Smith

Editor @Classbarmag, Bars Editor @Drinksintmag (media partner @50BestBars) Views are my own - mostly.

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@tapairportugal so you double book our flights, then wait until we’re standing at your desk at Gatwick at 8am to tell us we’re on standby. A family of five. A baby. Options? Fly to another city or take out chances with a flight in 7 hours. What a shameful operation you run.

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@BarNightjar to add new Carnaby Street site. https://t.co/cRaC65A8RY

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"Silence only supports war." A few hours ago I interviewed Dima Shovkoplias from Parovoz Speak Easy in Kyiv. He talked of bartenders making Molotov cocktails. Of speakeasies that have become bomb shelters, of bartenders turned soldiers. https://t.co/GaawuTeCGC

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Michelin but for the bar industry? The Pinnacle Guide is here (well, next year). https://t.co/tBWGk92V2E

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A little appetiser to the main event on Tuesday.

https://t.co/wvCTjhYCWj

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@mrlyan in East London bar venture - check out the story here.
https://t.co/d6DNZpWaz8

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For all you bar owners out there...
Danny Murphy of @berry_and_rye on operating a business during a staffing crisis.
https://t.co/KsXEeiecQF

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@TrailerH was struck by a freak weather event this summer, just days before the pandemic restrictions ended. @SlyAugustin talks to me about bad luck that is starting to turn good.

https://t.co/kigFwFZJLH

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CLASS WINTER 2021 - COME RAIN OR SHINE, HAPPINESS - LAUNCHES
Our last issue ft @SlyAugustin has landed in bars across the UK. Digital subscribers can access the digital magazine here: https://t.co/5UrB3axUon

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Tim Etherington-Judge of @healthyhospo and calvados brand @AvallenSpirits explains how great changes to spirits labelling are afoot.
https://t.co/ZkOHSRKnkv

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Thought provoking article from @mrlyan (Ryan Chetiyawardana) on how classic cocktail recipes may be limiting the space for the next generation of spirits development.
https://t.co/WHTorp9TSm

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With debts to service, rising costs and an uncertain future, profit is becoming increasingly hard to come by for bars. Iain McPherson has some ideas on adapting the bar business model.

https://t.co/WCgQdPn4A9

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@mixellany (Anistatia Miller and Jared Brown) show us how best to utilise the pumpkin in drinks.
https://t.co/sTnKxYOV0s

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How has the international bar industry changed since the pandemic? @classbarmag columnist Edmund Weil offers his analysis.

https://t.co/jqA580oFbu

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New spirits-entertainment-shopping network (called @spirits_network ) to launch, with a streamed cocktail comp. Details with @classbarmag
https://t.co/K27vrthSdu

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CLASS columnist Mike Baxter's (@courdoroyjones) latest column is now live on https://t.co/KjWID3B3Q3.

https://t.co/G8P5onhPsc

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Here's our abridged guide to LCW, which begins tomorrow.

https://t.co/3sUzWxEAR0

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Our reviews are back! Here @HamishSSmith charts the rise - and possible democratisation - of the high-rise bar. https://t.co/HrKJoKDhb7

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We have dates for the openings of two UK institutions.

@MOJOSheffield

https://t.co/GW9VtqIBnS

And the American Bar's reopening at @TheSavoyLondon

https://t.co/WX42Py7j0s

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THE HARD RESET - CLASS Autumn 2021 is out now. CLASS is free for UK bartenders - clink here: https://t.co/F80uUnwkvc
For subscribers, find the digital magazine here:
https://t.co/upgXiXwFsN