There are so many interesting bars in Moscow but finding them isn’t easy. Searching for bars reminded me of playing with the Russian Matryoshka dolls. If you open the first...
Moscow is a huge city and bar hopping isn’t as convenient as in St. Petersburg. Luckily, the place I was staying was close to some very interesting bar spots. A...
El Copitas in St. Petersburg is a hidden treasure not easy to find. It has a Mexican theme as the name already suggests and their focus is on agave distillates....
Moscow isn’t short of cocktail bars and my wish list was accordingly long. You can find old bar dinosaurs, newbies and trendy pop ups. No matter whether you like your...
The Athens bar scene is evolving constantly and the standard of fine drinking is very high. In Athens city centre there are two of The World’s 50 Best Bars. Athens...
I did it again and travelled to Athens for the annual Athens Bar Show. The sincerity and the warm welcome you receive in the Greek bar world makes a difference...
I’m often asked how I started being a barstalker. Before I started going to bars, I discovered my love for Scottish single malt whisky. The variety of tastes, the art...
Here comes the last couple of bars. Overall, it was a successful drinking experience. Two bars didn’t touch me at all but all the others absolutely delighted me. My focus...
Nowadays, bars are equipped like laboratories. Producing and refining your own drinks seems to be the order of the day. Taking a material and turning it into something drinkable, extracting...
No matter if you like your drinks classic, crazy, experimental, or molecular, or if you would like to interact with the bartender, sip your drink alone, or want to be...
Once upon a time, or how the idea was born When I travelled to Athens to attend The American Dream Bar project by The Clumsies, where six of the greatest...
Recently, I travelled home to celebrate the first school day of my niece in the Palatinate region. The trip from Berlin takes around five hours by train. Instead of going...