Tales on Tour in Edinburgh – Save the Date
“Seriousbarstalking” isn’t only about going to bars and looking for a wonderful drinking experience. It is also about giving my respect to the enchanting and fascinating bar culture. I love...
Alexander Sourbatis booked a one-way ticket to Frankfurt
I had an interesting coffee-talk with one of my favourite bartenders, Alexander Sourbatis, in his new adopted city. Alexander has established new bar concepts and has worked in well-known bars...
Everything is Hunky Dory – Everything is fine
I love the nighttime, the reduced light and the focus on other things. My bar adventures are about spending a good and carefree time, enjoying life and being enchanted by...
CLOSED | B/2 – The Bside of Athens
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...
Spoiled – Free your mind
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...
Think Flavour – Whisky in its purest form
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...
London – Drink Sleep & Repeat
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...
London – High tech equipment for better drinking
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...
London – A place of pilgrimage for cocktail lovers
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...
Baba Au Rum Pop Up – A dream becomes reality
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...
Nightcap – a cosy rabbit hole with cocktails and food
This was my last night out in Edinburgh and it was time for my last nightcap. Nightcap, an apt name for a bar with long opening hours, amazing drinks and...
Bryant & Mack Private Detectives – Confidential drinking
Edinburgh is such a beautiful city and so full of fantastic bars and restaurants that I will never get tired of repeating it. There are loads of high class cocktail...
The Devil’s Advocate – Bar & Kitchen
Edinburgh has a fantastic bar scene and there are very famous brains behind the different bars. Stuart McCluskey is the owner of The Bon Vivant, El Cartel and The Devil’s...
