The National DRiNK Awards 2024 ended with a bang at MGM Shanghai West Bund on December 16.
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November 29, 2024
Cold Spring by John Zhang
A White Russian twist from Waking Lotus Bar in Xi’an
This White Russian twist, crafted by the team at Waking Lotus in Xi’an, is made with walnuts hidden deep within the Qinling Mountains
October 25, 2024
Shanghai Regional DRiNK Awards Winners
Here is the winners list of Shanghai Regional DRiNK Awards 2024
October 25, 2024
East Regional DRiNK Awards Winners
Here is the winners list of East Regional DRiNK Awards 2024
October 25, 2024
Central Regional DRiNK Awards Winners
Here is the winners list of Central Regional DRiNK Awards 2024
October 25, 2024
South Regional DRiNK Awards Winners
Here is the winners list of South Regional DRiNK Awards 2024
October 25, 2024
West Regional DRiNK Awards Winners
Here is the winners list of West Regional DRiNK Awards 2024
October 10, 2024
North Regional DRiNK Awards Winners
Here is the winners list of North and West Regional DRiNK Awards 2024
August 20, 2024
Regional DRiNK Awards are Going Online This Year. Here’s Why
We will announce the regional winners online, but you can still cheer for them in an actual bar.
A crowd-pleaser from No Filter in Shanghai.
July 25, 2024
Zhang Yimou by Zhang Peng
A crowd-pleaser from No Filter in Shanghai
May 31, 2024
DRiNK x Joseph Boroski from J. Boroski
The return of the agave paradise.
A good long talk with Philip Bischoff in Suzhou.
Turn the holiday mode on in Singapore, Hong Kong and Macau.
April 29, 2024
DRiNK x Colin Chia from Nutmeg Collective, Singapore
April 26, 2024
DRiNK x Victor Yang from Aha Saloon, Taipei
DRiNK Asks, Bartenders Answer #1
April 23, 2024
Asia’s 50 Best Bars Returns to Hong Kong in July
A testament to the city’s vibrant bar culture.
April 19, 2024
The Inaugural Kuala Lumpur Cocktail Week is Here
Discover what Malaysian mixology has to offer from the 24th to the 30th of April.
April 18, 2024
Jack Juice by Adrian Xu
An interesting combo of Chinese olives, jasmine tea and chilli oil
April 18, 2024
Using Chinese Olives for Your Dirty Martini… Why Not?
An interesting combo of Chinese olives, jasmine tea and chilli oil by Adrian Xu from BRUMA in Shenzhen, China.
April 17, 2024
DRiNK Awards 2023 Founders Award
April 4, 2024
All Eyes on Havana!
The Havana Club Cocktail Maestros Global Final takes place in Cuba in mid-April
Julie Nguyen shares her inspiration behind her winning drink and her unforgettable experience in Nicaragua.
March 22, 2024
National DRiNK Awards 2023 Winners!
The DRiNK Awards 2023 came to an perfect ending with its pinnacle event concluding at Shanghai Centre Theatre on March 18!
See you at China's most anticipated bar industry event!
March 5, 2024
The Agave Talk with Dre Masso & Megs Miller
On the past, present and future of agave spirits.
February 26, 2024
Date and Location for 2023 National DRiNK Awards Announced!
The highly anticipated national DRiNK Awards will take place at Shanghai Centre Theatre on Monday, March 18.
One of the most hyped bar openings of the year, Tokyo Confidential, came roaring onto Asia’s bar scene this past October in a flurry of guest shifts, media publicity and laybacks.
September 8, 2023
Who’s on shift: Guest bartenders in Asia this September 2023
Find out who’s on shift where this month.
Gn Chan, Faye Chen and Tako Chang share their journey from a pandemic stricken opening one to taking the top spot on North America’s 50 Best Bars.
Find out who’s on shift where this month.
Three bars from Singapore took home crystal plates at Tales of the Cocktail’s Spirited Awards 2023.
Find out who’s on shift where in Hong Kong during Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2023.
Our managing editor Holly Graham has lived in Hong Kong almost a decade, so is sharing some essential tips for the bar industry ahead of Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2023.
Four new bars from Hong Kong veterans have opened their doors in Hong Kong over the last month, including the airport’s first cocktail bar.
Find out who’s on shift where this month.
Bar, brand and media personalities from all over Asia feature on 2023’s list
A love letter from one best friend to another.
Asia counts 8 nominations in Spirited Awards’ Top 4 announcement.
50 Best announces the first of two special awards ahead of the ceremony.
June 9, 2023
Who’s on shift: Guest bartenders in Asia June 2023
Find out who’s on shift where this month.
Asia’s counts 17 nominations in Spirited Awards’ International and Global Categories.
May 19, 2023
BCB comes to Singapore this November
Asia’s first ever BCB will be held in Singapore in November.
Find out who’s on shift where this month, including shifts around SGCF 2023.
May 1, 2023
Global bar events 2023
A list of major bar events and cocktail festivals in Asia and beyond in 2023.
April 12, 2023
Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2023 comes to Hong Kong in July
Asia’s 50 Best Bars moves to July and Hong Kong for the first time ever.
April 6, 2023
Who’s on shift: Guest bartenders in Asia April 2023
Find out who’s on shift where this month.
April 6, 2023
The World’s 50 Best Bars 2023 to be held in Singapore
The World’s 50 Best Bars heads to Asia for the first time.
March 24, 2023
The ex-embassy turned neo-classical landmark bar in Bangkok serving up historied cocktails
The Bar at The House on Sathorn enters a new era that reflects on the past under the leadership of Francesco Moretti.
For the first time ever, the winners of DRiNK Awards were announced in a mesmerising theatrical setting – at the Shanghai Centre Theatre right in the heart of the city.
March 8, 2023
Asia’s women in bartending
An ever-growing and updated list of women working in Asia’s alcohol industry.
N.I.P founder Nic Law and Proof & Company general manager Adrian Chung share more on the exciting partnership.
In its 9th consecutive year, 2023 sees the biggest Festival Village yet.
March 2, 2023
Who’s on shift: Guest bartenders in Asia March 2023
Find out who’s on shift where this month.
February 23, 2023
HLC Global Bartender Scholarship announces winners
HLC Global Bartender Scholarship winners feature five bartenders from Asia.
February 15, 2023
Love behind bars: Working with your partner in the bar industry
To celebrate Valentine’s Day, some of Asia’s bar industry power couples share how they work with their significant other.
February 4, 2023
Who’s on shift: Guest bartenders in Asia February 2023
Find out who’s on shift where this month.
January 25, 2023
Angel Ji opens Kuala Lumpur’s sustainability driven Bar Triptyk
Angel Ji teams up with architect Ahmed Zareh to open a bar and two new restaurant's in Malaysia's capital. By Holly Graham.
30 Best Bars India reveals this year’s list and award winners.
January 11, 2023
Jay Gray of Singapore’s Sago House reveals all on two new venues
Jay Gray, founder and CEO of Sago House, Low Tide, Ghostwriter and Underdog Inn shares all on the group’s two latest venues.
January 4, 2023
Who’s on shift: Guest bartenders in Asia January 2023
Find out who’s on shift where this month.
With mainland China still pursuing a strict zero-COVID policy and many cities still dealing with lockdowns, bartenders and bar owners in China speak up.
November 30, 2022
Who’s On Shift: Guest bartenders in Asia December 2022
Find out who’s on shift where this month.
November 23, 2022
Kelsey Ramage: Authenticity in ourselves in our spaces
Kelsey Ramage, the brains behind the Trash Collective and Black Lagoon, talks about how to show up as our true selves and make space for others to do the same.
Joshua Ivanovic of JungleBird, Kuala Lumpur shares his recipe for his Pina Colada in a pod for the ultimate garnish.
October 25, 2022
Get to know: Sidecar
Seamus Harris reports a wartime whimsy from the jazz age that became the basis for a whole family of drinks.
October 20, 2022
Get to know: Chuhai, Japan’s OG RTD
Japan’s favourite ready-to-drink canned alcoholic beverage has a history that involves war, vodka and…David Bowie.
Find out who’s on shift where during The World’s 50 Best Bars 2022.
September 27, 2022
14 bars from Asia feature on The World’s 50 Best Bars 2022 51-100 list
Singapore features the most bars from Asia on this year’s list.
September 27, 2022
The Shady Family channels mobster glamour in its stable of Bali bars
Drink like a gangster at The Shady Family’s Bali outposts.
September 21, 2022
Celebrate World Sake Day 2022 with a Global Kanpai
Join a global cheers on a live feed broadcast from Hong Kong.
September 20, 2022
Get to know: Grasshopper
The history of this minty green cocktail found its beginnings in New Orleans over a century ago.
Find out who’s on shift where this month.
September 8, 2022
Vantguard sells Gin Mare to the Brown-Forman Corporation
The Spanish company has sold the Mediterranean gin to the American spirits group.
September 6, 2022
A tale of two new Vietnamese molecular cocktail bars
Kuusi by TUNG Hanoi and Hybrid Saigon opened at the same time at opposite ends of the country to change Vietnam’s cocktail game.
August 30, 2022
Why Asia’s bartenders are using hydrosols in cocktails
As hydrosols gain popularity in cocktails, bartenders from Singapore, Hong Kong and Indonesia share their thoughts.
Find out who’s on shift where this month.
August 15, 2022
Keith Motsi departs Charles H Seoul for Virtu in Tokyo
After two years behind the stick at Seoul’s Charles H, Keith Motsi moves to Tokyo to take over Virtu.
Pussyfoot Saloon in Seoul is looking for bartenders to join them for a month.
Listen to the stories of DRiNK’s founder and managing editor.
The collaboration marks Tales Of The Cocktail’s first physical footprint in Asia.
The Aussie bartender took the crown at this year’s Patrón Perfectionists.
Bar, brand and media personalities from all over Asia feature on 2022’s list.
Spirited Awards announces the Top 4 ahead of the ceremony on July 28.
June 14, 2022
Sundara Bali serves up zero-waste culinary cocktails that pay homage to Indonesia’s history
Cocktails inspired by the history of Indonesia use home grown ingredients and strive for zero waste.
June 9, 2022
Meet the woman who is Thailand’s only qualified winemaker and championing New Latitude Wines
Nikki Lohitnavy is the force behind Thailand’s family-run GranMonte vineyard in Khao Yai, and is paving the way for New Latitude Wines.
Spirited Awards announces the Top 10 ahead of the Top 4 on June 21.
Well, not quite the full colour spectrum, but Baldoria’s range of vermouth proves that it doesn’t all have to be red and white.
DRiNK’s managing editor Holly Graham pens her first book that shares the recipes, stories and history behind the cocktails, bars and people that define this spirited region.
The award winning Hong Kong bartenders announce their brand new range of RTDS.
Jerold Khoo and Bai JiaWei, co-founders of Stay Gold Flamingo in Singapore, tell all about their rock and roll bar.
May 7, 2022
Afterthoughts on Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2022
Thoughts, feelings and a causal analysis on this year’s Asia’s 50 Best Bars list.
Spirited Awards makes its first announcement ahead of the ceremony on July 28
Jay Gray reveals exclusively to DRiNK how his bar is giving guests a chance to own part of Sago House’s cocktail menu.
A round up of all the guest shifts in Bangkok happening around Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2022.
April 21, 2022
Asia’s 50 Best Bars reveals the 51-100 list for 2022
A week ahead of the main announcement, the 51-100 list is revealed.
Award winning bartender Ezra Star talks her move from the USA to Hong Kong and her new and upcoming bars.