Our friend the Gin Monkey reviews bars in every city she visits. The reviews are written in a down-to-earth fashion and as she simply visits these bars as an average customer the reviews are completely impartial. Unlike many ‘best bar in the universe’ type sites, bars can’t pay to be included so you can actually believe the reviews Gin Monkey writes!
Bitters and Twisted Links
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Santa Fe Barman
Chris Milligan is the Santa Fe Barman and in his blog he shares his experiences from his many years in the food & nbeverage industry. Chris’ down-to-earth style makes this one of the nicest blogs to read. Chris reviews products, explores the history of drinks, makes observations about drinking trends and gives helpfull hints and tips for making great cocktails. It’s rare to find someone so dedicated to sharing their knowledge… Santa Fe Barman, we salute you!
Oh Gosh!
Jay Hepburn blogs about his voyage of discovery into the world of cocktails and spirits sharing his thoughts on bars, spirits, cocktails, bitters and obscure ingredients. What we like most about this blog is that Jay isn’t in the drinks industry, he is just a regular guy who happens to like a cocktail or two. We also like the fact that you can search his site by ingredient, so if you have a bottle in your drinks cabinet that you never quite know what to do with be sure to check out Oh Gosh!
A Mountain of Crushed Ice
Swedish based blogger Tiare Olsen first found a love of rum after being given a sip of El Dorado 15 years, and ever since that first taste she has wanted to learn more about rum and tiki drinks. These are the two themes that keep cropping up in her excellent blog although she also touches on other spirits and classic cocktails. Great photography and well written articles makes this a favourite drinks blog at b&t HQ!
Rum Dood
The rum dood is a blog about… you guessed it… rum! RumDood shares reviews of rums, explores tiki cocktails, checks out bars and runs competitions. The thing we love most about the RumDood (other than his excellent content) are the illustrations, be sure to check them out!
The Melting Pot
John Clay blogs about all aspects of the drinking experience, sharing his experiences from tastings, to bar shows, to discovering new products and everything drinks related. John covers a wide range of topics and presents them in a frank and open manner which makes reading his blog feel quite personal. Reading The Melting Pot feels like reading an email from an old friend about what he’s been up to recently.
