Jan Laubscher's articles Cocktails Martini takes the top two spots as UK’s most popular cocktail It’s five o’clock somewhere – and to celebrate Global Cocktail Day online retailer IWOOT has undertaken some research to uncover the UK’s favourite cocktail. To determine the rankings, the team looked at the previous 12-months of Google Search Data and calculated the monthly average for each cocktail. These average totals were then stacked up against one another […] Written by Jan Laubscher 9 May 20229 May 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Coffee NESCAFÉ GOLD partners with Local Creatives NESCAFÉ GOLD, the premium quality coffee artfully crafted with the finest coffee beans for a rich, yet smooth and rounded taste, launched its 2022 winter campaign, Crafted Beyond Compare and announced its partnership with four local creatives, bespoke Nungu Diamonds, fashion designer David Tlale, Chef extraordinaire Luke-Dale Roberts and designer Casey Jeanne giving consumers a […] Written by Jan Laubscher 5 May 20225 May 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Gin Hendrick’s Launches Refreshing Encounters campaign Today, Hendrick’s reveals to the world its landmark thirst-quenching global summer campaign, Refreshing Encounters, with TVC directed by the critically acclaimed Spike Jonze protégés and conceptually driven absurdist duo, The Perlorian Brothers. The skilled visual storytellers bring a refreshingly peculiar perspective to Hendrick’s wonderland of Victorian surrealism, infusing the magic of the Hendrick’s world with a spark […] Written by Jan Laubscher 5 May 20225 May 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Whisky Whiskey Market to Surpass Other Alcoholic Drinks Sales Whiskey is becoming popular around the world, driving the bulk of volume consumption growth through 2022. As per ESOMAR-certified market research, the blended malt Scotch whisky is leading the market in terms of product type, with consumption increasing at a whopping pace. The rise in creative, innovative cocktails and the growing “cocktail culture” in the […] Written by Jan Laubscher 4 May 20224 May 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Milk Dubai Food Festival 2022 set to tantalise taste buds Dubai Food Festival (DFF), the city’s annual festival of food, is back! Celebrating Dubai’s global gastronomy status, the 14-day, city-wide festival of food will return between 2–15 May 2022 to showcase Dubai’s most exciting culinary offerings. Returning for the ninth edition, this year’s festival will take guests on an immersive tour of a city home […] Written by Jan Laubscher 26 April 202226 April 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Bitters Featured Last Round Of Rum Before The World Ends At the far end of my plane ticket awaited rum paradise. It’s a long trek from my motherland in Africa to the tropical islands of Trinidad & Tobago in the Caribbean. I was obviously by no means the first of my part of the world to undertake this journey, but unlike some of my enslaved […] Written by Jan Laubscher 1 May 20204 June 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Cocktails Featured The 20 Most Influential Cocktail Personalities In South Africa, According To Industry Leaders The Twenties. What a joyous phrase to the drinks industry? It conjures visions of jive and swing, filled with the hooch of youth. It holds so much promise. One can only ponder what lies ahead as we roll into a new decade of Twenties. Written by Jan Laubscher 7 January 202028 February 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Cocktails Featured The Top 10 Bartending Competitions To Enter In South Africa, According To Bartenders. It’s a dog-eat-dog world out there and everyone in the spirits business is hustling harder than a pusher on Long Street for positioning at the bar. Written by Jan Laubscher 14 October 201928 February 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Coffee Featured Hidden Coffee Spots in Cape Town’s East City On the fringe of Cape Town’s easy city, a steady coffee smog streams-up the crisp winter morning sky. It’s cold, and on the streets studded beardos congregate for their morning java. Written by Jan Laubscher 22 August 201918 February 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Cocktails Featured A Negroni a Day at these Cape Town restaurants will keep the winter at bay From obscurity, the Negroni cocktail slid back into mainstream cocktail bars like some kind of forgotten DM. Written by Jan Laubscher 24 June 201918 February 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Cocktails Featured Two of South Africa’s Top Bars to close and relocate A good story always needs a villain and for this one we selected the boogeyman of the trade, the ruler of the coop, the one to which we all bend the knee, hard. The landlord. Written by Jan Laubscher 27 May 201918 February 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Cocktails Featured All the 2019 South African B.A.R. Award Winners Cape Town might be littered with babalaas bartenders this morning, but the Mother City sits pretty with almost all the major awards – from High to New to Best Bar – it’s all down south. 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Cocktails Martini takes the top two spots as UK’s most popular cocktail It’s five o’clock somewhere – and to celebrate Global Cocktail Day online retailer IWOOT has undertaken some research to uncover the UK’s favourite cocktail. To determine the rankings, the team looked at the previous 12-months of Google Search Data and calculated the monthly average for each cocktail. These average totals were then stacked up against one another […] Written by Jan Laubscher 9 May 20229 May 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Coffee NESCAFÉ GOLD partners with Local Creatives NESCAFÉ GOLD, the premium quality coffee artfully crafted with the finest coffee beans for a rich, yet smooth and rounded taste, launched its 2022 winter campaign, Crafted Beyond Compare and announced its partnership with four local creatives, bespoke Nungu Diamonds, fashion designer David Tlale, Chef extraordinaire Luke-Dale Roberts and designer Casey Jeanne giving consumers a […] Written by Jan Laubscher 5 May 20225 May 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Gin Hendrick’s Launches Refreshing Encounters campaign Today, Hendrick’s reveals to the world its landmark thirst-quenching global summer campaign, Refreshing Encounters, with TVC directed by the critically acclaimed Spike Jonze protégés and conceptually driven absurdist duo, The Perlorian Brothers. The skilled visual storytellers bring a refreshingly peculiar perspective to Hendrick’s wonderland of Victorian surrealism, infusing the magic of the Hendrick’s world with a spark […] Written by Jan Laubscher 5 May 20225 May 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Whisky Whiskey Market to Surpass Other Alcoholic Drinks Sales Whiskey is becoming popular around the world, driving the bulk of volume consumption growth through 2022. As per ESOMAR-certified market research, the blended malt Scotch whisky is leading the market in terms of product type, with consumption increasing at a whopping pace. The rise in creative, innovative cocktails and the growing “cocktail culture” in the […] Written by Jan Laubscher 4 May 20224 May 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Milk Dubai Food Festival 2022 set to tantalise taste buds Dubai Food Festival (DFF), the city’s annual festival of food, is back! Celebrating Dubai’s global gastronomy status, the 14-day, city-wide festival of food will return between 2–15 May 2022 to showcase Dubai’s most exciting culinary offerings. Returning for the ninth edition, this year’s festival will take guests on an immersive tour of a city home […] Written by Jan Laubscher 26 April 202226 April 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Bitters Featured Last Round Of Rum Before The World Ends At the far end of my plane ticket awaited rum paradise. It’s a long trek from my motherland in Africa to the tropical islands of Trinidad & Tobago in the Caribbean. I was obviously by no means the first of my part of the world to undertake this journey, but unlike some of my enslaved […] Written by Jan Laubscher 1 May 20204 June 2024 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Cocktails Featured The 20 Most Influential Cocktail Personalities In South Africa, According To Industry Leaders The Twenties. What a joyous phrase to the drinks industry? It conjures visions of jive and swing, filled with the hooch of youth. It holds so much promise. One can only ponder what lies ahead as we roll into a new decade of Twenties. Written by Jan Laubscher 7 January 202028 February 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Cocktails Featured The Top 10 Bartending Competitions To Enter In South Africa, According To Bartenders. It’s a dog-eat-dog world out there and everyone in the spirits business is hustling harder than a pusher on Long Street for positioning at the bar. Written by Jan Laubscher 14 October 201928 February 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Coffee Featured Hidden Coffee Spots in Cape Town’s East City On the fringe of Cape Town’s easy city, a steady coffee smog streams-up the crisp winter morning sky. It’s cold, and on the streets studded beardos congregate for their morning java. Written by Jan Laubscher 22 August 201918 February 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Cocktails Featured A Negroni a Day at these Cape Town restaurants will keep the winter at bay From obscurity, the Negroni cocktail slid back into mainstream cocktail bars like some kind of forgotten DM. Written by Jan Laubscher 24 June 201918 February 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Cocktails Featured Two of South Africa’s Top Bars to close and relocate A good story always needs a villain and for this one we selected the boogeyman of the trade, the ruler of the coop, the one to which we all bend the knee, hard. The landlord. Written by Jan Laubscher 27 May 201918 February 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Cocktails Featured All the 2019 South African B.A.R. Award Winners Cape Town might be littered with babalaas bartenders this morning, but the Mother City sits pretty with almost all the major awards – from High to New to Best Bar – it’s all down south. A major shift from last year, when Jozi delivered most of the goods. Written by Jan Laubscher 26 March 201918 February 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
