CLASH OF THE BALKANS - BOSNIA FLAIR TOUR

Hello everyone. We are happy to announce that we are preparing a good happy dayz flair fun for all of you boys and girls. 


I am glad to inform you that there are two competitions to take place in a 4 day flair tour across Bosnia-Herzegovina, named CLASH OF THE BALKANS-BOSNIA FLAIR TOUR. 

Competition no.1:

MINISTRY OF FLAIR - THE FAMOUS GROUSE CUP

(City of Sarajevo)
Bartender Association of Bosnia-Herzegovina is an organizer of this competition. Ministry of Flair-The famous Grouse cup is a fully provided with accommodation.

7.4.2014 Monday, noon - Mixology Quals

7.4.2014 Monday, afternoon - Flair Quals

8.4.2014 Tuesday, noon - Mixology Finale

8.4.2014 Tuesday, afternoon - Flair Finale

LINKS: 
FLAIR RULES
MIXOLOGY RULES
Application mail for flair competitors: gatsbysgrandson@mail.ru
(simply put your name, approx arrival, T-shirt size and feel free to ask anything else).
Please keep in mind that you will have to apply for both competitions separately

Application mail for mixology competitors: duvnjakedis@gmail.com
(simply put your name, approx arrival, T-shirt size and feel free to ask anything else).
Please keep in mind that you will have to apply for both competitions separately.

Competition no 2.

VOLARE CUP(City of Mostar)

Wednesday 9.4.2014 - MIXOLOGY

Wednesday 9.4.2014 -  FLAIR QUALIFICATIONS 

Thursday 10.4.2014 - FLAIR FINALE

IMPORTANT: 
Please keep in mind that Bartender Association of Bosnia-Herzegovina is not the organizer of Volare Cup and we are only posting it as a favor to our friends. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for anything regarding this particular competition. 
However, the two competitions as confirmed, stay in line and are as scheduled, which means that nothing practically changes as much as you might be concerned.

This COMPETITION DETAILS is the direct link to the VOLARE CUP in Mostar city. Be free to check it out. You will find info about rules, judges, prize money and in the end an email to reach the organizer and participate.

TRANSPORT.
Dear friends, there are many ways to reach us. The best way is probably flights to Sarajevo and Mostar City from Germany, Austria, Serbia, Croatia, Turkey, Switzerland, Austria, Italy(Bari, Milan, Pisa, Naples etc). If you have a good connection to Italy you will easily reach us. Sarajevo, where the first competition in a row takes place is very well connected to the rest of europe by air. Germanwings connects every few days from Cologne. There are connections to most of the Europe. Please check the links bellow.

SARAJEVO.
SARAJEVO AIRPORT

MOSTAR.
MOSTAR AIRPORT
REFERRED BOOKING AGENT

We sincerely hope to see you here. The nightlife is awesome and the cities are full of historical sites. We also hope that the other conditions please you. Safe trip.

Flair Newspaper 14. What's happening?

Here is what has been going on recently in the flair world. There have been a lot of interesting happenings in the industry for the past several weeks. I see things developing across the ocean as Vladymyr Buryanov and Danilo Oribe launch a new Flair training concept under their new project named Las Vegas Flair Academy. They have got The John Bundy, a man who trained Tom Cruise and Bryan Brown in the movie Cocktail on one of the trainings.

As the story goes on they are teaching their flair philosophy in Europe as well by doing a flair masterclass in Rome. It is a positive thing to see progressive elements of Bartending kicking of in America after some time. We all wish them happy flairing.

You can find out more about their work and courses on Las Vegas Flair Academy

Lets move on. Love this new video update on the results of  Bar Achievement Awards. In my personal opinion it is super to have projects like this going on, as it feeds the Bar industry and makes all of us work more progressive on ourselves and on moving our views about bar industry today closer to a wider public.
It is sure great to have all those who have really worked hard throughout the year being promoted and awarded.

Post by Bar Achievement Awards.

Let's all give a full support to this project because these kind of things are a promotion of Bar industry in general and us all. Gratitude to the Just Flair TV and their partners.

You will find more on this subject on Bar Achievement Award.Be sure to visit it.

Just a couple of days ago there was a this new Grand Slam rated competition in Assen, Netherlands, called BarTT Grand Slam. The final lineup looked as follows:
1. Alexander Shtifanov
2. Tomek Malek
3. Marek Poslyszny
4. Bruno Vanzan
5. Vaclav Abraham
6. Tom Dyer
7. Miika Mehtio
8. Manuel Weiser
9. Vitaly Kolpin
10. Denis Trifanovs

You should also check this short interview with the winner. Try to see into the flair Bartenders views and way of living.

Liquor News 2

Great news for a top shelf whisky fans. There is a lot of positive things going on.

CROWN ROYAL XO
Crown Royal launches it's super new XO concept. This Uisge is is to be a greatest blend they have ever created. Made out of more than 50 of their finest whiskies with notable hints of vanilla and dried fruits with the smoothest finish and amber, topaz in color.
As it was originally created to commemorate the tour of Canada by King and Queen back in 1939, this spirits takes, in my own opinion even higher ground. Being a top shelf but still quite affordable amazingly smooth whisky it will sure be a top pick among the whisky sippers as well as a great product to be offered in one Bar, Club or a Restaurant.

Master Blender, Andrew MacKay underlines that this great 50 whiskies blend is finished by ageing in Cognac casks from the French Limousin forest and, which defines it and further enriches it's being. Company states that it will retail at recommended price of $50.

SVEDKA VODKA NEW FLAVORS
Svedka, in my views one of funkiest packed Vodka brands, now has new flavors among their infused vodka portfolio. These new ones are a new mixed flavor concepts, and it will be interesting to see how will they perform at the market. We are talking about Svedka Strawberry Lemonade and Svedka Mango Pineapple Vodka. If being asked, I think that the second one of these has a greater future ahead, taking in consider the bartenders point of view when mixing drinks, and I believer it will find it's niche to be Cocktail(Martini) and Tiki tropical sphere of Cocktail Mixology. Still, I wish them a great success. As a reminder, some of the others that they have in their portfolio are Svedka Colada, Svedka Strawberry Colada, Svedka Orange Cream(my favourite), and other, basic ones they have created such as Svedka Clementine, Raspberry, Vanilla, Citron and Cherry.

DIAGEO INVESTS CLYNELISH
Diageo is on their course to invest some thirtythousandpounds in the Clynelish Distilery. This being a part of their new agenda to invest some one billion pounds into their Scotch Whisky brands production facilities, so to increase production. Part of this action among other things will be to invest in new mashtun, 10 new washbacks and six new copper stills. Those who enjoy it know that Clynelish is highly prized distillery, and very impotrtant player in the Scotch Whiskey industry history. I say Cheers.

Flair Newspaper 13.1 Update

Here is an update od Flair 13. We have finally got videos from Flairmania competition in Riga, held just a few days ago. This great comp has been a real show in the flair world, first of the big ones this year. Take a peak on those videos and post a comment as we wanna know who had the best routine in your own opinion. 

You will find all the other videos on Flairmania Youtube channel as same as these.
Cheers!