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The Roadhouse hosted this year’s edition of Bottle Tin is King (#BTiK) recently and it was certainly a Roadhouse World Flair Heat to remember. #BTiK is always a popular event, mainly due to the differences it has to many other flair bartending competitions. With the bartender only allowed to use 2 objects at any one […]
So, some of our eagle eyed social media viewers will have spotted #PassTheBottle popping up every now and then as different renowned bartenders from around the world get their hands on the holy grail of flair bottles. The flair bottle in question is one of our coveted FlyBottles, no doubt the best flair training bottle […]
Flair bartending competitions, worldwide, have been very similar ever since there conception many years ago. This isn’t a bad thing, far from it, it has seen the rise of a very talented and highly competitive flair bartending community – however, progress is progress and a new format of flair competitions is certainly progress. This is […]
Well let’s just start by saying how grateful we are for the continued support the Roadhouse is receiving from the bartending community worldwide. As many of you will already know, one of London’s most iconic venues, the Roadhouse in Covent Garden, recently came under threat from redevelopment plans put forward by the landlord. The Roadhouse […]
Over the course of 2017 the team here at the World Flair Association were contacted by production company Taste Made Travel who are to be launching a new journalistic/lifestyle channel called OffBeat City. The idea of the new channel is to ‘see your favourite cities through the eyes of the tribes that make them tick’, […]
The first WFA Grand Slam in South East Asia for 2018 has been and gone – and it was great! Bartenders from all around the world flocked to Singapore for the Barstylez Big Match World Bartender Championship 2018, which for only the second time is part of the WFA Grand Slam Tournament. For those who […]
The Roadhouse Battle Competition is always an exciting event and this year’s edition was no different. There are so many things to love about the Battle Comp, in particular its format. Unlike all other flair bartending competitions, the Roadhouse Battle Comp pits bartenders head to head across a qualifying round and finally the knock out […]
Roberto Temple is a 29 year old bartender from Lima, Peru. A student of Tourism and Hospitality, Roberto’s life as a bartender started in Puerto Maldonado. Here he learned the basics of bartending and cocktails but it was enough to motivate him to learn more and finally decide bartending is what he wanted to do […]
Everybody has their own way of learning. For some it is more visual, for others it is more action based, perhaps even theoretical. With that in mind we have put together a list of our top 5 flair practice techniques. You may find some of you employ all of these techniques, maybe you use none […]
Inspired by his own experience learning flair bartending at Flair Camp 2013, Mathias Daa Lofquist has gone on to create his own flair bartending infrastructure in Denmark; allowing Denmark’s bartenders somewhere to socialise, train and further their bartending skill set with classes and WFA Gradings. We spoke to Mathias to discover his journey up until […]