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With the first of the Roadhouse Flair heats fast approaching we catch up with WFA Director of Gradings, @thomasdyer-3, on what to expect, his top trick tips, and more: The Roadhouse Flair Heats 2017 “Every month leading up to the Roadhouse Flair Grand Finals in November, London’s most famous cocktail bar The Roadhouse in Covent […]
You may have noticed the World Flair website has changed a lot over recent months, aside from the visual updates we have incorporated an online store and updated the entire membership area and there is much much more to come. We caught up with Bjorn from the WFA Tech Team to talk about the of the new site […]
So the first WFA Grand Slam for 2017 The Hard Flair Finals, Helsinki, is over. The results are in and we have our winner… This Year’s Winner… This year’s winner of the WFA Grand Slam Hard Flair Finals in Helsinki, Finals was: Luca Valentin! With another Grand Slam victory for Luca, it looks like he is […]
What is Craft Flair & how is it different? Craft Flair is a discipline of working flair and it is dedicated to the creative use all the objects that are involved in making a cocktail. Traditionally flair bartending, especially performance flair, would focus on the bottle and the tin, Craft Flair brings in strainers, muddlers, bar […]
Another year, another Loolapaloosa World Finals has come to an end and another Grand Slam World Champion has been crowned. Now into its 4th year Loolapaloosa, held in Milan, Italy, the Loolapaloosa Grand Finals is the largest flair bartending competition in Italy. As the WFA Grand Slam leaderboard runs from Jan-Dec each year, Loolapaloosa is always […]
If you’re reading this, chances are you’re either a bartender, a flair bartending enthusiast, or the proud friend or family member of one. Either way, you may be wondering what to give (or request) for the upcoming holidays. With many Christmas gift ideas abound this time of year, we decided to skip the method of arbitrarily […]
Loolapaloosa was born 3 years ago deep in the sartorial and fashion capital of Italy, Milan. Milan has long been recognised for its successful football teams, contributions to the world of fashion and now, flair bartending. Taking place at the Loolapaloosa club, where the competition took its name, Loolapaloosa is the largest bartender competition in […]
So the world’s greatest flair bartender competition, the Roadhouse World Finals, has come to an end for another year and what a year it was! From a crowd perspective we think it may even be the best World Finals to date – considering it has been running for 16 years that is quite an achievement, […]
The Roadhouse World Finals, the longest running and most prestigious international flair competition in the world, is into its 16th year. For 10 of those years the Roadhouse has had the pleasure of having flair enthusiast and judge Tony Adams on the panel. Not to be confused with the widely successful Arsenal and England footballer, […]
Behind the bartender… Emanating from a small town in the Transylvanian region of Romania, he may not be related to Dracula, but he is mighty good at flair – and has his eyes firmly planted on this year’s Roadhouse World Finals trophy. We are talking about Luca Valentin of course. One of our 9 previous […]