Singapore gears up for Asia’s largest cocktail festival

Featuring international bartenders, cocktail workshops and lashings of spirits, Singapore’s anticipated Cocktail Week will run from 12-19 March across the city.

Alex Kratena, former head bartender of Londons Artesian Bar and founder of (P) Our

In a bid to introduce Singapore’s burgeoning cocktail crowd to a plethora of spirits, Singapore’s rowdy Cocktail Week will feature around 60 cocktail bars and restaurants as well as the chance for festival goers to make their own concoctions and learn about spirit production methods such as barrel-ageing.

Guest bartenders will fly in from New York, London, Tokyo and Sydney, including Jim Meehan founder of New York’s PDT, Charlie Ainsbury Diageo Reserve World Class Winner 2015, Nathan Beasley from Melbourne’s Black Pearl, Hidetsugu Ueno from Tokyo’s Bar High Five and Gareth Evans, Absolut Elyx global brand ambassador.

This being Singapore, there will also be a feast of cocktail brunches and dinners, with a Hendrick’s Murder Mystery evening, a rum-inspired four course dinner and the Elyx House party at Potato Head Folk.

Participating bars also include some of Singapore’s favourites, such as 28 Hongkong Street, Raffles Hotel, DSTILLERY, Horse’s Mouth, House of Dandy, Jekyll & Hyde, Jigger & Pony, Manhattan and the Tippling Club.

For more information, visit the festival website.