Bierboutique Rotterdam | First beer boutique in the Netherlands
16-1-2017
Especially for those special beer lovers who live in or near Rotterdam, the first beer boutique in the Netherlands will open its doors early February. A joint with the look of a boutique resambling the time of The Great Gatsby. A great place to relax and enjoy a special beer. Naturally, the old familiar lager remains on the beer menu.
Wim about Wine | Wine in Moderation
16-1-2017
Wim stands for Wine in Moderation and it’s a Dutch name for a man. In the Netherlands, the Royal Dutch Association of Vintners (KVNW) initiated the International Wine in Moderation initiative. The KVNW takes their social responsibility in the provision of wine very serious and wants to encourage responsible wine consumption by consumers. ‘Wim about Wine’ has to become the platform for the Dutch consumer to find tips and explanations about the moderation of consuming wine.
Happy Drinks The Battle 2017 | Contest to broaden the alcohol free offerings in the hospitality industry
11-1-2017
With Happy Drinks The Battle 2017 Pierre Wind and the Trimbos Institute want to challenge the business schools for restaurant, catering and hospitality education to make alcohol-free drinks in bars and restaurants more exciting and diverse. Anyone can join The Battle: from the professional bartenders to home shakers who like to invent their own drinks. But Happy Drinks The Battle 2017 is perhaps most interesting for the business schools for restaurant, catering and hospitality education. The winner will earn the title Happy Drinks Master Shaker 2017, gets € 500,= in vouchers of bol.com and the winning recipe will be squeezed by Pinky Rose in a special edition handmade syrup.
Üllo the wine purifier | No more hangovers from wine
11-1-2017
An already backed project at Kickstarter: the Ullo wine purifier. This wine purifier claims it removes sulphites from your wine and thus prevents hangovers, only from wine of course!
Sayah Spekkoek Liqueur | Pure with ice cubes, in Indonesian Coffee or in cocktails
10-1-2017
The new bottle and the improved positioning of Sayah spekkoek liqueur is presented at the Dutch Horecava. The owners of SAYAH, the Pieplenbosch family, went looking for a more authentic look with as result a ‘Dutch Delight with an Indonesian twist’ on the label. As several drinks who have rebranded their drinks they also give guidelines at their website on how to drink the Spekkoek liqueur, either pure on the rocks or in the coffee (Indonesian Coffee) and you can experiment with cocktails. At their website they give the recipe of their signature cocktail which is the Ticket2Bali.
Trends we spotted this week | week 1 2017
6-1-2017
At Horecatrends we spot a lot of national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write articles about, the smaller trends we use in our column ‘Trends we spotted this week’. This week amongst others is the new ‘just walk out service’ at Amazon Go going to change the way we shop? And in Sweden they spotted tiny restaurants for mice.
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Artsy chairs for restaurants | no more art required
6-1-2017
Haris Jusovic, graphic designer from Bosnia, created a serie of different chair designs inspired by daily used objects like shoes, telephones, basketballs and food. The last category has a cheary chair, banana chair but also Italian dishes chairs, chocolate and hazelnut chairs. If one would make the illustrations of this designer for commercial use the food ones would be great for restaurants.
Jajem Jenever | This is how to celebrate a birthday party!
4-1-2017
The biological Amsterdam jenever (Dutch gin) brand Jajem existed 1 year late December, reason for a big celebration. Therefore, they sell 300 limited edition bottles of 1 year matured Jajem at their own Kopstootbar and they organized a great birthday party.
Arctic Cold Brew | Made as easy as it looks
2-1-2017
The future of coffee is cold brew. The Arctic lets you make your own easily to enjoy the perfect cup of coffee any time.
If you haven’t tried cold brew yet, you’re missing out. The flavor is delightfully smooth compared to the taste of your usual cup, and it packs more than enough of a caffeinated kick to get you going in the morning.
Best read articles in 2016
30-12-2016
At the end of 2016 we are not going to publish the ´Trends we spotted this week´. Instead of that we have collected the best read articles of last year. The top five articles are published below. We hope you will get inspired in 2017 just as you were in 2016 by our trends.
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