This year’s Bar Convent Berlin sees the first independent "Bar Shirt Awards". The most creative motiv will be awarded with the liquid trophy of 20 Gin Basil Smash cocktails.
What is the best thing about Bar Convent Berlin? It’s what the visitors make of it! The Frankfurt bar scene and the Berne bars scene for example have organized group travellings to Berlin. Also there’ll be guest bartenders working in cocktal bars everywhere in the city. And last but not least, there’s now actually the first Bar Shirt Award at Bar Convent Berlin.
Both visitors and folks who can’t visit Bar Convent are able to attend. The idea for the Bar Shirt Awards stems from the crew of bar Le Lion in Hamburg. The award jury is looking for the most creative t-shirt at Bar Convent Berlin. As you can see above the first companies start joining in.
The Bitter Truth and Ardbeg have aready started promoting their shirts. Irish-Dutch bar entrepreneur Philip Duff, who is known to be a true "t-shirt professional" has also published his ideas. As you can see, this grassroot award thing is getting momentum. Now who’s deciding on the best bar shirt? Meet the jury: Mario Kappes, Marcel Baumann, Jörg Meyer, Angus Winchester, Xavier Padovani and John Gakuru.
Update 30.9.2009: Jörg Meyer has advertised via Facebook, that there
is a new category at the Bar Shirt Awards: the Corporate Bar Shirt Award. It’s a category for the t-shirts of spirits brands. What’s the price for the lucky winner? The team of Le Lion will promote the product at an event for a whole day.
Please Note: The Bar Shirt Awards are not official awards of Bar Convent Berlin, Barworkz Berlin or Mixology. We’re therefore not taking responsibility for any provocative statements published. However, we consider the Bar Shirt Awards a great idea and are looking forward to the results.
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Helmut Adam
Helmut Adam ist Herausgeber von Mixology, Magazin für Barkultur, trinkt gerne Negronis, Tequila und den einen oder anderen Gin & Tonic. Bevor er sich zum Bar Manager an der Mixology Bar aufschwang, arbeitete er als Bartender in Zürich, Wien, Berlin und London.
