Pubs & Patios

PUBS, PATIOS & BARS: Santé to Quebec’s booming beer culture

While Quebec is already well-known for its refined gins and wine, the province’s craft beer scene is booming too. With over 150 microbreweries, several summer beer festivals, and a special passport to help promote beer tourism, the province has plenty to offer craft beer-lovers.

PUBS, PATIOS & BARS: England’s oldest hotel a prism to the past

While most of Britain will be celebrating the coronation of King Charles III this spring, the quaint Cotswold town of Malmesbury will also be looking back over a thousand years to another other milestone: the crowning of the first king of Britain – Athelstone, who is today the town’s most famous son.

PUBS, PATIOS & BARS: Whiskey set to flow again in Belfast

Belfast’s first distillery in a century will soon open its doors in a historic converted prison, courtesy of the Belfast Distillery Co., which is on a “mission” to bring whiskey distilling back to the Northern Irish city.

PUBS, PATIOS & BARS: For whom the mojito tolls

I’ll be honest, I don’t really get the Ernest Hemingway cult in Cuba (or elsewhere), but if you’re like a lot of visitors to Havana, at some point you’ll attempt to stop by the Old Town venue most commonly known as “the Hemingway bar,” otherwise known as La Bodeguita del Medio.

PUBS, PATIOS & BARS: St. Kitts launches rum certification course

St. Kitts is launching a distinctive, first-of-its-kind “Kittitian RumMaster” program for both rum aficionados and other visitors simply wanting to learn more about the island’s historic spirit, while also getting a taste of Kittitian culture and history.

PUBS, PATIOS & BARS: The Beatles Bar Varadero, yeah, yeah, yeah

In the land of Fidel and Che, a venue based on the memory of John, Paul, George, and Ringo certainly comes as a surprise. Nevertheless, The Beatles Bar Varadero is one of the Cuban beach resort’s most popular hangouts, drawing crowds nightly for live music and mojitos under the stars – or more accurately, under leafy trees on a patio.

PUBS, PATIOS & BARS: Sky’s the limit at Thai rooftop bar

The first five-star hotel to open in Chiang Mai, Thailand, since the global pandemic’s onset has launched a 360-degree rooftop bar affording awe-inspiring views of the Ping River to the city’s east and famed Doi Suthep Temple on the mountaintop to the west.

PUBS, PATIOS & BARS: Four festive Caribbean cocktails for the holiday

For children, the holidays are a time to sample the latest and greatest in seasonal confectionary – an all-you-can-eat feast of whatever cookies and sweets their relatives baked that year. For adults, the holidays represent a time to indulge in sweet things of a more liquid and alcoholic variety.

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