BackBar is a publication about drinking well. Not aspirationally. Not performatively. Actually well — with knowledge, with intention, with some sense of what's in the glass and why it matters.
It's written from behind the bar, which is a particular vantage point. You see things from there that you don't see from a barstool. The choices made before service. The standards kept or quietly abandoned. The difference between a bar that cares and one going through the motions.
Each issue is one essay. One close look at one thing. No lists, no rankings, no gear guides.
Publisher
BackBar is published by Barley Bros, a spirits representation agency. Brands represented by Barley Bros occasionally appear in these pages. When they do, it's noted.
Correspondence
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