FOR THE LOVE OF FLAIR – Time to take a break from the bottles and enjoy the one you’re with.

Updated: February 1, 2005

Love is in the air and our mind’s on Flair. This month we celebrate Valentine’s Day by spending quality time with our significant others. In between practice time of course!

This month we revisit two Bartenders with the same labor of love. Ed Hibbert and “Alcohol” Paul Riebenack share their experience in “Life After Flair,” Owning a Bar Part III. You can check out their progress on our ‘Articles‘ page.

From the labor of love to the love of Flair competition: this month’s ‘Competition Review’‘ comes to us from Rick Barcode as he competes in the “Best in the West” Flair bartender competition in Las Vegas. See his thoughts along with some lovely Flair from Las Vegas’s best.

Tired of banging your shins on your speed rail at work? Then we have that perfect little something for you that you will be sure to love on our ‘Reviews’ page. This month we take a look at Speedguard and how they are making our jobs a little more comfortable.

After you stock up on some cushioned rail guards, head on over to our ‘Interviews’ page. There we have Mindaugas Gradeckas stacking things up and talking to us about balancing his life with Flair.

Are you talking to me? That is the name of our new ‘Masterclass’ move brought to you by Benham Gerami. This awesome two bottle and tin sequence will leave you speechless.

While you’re speechless you can wet your whistle with a extraordinary cocktail creation from Flairbar.com’s resident mixologist Francesco Lafranconi. Wet your lips and open up our ‘Flavors’ page. Just don’t let your friends see you wetting your lips in public, it might look funny.

From being speechless, to someone who always has something to say about everything, ex-FBA President, Toby Ellis starts off one of our new pages this month with his column entitled ‘Cut Off‘. See what this veteran of Flair has to say this month.

Another new addition to our monthly magazine is from the Vice President of the USBG (United States Bartenders Guild) Nevada Chapter, Bobby G., entitled ‘In The Mix’. We will learn all about Mixology, it’s history and the latest trends.

While you’re learning, be sure to take some time out and relax, and perhaps a chance to win an awesome prize pack. Enter this month’s ‘Contest’. This month we are bringing back the captions. If you provide us with the best caption for our picture, you win! It’s that simple.

All of this plus our regular features, even more ‘Upcoming comps’ more ‘Barware’, more pages, and more Flair than you can shake a 29 object head-stack at. Have a very happy Valentine’s Day and enjoy it over some new cocktails!