The premiere of new flavored gins in Russia was held at the Moscow Bar Show -2018 in Russia in October. A month later the new range was presented at the annual Tax Free Show in Cannes.

The visitors of both events left positive feedback about Barrister flavored edition. The Barrister Russian gin was already known in the categories Dry Gin and Old Tom for the majority of the guests. And these new gins were really surprising and thought-provoking in terms of adding new positions to their menus.

The new flavored gins are made from natural ingredients, one of the botanicals dominates in each one: Barrister Pink – wild strawberry, for berry-lovers; Barrister Blue – a mixture of orange and cardamom; Barrister Orange – an orange peel with 43% potency, made specially for cocktails with emphasized citrus note.

According to IWSR data gin is one of the most fast-moving category.




At the same time flavored gins become more and more popular with 3-digit growth rate during last years.



According to IWSR forecast, with such a start of flavored gins campaign in Great Britain, The Netherlands, Portugal and Italy, the category is expecting a twofold increase in the nearest five years.

Barrister is the first Russian gin internationally acknowledged by the most authoritative tasting competitions like IWSC, The Gin Masters, World Gin Awards, Beverage Testing Institute.

The Moscow Bar Show 2018 is finished.
All myths are dispelled, the new products are tasted and night parties are held.
And while everybody summarizes results and unpacks suitcases you can look through a several pictures from that three crazy days.
The stories about LADOGA’s news and events from this MBS – a little bit later.
And now – WELCOME to MBS 2019!

The 7th Moscow Bar Show (MBS) – the most long-expected event for the country's bartenders will be held for the third time in St. Petersburg on 4, 5 and 6 of September.
Barrister Gin will be the active participant of the event.

This year theme is Myth Busters. The MBS organizers have been rocking the Russian bar culture for 7 years destroying myths and misconceptions of bartenders and managers minds. MBS will refute the myths and misconceptions as the Russian and international bar industry.

The main attractive zone for the guests is LADOGA two-sided stand. One side dedicates to the popular spirits for mixology. Here guests can test recognized by international professionals Barrister Dry and Old Tom* and also meet the new flavoured gins of Barrister brand. These gins are produced on the natural ingredients base: pink Barrister - strawberry for berry lovers; blue Barrister - orange and cardamom mix make this extremely color; orange Barrister - orange gin of 43 degrees is especially made for the cocktails with strong citrus note.

In addition to the activities on the exhibition sight LADOGA will participate the night parties. At 8 pm on 5th of September the "Skotny Dvor" bar on Konnogvardeisky av. will host the Moscow bartenders Anton Korobov and Valentin Kosinov, who will launch a cocktail chaos with disco tunes by DJ Feodor Allright (leveldva music) together with La Escondida Mezcal, Roullet Cognac and Barrister Gin.

* Barrister Gin is the winner of prestigious international tasting contests by Beverage Testing Institute (Chicago), The Global Gin Masters and The International Wine and Spirit Competition (IWSC).