Why we need to rethink the spirits list. Mark Low from Mr Lyan Studio says the spirits list is mostly a thing of the past – but shouldn't be.

As featured in Class Magazine

Imagine, for a moment, a shelf in a shop without prices. Now picture a back bar: rows and rows of delicious products so close, yet so far – you can’t read the label, garner the price, or get an idea of flavour profiles. There’s a not-so-novel solution to this. It’s called a spirits list. And given the financial climate – not least the dwindling spend-per-head the industry is witnessing – I think it’s high time such lists returned.

Don’t get me wrong, if your bar is all no-branded-bottles minimalism in style and offering, with batched drinks the main selling point, a spirits list might not be for you. But if you have a healthy back bar of spirits and no list, you have to ask yourself why. Who are all the bottles for – the bartender or the guest?

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