From Scandi-style speakeasies to decadent dive bars, the UK’s bar scene is currently enjoying a renaissance. “The UK is always ahead when it comes to pushing the bar scene forward,” says Adam Taylor, who leads the team at Project Halcyon Distillery in Manchester, a subterranean, hard-to-find bolthole that has the feel of an illicit warehouse bar, and boasts its own onsite lab and distillery.
“Since Covid, there’s been a massive cultural shift in the bar world,” says Taylor. “A huge gap has opened up between the cost conscious two-for-one cocktail bar and the expensive cocktail bar, where people come for experiences. There really isn’t much in between.”
