Barstar Of The Day: Aug 24th. Rory Bonass article by Richard Beck

By Richard Beck
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24th Aug 2018
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Edinburgh Fringe

Catering for all taste buds and named Scotland’s Pub of the Year at the AA Hospitality Awards 2017, Richard is sent to The Bow Bar. It stocks approximately 310 Single Malts, 50 International Bottled Beers, 8 Cask Conditioned Ales and 6 Keg Beers and Rory knows all about them.

Favourite Drink: Sidecar

Name: Rory Bonass

Age: 29

Bar:The Bow Bar

Background: Born in Rush near Dublin and went to DCU to study journalism. He worked in festivals in Ireland then moved to Edinburgh for a month initially but met the lady who is now his wife and made his home here. He worked in three award- winning bars in the city before becoming Assistant Manager at The Bow Bar. He’s into film-making, rock climbing and once auditioned to be on Pointless but didn’t make the cut.

Ambition: To run a combination craft beer and film festival.

Favourite Drink: Cocktail - Sidecar; Whisky - Bunnahabhian 12 year old Islay malt ; Beer- Pilot Vienna Pale.

https://www.thebowbar.co.uk

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