@50cocktailbars #4 2026
For years we have looked on at Top 50, feeling too far from the big cities to be noticed.
So we can’t quite believe this, we genuinely thought it may have been a clerical error. Big up the North ✊🏻
Thank you to our industry peers for welcoming us, and we would love to welcome as many of you back through our doorway in Old Town soon ❤️
We’ll be celebrating all weekend 🎉
The Brain Jar has always been a space for artists, musicians and creatives. We always seek to collaborate with local businesses and creators, and our Pornstar Martini is a perfect example of this.
For every Pornstar Martini we sell, we donate to @nationaluglymugs - a support network for people in the adult industry.
We highlight this by featuring local SW’s, adult performers and creatives on top of the drink.. instead of a largely wasteful passion fruit garnish that was ending up in the bin.
We love that this is a Pornstar Martini that tastes incredible - no lime juice or pineapple here - that showcases our mission to collaborate with creators of all kinds ⭐️
It’s not often we have a Bartender position open up, but we’ve decided to expand our team as we develop our business model.
If you’re hungry for a challenge and love working in hospitality have a skeg at the job listing now live on indeed.com - all applications will be accepted through there, but feel free to get at us in the DMs with any questions.
Cocktail Bartender @ The Brain Jar
£12.90 - £13.70 p/h + plus tips
Full time hours
Candidates with 2 years of hospitality experience and 1 year of bartending experience are preferred.
We look forward to meeting ya!
The Last Roast!
As some of you know, @louis_byron___ ‘s last Sunday Roast is this Sunday 17th May.
As the kitchen undergoes some changes, we are temporarily pausing the Sunday Roast, so now is your chance to get it while you can!
Follow the link in our bio to book it now
We’d also love to thank Louis for his hard work and creativity here, and please join us in wishing him well moving forward 🫶🏻❤️
We’re beyond pleased to share with you all that Chloe has accepted the position of *Assistant General Manager* at The Brain Jar 🖤
Since starting in 2022, Chloe’s been an exemplary team member; keeping things organised, focused and fun.
With the team at The Brain Jar developing we could think of no one better to manage daily operations of our growing business.
Please join us in wishing Chloe well in the new role 👏🏻
The Hulltimate Bartender vol6:
T h e N o r t h e r n E d i t i o n ⬆️
It’s back for the 6th time on Monday 6th July! Submissions open formally tomorrow but here’s the brief!
We’ve had absolutely LOADS of interest in this so far so put your best foot forward, but remember; this is gonna be FUN!
Super special celebrity guest judges will be revealed soon 🙌🏻 👀
Big up @casamigos@thesingletonwhisky@guinnessgb for the support ❤️
Any questions please message us, we can’t wait to see your entries (or teasers of your entries 😉) You have until Monday 8th June to enter
The Brain Jar Team x
Mad Cats presents The B2B Series
An exploration of sound, cocktails, and community.
Over the next 10 months, we’re bringing some of the UK’s best bars to London to showcase their incredible cocktails and musical stylings, on the third Monday of each month
Get ready for our third set, Monday 18th May we have the team from @thebrainjar coming all the way from Hull and joining us behind the bar!!
Our DJ will be soundtracking the night with the musical styles of both Mad Cats and Brain Jar - so prepare for a mix of Boogie, Funk and Disco
Expect banging tracks to get nostalgic with and amazing drinks from @mattsmithysmith & @chloe.bilton
Come meet the team, enjoy a delicious cocktail, and dance the night away.
Huge thanks to our partners Hennessy & Schweppes for supporting this series:
@schweppespioneerseurope@birks_me@mhassemblage@jessie.mcrae
The Hulltimate Bartender - The Northern Edition 💥
It’s BACK for the sixth time, an old school bar comp from the olden days
You’ll be tested on 3 rounds; Speed, Service & Creativity using brands that @dan_with_a_dram & @oyster_about_town told us to!
We’re opening the comp up to not only local bar talent, but bartenders from across the NORTH (those successful will have expenses covered 💸)
Prize? GLORY - oh and money and a trip for two to Edinburgh 🏴
Enquire in the DMs now but full details with info on how to apply will go live on Wed 13th May
See you in Hull!
Strawberry & Yuzu Margarita 🥶
-Casamigos Blanco
-Yuzu
-Apple
-Strawberry
-Slush ❄️
Just a few shots of the Claxton brothers lickin up some slush out front in the ☀️- they’re both on service today so some come down and annoy them x
Head Chef Wanted 🧑🏻🍳
We’re looking for a powerhouse to head up our kitchen team. This isn’t just a “manager” role; it’s for a culinary leader who wants to own their space in a professional, fast-paced, and creative environment. You’ll be responsible for maintaining our 5* standards while pushing the boundaries of our food offering.
Interested? See the full details on our job listing on Indeed, or email us at [email protected] for more info 🍕
And that’s a wrap for our first ZEST SHIFT hosted by the talented team @nakedathens 🍸
More than just a guest shift, Zest Shifts are about cultural and knowledge exchange, advocacy, building community, and concept-driven takeovers that make for a richer guest experience (amplified with content, of course).
We roped in a few of the UK’s best bars in @barglue@thebrainjar@equal___parts and brought a concept menu of cocktails inspired by British art, food, fashion and music to share with locals.
The menu itself leaned into the editorial nature of Zest, with its design mirroring a short magazine (we’ll share more about this soon).
We have plenty more to share about our collaborative approach to guest shifts but, for now, we just want to say thank you so much to the brands (Pernod Ricard, @thelostexplorer@thomashenryofficial ) bars and humans who made Friday evening in Athens one we’ll never forget. @thanos_krimpouras and Naked — you guys were exemplary hosts and a special thank you again for sharing your stage with us.
YAMAS!!
