It’s St Patrick’s Day today, and that means there’ll be plenty of Guinness drinking going on. But an increasingly common ingredient to Paddy’s Day is Irish whiskey — here’s some fast facts about what Irish whiskey is, a chat with someone who makes the stuff themselves, and six tidy bottlings to get stuck into.
Month: March 2017
Irish whiskey has had a turbulent history. Having once outshone its rival, Scotch whisky, in…
On Monday evening The Perfect Blend NSW State final was held at The Clock, Surry Hills. Hospitality industry professionals came in their droves, to witness eleven of NSW’s finest bartenders battle it out at the fifth of the six state finals across the Oceania region.
In March 2017 for the first time ever, Southern Comfort will bring the soulful and vibrant spirit of New Orleans to Australia as part of the inaugural Southern Carnival.
The idea of eating and drinking raw eggs can turn a lot people off. Yet drinks with egg — the yolks and the whites — have long been used in cocktails for taste and texture rather than as hair-of-the-dog hangover “cures”.
In search of the next preeminent, original cocktail, SouthTrade is bringing the deep South Down Under for the first ever Southern Comfort Travelling Tales Cocktail Competition, which has launched today.
Ryan Lane has the enviable task of running things at The Gresham, the Brisbane bar with a big selection of whiskey, and two time winner of the Bar of the Year category at the Bartender Magazine Australian Bar Awards.
On Monday night they’ll battle it out in front of a tiki-loving crowd at Mad Dogs — the Perth trade is invited to get down to get tiki, have a ball, and cheer on some ace bartenders.
Phil Bayly is one of the most respected advocates for agave spirits doing the rounds, and he has recently been appointed as the first global mezcal ambassador by the category’s regulatory body, the Consejo Regulator de Mezcal.
Here’s three tequila recipes to muck about with using the good stuff from Jalisco.
It’s International Women’s Day today, so we thought we’d take a look back into the archives to this read from Harriet Leigh.
On Monday evening The Perfect Blend Queensland State final was held at The Flying Cock in Fortitude Valley. Trade industry professionals came in their droves from all over QLD, to witness 12 of QLD’s finest bartenders battle it out at the fourth of six state finals across the Oceania region.