Frenchman Nico de Soto owns two bars, one of which, New York bar Mace, landed at number 28 on the World’s 50 Best Bars list last year; we caught up with him on his visit to Australia, the place where he first began behind the bar.
Month: April 2017
MONIN, the world’s leading provider of flavouring products, introduces the new MONIN Inspiration app for smartphones and tablets.
Mikey Lowe looks at the difficulties Australia’s first brewers faced, how they overcame them, and how the craft revolution got started.
Melbourne bar, The Elysian Whisky Bar, has found a way of bringing customers something they would be hard-pressed to find anywhere else in the world, let alone at any other bar in the country: their own independent whisky bottling.
The history of this style of drink is said to go back to the middle of the last millenium, and, as is often the case with these kinds of origin stories, came about by happy accident when someone fortified a barrel that had juice in it, and not wine.
This is the second instalment in a series by Speakeasy Group owner Sven Almenning, offering advice on How to Open Your Own Bar. Below, Sven is looking at hiring designers.
Myriam Hendrickx is the Master Distiller at Rutte and a true expert in her industry — here, she talks about what drives her, and how she blends a true love for the past with a nose for the future.
The ultimate showdown between your local barista and bartender is happening year with a competition to see who really makes the best coffee cocktails after dark.
The pizza is great at Sydney’s Maybe Frank, but the drinks are just as good. We asked co-owner Andrea Gualdi to share with us the ideas behind the Maybe Frank cocktail list.
Matt Whiley is the brains behind Peg + Patriot, as well as a co-founder of Purl and Worship Street Whistling Shop. His new bar, Scout, is a small bar with big plans for respecting seasonality and sustainability.
Following on from a successful pop-up with Nico de Soto of New York bar, Mace, the team at PS40 is getting set for another collab, this time with Luke Whearty, the bartender-owner of Singapore bar, Operation Dagger.
Sydney-based bartender Kurtis Bosley is the group bar operations manager for the Public House Management group, with a considerable Instagram — his account, @cocktailsbykurtis has a following of some 39,000 people.