Phil Gannon is something of a legend around the Sydney bar scene; you may know him from his previous life, standing on the doors at Frankie’s until stupid o’clock in the morning making sure you and your bartending mates had a good night.
The corner stone of any great bar is the bar team, the atmosphere, a rotovap and of course, the toilets. Your porcelain palace is just as important as what you pour, writes Charlie Lehmann.
Dear drinkers, Ramblin’ Rascal has taken over Australian Bartender this month; we’ve tried not to burn the whole thing down.
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This month we’ve done something a little different. You know how bars do popups and takeover a space for a night or for a few days? Well, Ramblin’ Rascal Tavern has taken over Australian Bartender for the month of April.
Opening a distillery seems like a great idea, a romantic one (for a certain type of person); opening a ‘moonshinery’ has even more illicit appeal if you ask us. That’s exactly what Melbourne Moonshine mates Ben Bowles and Andrew Fitzgerald did when they opened their urban distillery in South Melbourne in 2015.
Do you have what it takes to be the Bartender of the Year? Take our practice quiz to see where your knowledge is at.
Here’s part two of Sven Almenning’s talk at the Business of Bars Conference during Sydney Bar Week 2017. Last month was all about what you need to do before you get to opening the doors on your shiny new bar — this month, we share Almenning’s advice on managing staff and the venue once the doors are open.
Like all good booze geeks should be, at Australian Bartender we’re big fans of a good cocktail list, and at the annual Bartender Magazine Australian Bar Awards the Cocktail List of the Year is always a hotly contested category.
Rum is big at Indie Spirits Tasting Brisbane this year and we have rums on show from Phuket to Venezuela for those who like the sugarcane or molasses spirits. Here’s nine to put in your face.
The Halford cocktail list is like the menu equivalent of a white suit jacket with the sleeves rolled up, West Coast Cooler in hand, and synths on the stereo.
At The Halford in Perth, they’ve been putting using pandan in a syrup to use in this drink, the Pandanmonium. Below we asked bar manager Joe Sinagra just how the drink came about.