“In 1997, Joy was named Appleton Estate Jamaica Rum’s Master Blender, significant not only because she was the first female within the company to hold the role, but she was also the first female in the industry to earn this distinction.” Read all about the relaunch of Appleton Estate and their ‘Cane to Cup’ approach.
During the STEP UP Challenge, bartenders from across Australia will compete to see who can climb the most flights of stairs for the 4 week period.
“In the state of Oaxaca, the smell of mezcal and mole negro fills the streets and, as night-time approaches, candles coat the cemetery like a blanket. In the surrounding areas the Muerteada takes hold with brass bands dancing their way up and down the hills of their neighbourhoods, stopping by households for mezcal and snacks.” – Hayley Dixon
“Many classic cocktails, in fact, originally called for Hennessy before the Phylloxera bug in 1870 destroyed 80 per cent of French vineyards, and the supply of cognac, which saw all cognac-based cocktails be replaced by other spirits such as whiskey, rye or rum.”
Prohibition Liquor Co has brought back its popular Christmas gin, which last year sold out within weeks of going on sale. And this year is looking no different, with more than half the gin already sold, as spirit lovers scramble to get their hands on a bottle.
B Healthy is a brand new program designed to provide bartenders access to great resources, and to experts in their fields, for living a healthy lifestyle in the hospitality industry; the facts and figures, the nitty gritty about all things health and wellbeing.
Supporting local industry has never tasted better, with the launch of Grainshaker Australian Vodka – the new premium spirit produced in Victoria by Top Shelf International. Tune in for the live Facebook launch on Tuesday.
Sydney’s iconic Opera Bar, in collaboration with Bacardi Martini Australia, is set to host the inaugural Sydney Cocktail Festival – a three-day harbourside celebration of our city’s great small bars, the incredible cocktails they create, and the talented people who make them.
Explore a world of creative, sustainable, cocktail making, from the ground up. An education platform specifically for hospitality professionals, never previously done like this, is coming!
Woodford Reserve celebrates Old Fashioned Week with a ten day celebration of the world’s favourite cocktail.
Prohibition Liquor Co (PLC) newcomer Navy Strength Gin is riding a wave of success. Despite its launch in the stormiest of conditions for the hospitality industry, the latest addition to the Adelaide distiller’s core range has already mastered its sea legs, collecting a swag of accolades in the spirit industry’s most prestigious competitions.
Courtesy of Young Henrys Head Distiller, Carla Daunton, the team behind Newtown’s smash hit craft beer brand have three gins.