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.
On Monday evening The Perfect Blend New Zealand final was held at REC Bar in Auckland. Hospitality industry professionals came in their droves, to witness eleven (11) of New Zealand’s finest bartenders battle it out at the last of the six (6) state finals across the Oceania region.
Campari Australia is excited about introducing their new line of small batch 1757 Cinzano vermouths. Brand Ambassador Daniele Pirotta has a chat with Sergio Cocito, head of the Vermouth and Sparkling Wine division for the Cinzano Brand over in the Novi Ligure Plant (Piemonte, Italy) to find out a bit more about this amazing liquid and who’s behind its creation.
What began in 1872 in the back room of the founder Simon Rutte in Dordrecht near Rotterdam, carries on magnificently today: the distillation of superb juniper based spirits.
Jörg Meyer, multiple award-winning bar owner of Le Lion – Bar de Paris in Hamburg and inventor of the “Gin Basil Smash,” uses Rutte Dry Gin and Rutte Celery Gin for his very popular international drink. The interplay of sweetness and acidity in the Basil Smash is refined by a piquant note of basil and crowned with the corresponding Rutte Gin.
The only gin finalist in the world’s “Best New Spirit or Cocktail Ingredient” category at Tales of the Cocktail 2016 is now available in Australia.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Hernö range includes the world’s first gin aged in juniper wood barrels, and it’s an award-winning distillery.