Australian Bartender

Fancy some sweet stuff? Indie Spirits Tasting Melbourne has brand new local liqueurs on show…

The Indie Spirits Tasting is put on by the team from Australian Bartender, and takes place on March 31 at The Craft & Co in Collingwood. With loads of new brands on offer including some delicious (and new) local liqueurs.

How smart a bartender are you? Take this 10 question Bartender of the Year practice quiz

Get an idea of what the Bartender of the Year exam will test with the quiz here; it’ll give you a sense of the the kind of things you’ll be asked in the exam.

Go inside Brisbane’s over-water bar, Mr Percival’s

Mr Percival’s is part of the recently developed Howard Smith Wharves precinct, sitting underneath the Story Bridge on the mighty brown snake that is the Brisbane River.

Take a look at Perth’s Si Paradiso

There’s a lot of great aperitivo and Spritz-style drinking going on at Si Paradiso.

Here’s the recipe for The Gentleman Caller from Melbourne’s Above Board

The Gentleman Caller cocktail at Above Board is a simple affair, but the ingredients come together in such a way as to give you something greater than the sum of its parts.

Here’s four St Patrick’s Day Irish whiskey cocktail recipes

St Patrick’s Day: On March the 17th each year, the Irish pubs are full with Paddys, Guinness a-pouring, a sea of green and streams of whiskey flowing.

The March issue is available on your iOS device now

We get geeky with ice, visit Port Douglas, and check in on Adelaide’s Ollie Margan at his latest bar, West at Henley. We hear from The Royal’s Stephanie Haile on training, hospitality, and career growth, and get a look at Elise Godwin’s new drinks list at Fremantle’s Strange Company.