Of all the gin joints in all of the world, you’ll want to walk into these ones. Our panel of globe-trotting gin lovers give us the world’s best gin bars.
With just a month to go until the annual drinkapalooza that is Tales of the Cocktail is held in New Orleans, the top 10 finalists for the Spirited Awards have been announced — and Australian bars have made a great showing.
The Remember the Maine is one of those drinks that has undergone a name change…
The Mint Julep is a classic Kentucky cocktail – they sell them by the truckload at the Kentucky Derby — but this one, made for us by Ryan Lane (this guy above) at The Gresham, well, it was just one of the finest we’ve ever had.
The Seelbach is a banging drink — The Gresham’s bar manager, Ryan Lane, credits it…
Manhattan 55 ml Cyrus Noble Bourbon 25 ml sweet vermouth 4 dash Angostura aromatic bitters…
Canberra has welcomed a new bar and eatery to its thriving hospitality scene, with the launch of Kokomo’s.
What’s the difference between a bartender and a host? If you ask Adam Dow, the head bartender at Sydney’s Dead Ringer, he’ll tell you they are one and the same.
There’s a little touch of tiki to be found in Brisbane drinking district, Fortitude Valley. Head down into Heya Bar, and you’ll find a bar within a bar called Tiki Tiki Gai.
You can grow tired of drinking Martini’s (a hard feat, but it’s possible), and if you’re a bar like The Barber Shop in Sydney which specialises in gin, features gin in each of its cocktails, and is all gin all the time, you have to find ways of catering to customers for whom gin might not necessarily be a favourite.
At the cellar bar of Sydney restaurant Bouche on Bridge, they’re banging out some interesting wine cocktails as well as this Spritz — here, florals take a starring role, with the gin and just a hint of Suze providing an earthy anchor to the mix.
The June issue is packed with interviews from some smart bar industry people — take a look at our chat with Luke Whearty, owner of influential Singapore bar Operation Dagger; find out what one of Australia’s most in-demand distillers does each day with our Day in the Life with Brendan Carter of Unico Zelo and Applewood Distillery; follow mezcal ambassador Phil Bayly off the beaten track through the back roads of Mexico; and get tips from Speakeasy Group’s Sven Almenning on how to negotiate a better deal for you bar with liquor brands.