Madame Shanghai is the newest addition to the Lotus Dining Group, and it’s one with a big emphasis on the bar program, group bar operations manager Kate McGraw tells us.
New Brisbane bar Saville Row is due to open next week, and it is the first outing in Fortitude Valley for Cobbler’s Martin Lange.
“When I described the path I took each month to collect the fresh botanicals the branding became obvious. I would travel through Nowhere Else, cross the Dasher River and arrive in Paradise to harvest fresh botanicals for Meadow Gin,” says Dasher + Fisher gin Master Distiller George Burgess.
This most expensive cocktail, which will see $130 of your hard-earned pay leaving your pockets, comes at such a price because of the ingredients: not one, not two, but all three of the holy Negroni trinity alcohols date from the 1970’s.
This classic Holland House recipe is as obscure a classic as you get, but with genever in the mix the drink sings.
Gemma Duff lists the 10 social media mistakes your bar might be making, and how to get them right.
Alex Ross was overseeing rooftop bar Goldilock’s, two level restaurant Mr Kwok, and newly-opened cocktail bar, House of Correction — all housed in the same building. Here is Ross’ account of a typical day on the job.
“Having owned and managed pubs and bars I knew I needed to produce a vodka that was accessible for venues to use everyday. This was what I wanted with my venues and no one was making it,” says White Light Vodka Founder, Brendon Mitchell.
IF YOU’VE spent any time in Sydney, whether it’s a visit during Sydney Bar Week, or an ad-hoc tour of its bars, chances are you’ve stepped foot inside the taxidermy wonderland that is Shady Pines Saloon. Here, young gun Evan Stroeve tells us about what it’s like to work in a bar that is a beloved favourite of the hospo industry.
The 18th Amendment Bar is the brainchild of Australian hospitality veteran, Gorge Camorra, and has been in development over the last five years.
Many bartenders want to, one day, open their own bar. To have their own little piece of the action. Steve Schneider has some advice on getting there.
“Speaking in terms of Agave, there are a little over 140 distilleries producing 1300+ brands, with only 9 of those dedicated to single brand production, yet we clearly have not seen that many make their way here,” says Alex McDowell of de Vino Mezcal.