You may have noticed that over the last week or so we’ve been profiling some of Melbourne’s best bartenders, in the series What Women Drink. Well today, for part six in the eight part series, we’re hearing from Rachael Hand of House of Correction.
The cuts to hospitality penalty rates are a “blatant, sustained and systemic attack on the working and middle class in the name of productivity,” says Charlie Lehmann.
“For us it’s been a very organic process – having the bar in fitzroy, The Rum Diary Bar, we’ve always created our own house products such as ginger beer and a spiced rum. The popularity of the rum kept growing over the years, so we kept tweaking and improving it, as time went on people kept asking to buy it for home, so we increased production and started selling it to customers and then into other bars,” says Hamish Goonetilleke the man behind Rum Diary Spiced Rum
This is not just your run-of-the-mill tradeshow. The Indie Spirits Tasting is unique in that it’s solely for small, independent brands that are not stocked on every backbar or in every bottleshop. Come along and find something new to show off to your friends or maybe even add it to the menu in your bar. All of the exhibitors at the event will be sampling a handful of brands with many of the distilleries bringing along their master distillers to chat about their products.
Here’s part five of our eight part series profiling some of Melbourne’s top bartenders, What Women Drink. Today, meet Gabriella Payne from Whisky & Alement.
Kittyhawk is a bar that definitely lands in the high-volume category. To find out what a shift there is like, we speak to bar manager Adam Cork.
Here’s part four of our eight part series profiling some of Melbourne’s top bartenders, What Women Drink. Today, meet Sarah Mitchell from Boilermaker House.
If you’ve not yet tasted the grapey delights of Pineau des Charentes, then this Julep from Brisbane cocktail bar, Seymour’s Cocktails & Oysters, is a worthy introduction.
Here’s part three in an eight part series profiling some of Melbourne’s top bartenders, What Women Drink. Today, meet Trish Brew from Gin Palace.
“Consumers are wanting to find a unique spirit or drink now, they want to be taken on a journey from the initial brewing stage to the final stage of having the beverage in their hand, and that’s something we strive to achieve.” Codie Palmer from Illegal Tender Rum Co talks about the rise of craft spirits in Australia.
This delicious, creamy Custard Ale Flip comes via The Duke of Clarence and its bar manager, Steve McDermott.
This refreshing long drink — the Johnson Boogie — is adapted from a recipe by Steve McDermott, from The Duke of Clarence, Sydney.