We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: dumplings are tailor-made drinking food. Small enough to nibble away on over conversation, salty and moreish enough to warrant another bottle of beer, or wine, or round of cocktails…
You might not easily equate punch with Glasgow. Well, the drink, not the act of landing one’s fist in to someone’s face — that probably happens a bit in Glasgow.
Overnight in London Drinks International’s World 50 Best Bars 2013 was unveiled, with a strong showing for a number of Aussie bars. Melbourne’s The Black Pearl took out the title of Best Bar in Australasia and came in at number seven on the list, followed by The Baxter Inn at number 8…
Rekorderlig is taking the orchard to where the guava’s at with this brand new release from the Swedish cider and taste-makers…
The Black Velvet has the very highest of origins. Its creation is attributed to the bartender on duty at the Brooks’s Club in London in 1861, the day after Queen Victoria’s husband Prince Albert died. The nation was in mourning, and the mourners at Brooks’s needed a suitably sombre drink.
Leeroy Petersen can now add the title of publican to his very crowded resume — and he’s working on bringing Louisiana-inspired eats to Paddington…
One of the Pacific’s best-kept secrets the Fiji Rum Co. has been producing award-winning rums since 1977. Following the acquisition of the Fijian Brewery and Distillery by Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA), the range of iconic Fijian Rums will soon be available in Australia.
Based on a Stassen family recipe dating back to 1895, this new range of Belgian ciders is being launched by Kollaras just in time for a cracking Aussie summer.
Do you like your meats with your brew? The team behind Perth’s Ezra Pound are opening a new bar called Old Faithful, said owner Talmage Andersen.
The northern suburbs of Sydney have come a long way in drinking terms ever since Sydney’s small bar scene took off, and it’s filtering through to larger venues. Check out The Avenue for a cocktail list that offers more than the past vodka-fruit-liqueur=something-tini formulations of old (though we reckon they’ve missed a golden opportunity to revive a lost classic in the form of The Avenue, the cocktail).
Rosebery’s status as an up and coming destination for good food and drink is one of the chief reasons why new venue, The Clubhouse, is opening in the area, said general manager Julian Damjano (ex-Hugos, Goldfish).
The October iPad edition of Australian Bartender is now live in the Australian Bartender app — read on for the great stories in this month’s issue…