We’re expecting the opening next week of Bar de Halcyon in Perth, Bartender of the Year competition just 17 days away, and a new bar from the Alfred & Constance team…
The latest in a rash of rum bars to open, and below the tequila joint du jour El Topo, comes this footloose and fancy-free joint, Chimmi’s. What’s on the menu? Rum, rum, and oh, more rum?
These awards recognise the characters, jokers and raconteurs who don’t just make up the numbers but bring us the colour & music needed to fill our bustling drinking halls with life — so check out the finalists for each award below!
Brands often talk about consumer engagement, but the Glenlivet is taking that one step further by asking fans of the single malt across the world to choose their next release — and we got a taste of the three new malts up for election…
This is one rum you might not use for laybacks. Considered by some as the oldest rum in the world currently on sale, this very rare rum, created to mark 50 years of Jamaican independence, is coming to Australia — but there will be just 15 bottles available.
Yeah you read right! On Sunday the 22nd of September during Sydney Bar Week, those rapscallion lads at The Wild Rover will bring you a foot stomping, swashbuckling Sunday featuring live folk and bluegrass tunes, plenty of whiskey and beer, and an oyster shucking competition. They’re looking for a pro to take on the world record for the most oysters shucked in a minute!
Rockpool Bar & Grill’s David Nguyen-Luu is through to the national final of the Angostura Global Cocktail Competition. He took out the WA round of the comp last Monday night at Perth’s Universal Bar. Finishing in second place was Joe Sinagra, and there was a tie for third place between Mechanics Institute’s Ben Tua and Dimitri Rtshiladze.
There’s just 18 days to go til Sydney Bar Week 2013 kicks off. With that and this bout of warmer weather in mind, we got to thinking about rum — lots of rum. Because on Sunday the 22nd of September the rum-market paradise of Sugarcane Sunday returns.
Last night a packed crowd saw Jason Williams, group bars manager for Keystone, take out the national final of the Beefeater 24 Global Bartender Competition held at Sydney’s The Barber Shop.
Chris has done the rounds at some of Sydney’s best-known venues, and has now found himself at Drink & Dine’s boozer, The Abercombie, as venue manager. Which we think is great, because he’s a good guy to have a drink with — and we have to agree with him that a Sunday afternoon beer is one of the all-time best occasions for drinking. Read on…
Napoleone Co Pear Cider takes out top honours in our blind tasting of 9 great Aussie ciders — read on for tasting notes and the all-important star ratings.
The striking thing about Bar Lou Lou is the graffiti art mural that covers an entire wall of the 30 seat small bar within Emmilou. It’s being treated as a separate identity to it’s bigger brother, with a dedicated food menu and cocktail list put together for the new, San-Sebastian inspired place.