We delve deep into one of the deep South’s greatest gifts to drinkers everywhere: fried chicken. Grab a can and crank out this recipe, and discover the ins and outs of this finger-lickin’ good food…
There’s less than four weeks to go until the first drinks start flowing to mark the start of Sydney Bar Week, and we’ve got some great workshops for you to check out — like this one…
The Australian small batch gin market is about to welcome a serious new player with Australian Bartender getting wind of an exciting new project coming out of the Yarra Valley headed up by a couple of booze industry legends.
In pursuit of grape spirit enlightenment, Tom Bartram journeys to South America.
A lot has been written about the power of social media in our industry but don’t think for a second that is going to stop me from adding my two cents. I’m focusing on this from a business perspective as well so let’s forget about those people who post photos of their dinner, their baby bump, their dog in a tutu and so on. Their souls can’t be saved.
There’s a new bar just five weeks away in Woolloomooloo. We stopped by Riley Street Garage to chat to the Parlour Group’s Bay & Bobby to get an update on the build.
Here’s something hilarious we saw while “researching” “stuff” on the interwebs. The new ad for Southern Comfort in the States features a guy, at the hairdressers, doing slow-mo karate moves. What’s it got to do with Southern Comfort? Who cares.
Red Bull Music Academy’s magazine has a great story on the storied old Melbourne nightclub, Honkytonks. As the article by Nick Connellan points out, in the spot where Honkytonks once resided there is now an Indian restaurant, called Tonka: “It’s typical of the city: new, upmarket, pricey. Totally hidden unless you know it’s there. Achingly cool, then.”
There have been a number of personnel changes taking place at Sydney’s Merivale, among them the departure of long-time group bars manager Mike Enright (who has opened up The Barber Shop since his departure). But in big news for Merivale and Sydney drinking, the UK’s drinks maven Paul Mant is stepping into the role.
Tom Hollings takes a look at three emerging grape varieties demanding your attention, and offers up a recipe for the New York Sour…
We’ve been talking about jazz age drinks for years now — but where has been the jazz? New Perth bar, The Laneway Lounge, looks set to rectify all that.
There’s no secret that drinking leads to everything from little lies to egregious exaggeration; but perhaps there’s no stories quite like those that sprung up around the tall tales of tiki culture.