Perthites have yet another reason to get excited with the recent opening of The Conservatory rooftop bar. While it was originally slated to open in time for last summer, the usual hiccups that come with any venture delayed it until now – but better late than never!
Looking to open your own bar? Sydney BarShow Week will host an educational and must attend seminar for anyone thinking about opening their own venue.
As a former English professor, I can admire this passage for being terse without fading into dullness. As a cocktail fiend, however, it leaves me unsatisfied. What did they order? Martinis? Scotch Highballs? Pink Ladies for the mugs and straight rye for the others? I want to know. I think it makes a difference.
Albert Crockett, author of The Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book, claims the ‘bobby’ as an evolution of the Robert Burns – a whiskey and sweet vermouth cocktail, that had dashes of absinthe.
The newly renovated Villager Hotel is offering Brisbanites a wonderful place to retreat amongst the hustle and bustle of the city. Set in the style of a New York warehouse the design exposes the building’s original brick walls and hardwood beams, accentuated by antique industrial pendant lights. Whimsical wallpaper, flamboyantly upholstered banquette seating and quirky wall hangings all add to the charm of this heritage-listed building.
Suntory’s Finsbury Platinum is a London Dry Gin still made to a 250 year old secret recipe at the distillery founded in London by Joseph Bishop in 1740.
Philip Duff, globe trotting drinks consultant and the man behind the iconic door 74 in Amsterdam, has also been responsible for some of the world’s best bar training courses
Australian spirit producer, ASM Liquor, has added Rocking Angel, a fine Kentucky bourbon whiskey, to their bill of award winning spirits. Authentic and progressive, Rocking Angel Bourbon undergoes three years of aging in charred white oak barrels.
Set in the lofty heights of Sydney’s Strand Arcade, La Rosa Bar and Pizza is an exciting new offering from the team behind the hugely successful and long standing Pendolino restaurant.
God, I love this town! I wish I could live here for a few months each year, as a few days it’s just not enough to do anything but just scratch the surface of this great city. I would go as far to say it’s the most exciting city in the world with the best of everything, especially when it comes to eating and drinking, all packed in on this not-so-little island.
Fraser Short has some exciting plans coming up with one of the CBD’s icon venues, The Brooklyn Hotel, set to undergo a revamp in the coming months.
Who would have thought that all those years ago Vanilla Ice was onto something? Ice, baby – it’s all about ice these days in the cocktail world. And heaven help you if your bar’s ice isn’t pure, completely pristine in appearance and can’t sit in a glass of at least four hours without melting.