GALLERY: Bar Awards 09 – The Winners!

Presented during Sydney BarShow Week, the Bartender Magazine Australian Bar Awards saw more than 600 Aussie bar industry leaders plus a host of international guests attend a ritzy gala dinner at the Hilton hotel on September 23. Check out all the happy winners as they accept their awards…

The 5th Annual Australian Beer Festival

The Australian Beer Festival, now in its fifth year of operation, brings together a wonderful array of Australian boutique beers in one place for all to see. It is not just a weekend for beer enthusiasts, but rather the beer curious, for those who are too scared to take the plunge into the exciting world of Aussie boutique beers; this is exactly the push they need to become an aficionado.

Free menus online at barmenus.com

barmenus.com offers bars, restaurants and nightclubs a free online cocktail menu generator. No more menus that look like a school project with random clipboard images – the barmenus.com templates are professional, cohesive, sophisticated. You can even put your venue logo on your menu!

GALLERY: Bar Awards Social Shots

Presented during Sydney BarShow Week, the Bartender Magazine Australian Bar Awards saw more than 600 Aussie bar industry leaders plus a host of international guests attend a ritzy gala dinner at the Hilton hotel on September 23. A great night and a big party for all those in attendance. Check out all the social pics from this year’s awards.

Alira, Sydney

Owned by brother and sister team Elizabeth and Frank Samia, Alria is a waterside wine bar that’s all about good booze, food, and tunes without leaving a large hole in your hip pocket.

Sydney BarShow 09 Wrap-Up

The leaders of the drinks industry, both local and international, descended on Sydney for the eighth instalment of Sydney BarShow; a week of networking events creating Australia’s largest and most respected bar industry trade event!

Australia’s Best Bartender!

The 2009 Australian Bartender Magazine Bartender of the Year Competition (sponsored by Club Suntory) brought out the best of Australian bartending talent in a competition that tested their knowledge of the backbar with a gruelling written exam, their ability to serve a custromer, their savvy at identifying the ingredients in a cocktail in a blind tasting and their skill at presenting and creating two signature cocktails to a panel of esteemed critics.

Tales from the Humidor: Cigar Review Mag 48 EL

The Mag 48 EL, creatively named after it’s ring gauge size (48 ring gauge x 4.3″), joins its regular production cousin the Mag 46 (46 x 5.6″) gauge and its 2005 Edicion Limitada brother the Mag 50 (you guessed it, 50 x 6.3″), which was subsequently made into a regular production line, in the H Upmann marca.

The Craft 2009 Update

The Craft programme continues to evolve and lead the bar industry in new and exciting directions.

Involvement in this year’s programme is by exclusive invitation, providing the attending guests with access to some of the industry’s leading identities.