So it all kicks off tomorrow night folks with a jam-packed schedule and 29 awards…
“The Romans also really loved their aromatised wines as it also helped make poor quality wines easier to drink, more palatable and aided digestion.”
“When you make coffee as one of the modifiers for your cocktails make sure you change your brewing ratio compared to the regular plain cup of coffee.” – Martin Hudak
We have our top 100 and we are prepped and ready to go. Given the ongoing COVID crisis in NSW we will be announcing the Hottest 100 Aussie Spirits in a livestream event on Monday, 20th September from 6pm, so make sure you tune in.
BBO FIT is a 6 week program which screens live on IGTV at 10am Monday, Wednesdays & Fridays. BBO FIT is a free tool for all hospitality staff worldwide. Our aim is to help bartenders and other industry legends to keep fit during lock down
So, chill the martinis, dust off your tuxedo. The time has come to announce all the 20th Annual Bartender Magazine Bar Awards winners. Tune in on Tuesday, 21st September from 7pm live on our Facebook page as we show the Logies how the bar industry does it!
“This new incarnation of the Piccolo as an aperitivo bar and diner provides something different for the area. We are focussing on a simple list of classics, aromatised wines, vermouth and amari; that’s not something you see around here and we think it fills a niche.”
“You won’t see anything on our drinks program that resembles a ‘classic cocktail’ – we are rebuilding and reimagining the template that modern bartenders use to construct drinks. If I can articulate it bluntly, Bouvardia is hyper creativity and being freed from the assumption of what a bar should be.” – Dom Garreffa, Operator
The Speakeasy Group’s Pathway to Partnership Program is once again on the hunt for ten talented hospitality professionals for their innovative yearlong mentorship program headed by Speakeasy Directors Greg Sanderson and Sven Almenning. Up to six positions will be offered to external applicants (not currently working for the group).
The seven Danger Friends behind About Time are hospo lifers Naomi Palmer, Ben Hickey, Jono Carr, Steve Davis, Tom Price, Paul Oscar & Shannon Ponsford
“The Grasshopper cocktail was presented by Philip Guichet participated in a prestigious cocktail competition in New York City. It was placed seconnd. This is the only drink in history that I know of that it is so famous coming off as in second-place. Crazy!”
Douglas was the creator of Lab and Townhouse bars, author of the cocktail book Shaken and Stirred and the man behind the eponymous Pornstar Martini, a blend of vanilla vodka and passionfruit that has graced the pages of many cocktail lists.