There’s two tasting sessions happening on the day, but with session two sold out we’ve got just a dozen-odd tickets left to session one running from 12pm to 2:30pm.
Bondi is set to welcome an izakaya into the neighbourhood when new bar Isabel opens in May.
The Indie Spirits Tasting is put on by the team from Australian Bartender, and takes place on March 31 at The Craft & Co in Collingwood. With loads of new brands on offer including some delicious (and new) local liqueurs.
Get an idea of what the Bartender of the Year exam will test with the quiz here; it’ll give you a sense of the the kind of things you’ll be asked in the exam.
Mr Percival’s is part of the recently developed Howard Smith Wharves precinct, sitting underneath the Story Bridge on the mighty brown snake that is the Brisbane River.
There’s a lot of great aperitivo and Spritz-style drinking going on at Si Paradiso.
The Gentleman Caller cocktail at Above Board is a simple affair, but the ingredients come together in such a way as to give you something greater than the sum of its parts.
St Patrick’s Day: On March the 17th each year, the Irish pubs are full with Paddys, Guinness a-pouring, a sea of green and streams of whiskey flowing.
We get geeky with ice, visit Port Douglas, and check in on Adelaide’s Ollie Margan at his latest bar, West at Henley. We hear from The Royal’s Stephanie Haile on training, hospitality, and career growth, and get a look at Elise Godwin’s new drinks list at Fremantle’s Strange Company.
Bust out the Hawaiian shirts. Blue Kahunas is a new bar that brings a touch of tiki escapism to Newcastle (and a whole lotta rum, too).
Give their recipe for Apricot & Burnt Honey cordial a go below; it’s a key component of their cocktail, Skipping Stones (and plenty delicious).
Australia’s toughest test of bartending ability is back again in 2019 — do you have…