Polish your sleeve garters, tighten those suspenders and dust off your first edition bartenders’ guides as round two of the Behind Bars Trivia is almost here. In conjunction with Diageo’s Alchemy, this is the second of three heats to be hosted, culminating with a final in September in Sydney.
The wait is over! Finalists for the 2010 Bartender Magazine Australian Bar Awards have been decided after tallying a record number of trade votes. With voting up 27 per cent from 2009, this year’s awards are set to be the biggest to date.
The Woodford Reserve team have had a busy couple of months travelling around Australia to find a winner for the Woodford Reserve Cocktail Derby. This innovative new cocktail competition is part of new horse racing program for the top-shelf bourbon brand in Australia and their goal was to find the nation’s top tipple to compliment the program.
Tamborine Mountain Distillery in sunny Queensland has claimed gold this month for their Quandong & Gentian Bitters Liqueur at the ISW World Spirits Competition in Germany.
Check out the latest happy snaps from behind the bar taken over May 2010.
The Pacific Cigar Company, and Habanos S.A. are have announced the release of Cohiba Behike, touted as “the most exclusive línea of the most prestigious Habanos brand”.
Following the success of previous years’ ‘World’s Top 20 Bars‘ surveys, Australian Bartender magazine, the leading title for the Australian bar trade, has taken a slightly different bent on this popular feature by focusing on ‘Classic Bars’ in 2010.
The Bayswater Brasserie which closed in March for a quick revamp is looking increasingly unlikely to re-open.
There was certainly no small amount of noise made when Kings Cross institution – Baron’s – was bowled over to make room for ‘progress’. The building that now occupies the Baron’s site, however, surprisingly shows a good deal of taste for Sydney developers by invoking an almost Gaudi-esque appearance. Baron’s might be lost, but a new offering called Beach Haus – whilst world’s apart from said hang – aims to be a new home for drinkers feeling similarly displaced by the evolution of Kings Cross.
The Flavour Merchants’ – aka the Hawthorn Brewing Company – are proud to announce the release their second beer, a full-flavoured Amber Ale. The Hawthorn Amber Ale follows the successful launch of the company’s first brew Hawthorn Pale Ale with a third release still promised for later in the year.
Suntory’s Ultrapour team have been busily scouring Australian bars for the nation’s most professional barkeeps to compete in the final of Ultrapour’s Professional bartending challenge. The competition, that was last year taken out by Hemmesphere’s Sébastien Derbomez, offers five finalists the chance to compete for a European bar and distillery tour valued at over 10,000 dollars.