Alright, so this week my pick o’ the bunch is a little bit of shameless self promotion for a wee idea the team here at Spanton Media came up with for Sydney BarShow in September. We’ve decided to create an all new area dedicated to the industry’s hooch snipers, still-whackers and law-loose-liquor-lovers called the ‘Smuggler’s Den’.
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I’m a firm believer that often a cigar is a conduit to a good night…
Sitting at a computer all day I do have the luxury of being able to do things like read the New York Times online which has proved to be an inspiration on a number of fronts. Towards the end of last year, for instance, I came across a blog on the site called Proof : Alcohol and American Life…
So I am in a difficult position. I do not have enough grey hairs to…
Some customers get on your bloody nerves, right? They get right under your skin. They…
UK magazine Theme has just announced its list of the top 100 most influential bar industry players, as voted for by bartenders, operators and the drinks brands.
With more and more bartenders and bars looking back at older and older drinks, it…
Let me say first off, to save a flood of corrective comments, that yes, I know a gin and tonic is not technically a cocktail. At least it isn’t when served in a glass, but what if it is atomised and suspended as a cloud in a tiny room and inhaled by intrepid cocktailians in boiler suits?
When the idea of banning smoking in bars first cropped up people scoffed at the…
Cuaba 2008 Edicion Limitada Introduced relatively recently in 1996, the Cuaba marca is best described…
Well this week I don’t really have a website, blog or book to tell you about, but I just couldn’t help myself when I saw this…
Earlier this week, I went to the shops WEARING SHORTS AND A T-SHIRT. Yes, Spring has arrived in London, and with it a taste of Summer sun. It must be a feeling unique in countries that experience severe winters, but walking along Tooting High Street that day, the world felt different…