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.
Events
Events
On Monday 12 October Merlin Jerebine from Melbourne’s 1806 created this year’s greatest mix at the 21st annual Suntory Cup cocktail competition.
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.
Appleton Estate, the highly awarded, premium Jamaican Rum that brought the enormously popular ‘Maile Ku’ Tiki mug to Australia in 2008 has upped the ante this year by commissioning ‘Crazy Al’ Evans, one of the greatest Tiki sculptors in the world to create it’s new ‘Rum God’ Tiki mug picture above.
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!
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.
Russian Standard kicked off a series of nationwide launch parties with a bash at Sydney’s World Square Pub. Here are some snaps from the night…
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.
Launching on 4bars.com.au this month will be Bartender magazine’s inaugural Most Influential List- Australia’s first survey to determine who are the bars industry’s heroes; the movers and shakers.
On Wednesday 9 September, Dylan Eisenhut of Hugos Manly was crowned the Australian winner of the 2009 Stella Artois World Draught Masters competition, winning over $33,000 in prizes including the honour of representing Australia in the global final to be held in New York this October.
In glamorous London style, Ben Davidson and the Signe team, headed on a bar crawling jaunt (while sipping tea) around the country. Check out this clip which showcases all the highlights from The Beefeater 24 Challenge:
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