After White Lyan, the next move for Ryan Chetiyawardana? Drinks-led dining at Cub
UK bartender Ryan Chetiyawardana has revealed plans to open a restaurant on the ground floor of the old White Lyan space, called Cub.
Here’s how to negotiate a better a deal from your bar’s suppliers
Managing costs is an important, if perhaps somewhat unglamorous, part of any business. And in the bar world one of our greatest costs is our cost of goods (COGS) and so negotiating the best possible deals you can get with your suppliers is paramount.
Here’s three ways with champagne cocktails
We're talking about proper, from-the-region-of-Champagne champagne, the French stuff — here's three great champagne cocktails.
Need some inspiration for your new menu? Take a look at the new Black Pearl cocktail list
Looking for some new drink menu inspiration? Well, the new Black Pearl cocktail list is out, and it's a beauty.
Back roads, barbacoa and booze; Phil Bayly takes the mezcal road less travelled
It's always an unknown flying into Mexico City. As a good friend used to say, it’s one of those places, hot by day, volcanic by night.
‘The trip to work is about 20 decent strides.’ A day in the life of Applewood’s Brendan Carter
What’s it like to be one of the country’s most in-demand producers? Brendan and Laura Carter are the pair behind both Unico Zelo — a wine label impressing many wine-appreciating bartender — and Applewood Distillery. Here, and lightly edited for clarity, is what a typical day in the life of Brendan is like.
The Southside — the Daiquiri you have when you just have to have gin
As is often the way, pinning down a classic cocktail's origin can be difficult, and so it is with the Southside.
Black Pearl, The Baxter Inn, through to Spirited Awards top 4
Melbourne bar Black Pearl is in the final four in two categories: Best International Bar Team, and Best International Cocktail Bar, whilst Sydney bar The Baxter Inn is in the final four for Best High Volume International Cocktail Bar.
Jacob Cohen wins National Final of Southern Comfort Travelling Tales Cocktail Competition
Jacob Cohen from Three Wolves in Cairns, Queensland, has taken out the National title at the inaugural Southern Comfort Travelling Tales Cocktail Competition with his unique Southern Comfort and beer cocktail, The Bootlegger.
Mjølner’s Alexandra Dahlenburg on the ‘beautiful chaos’ of opening week
Mjølner made waves when it opened back in March, what with its whole animal cooking, the viking accoutrements, its focus on whisky and some banging cocktails.
Overseeing the restaurant and bar is venue manager Alexandra Dahlenburg, whom we first met when she ran Sydney bar Grain (and who steered them to a win for Hotel Bar of the Year at the Bar Awards last year). Here, she talks about the change from the hotel world to Speakeasy Group, her love of whisky, and what you ought to expect on your first night for a new bar.