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Sydney Rum Club celebrates Sugarcane Sunday

Rum aficionados rejoice! The Sydney Rum Club will be celebrating all things sugarcane come Sunday the 24th of March. They will be holding a popup rum market at The Standard which will see some of the country’s best rums on pour.

News in brief

Der Raum makes way for Bar Economico; Darwin gets its Reematch on; studies show that mixing booze with diet soft drinks get you drunker, and more.

Bali beckons for Aussie operators

The guys from Bondi’s The Bucket List must have taken a shining to Bali, as they are opening a new bar there, Motel Mexicola. But, as David Spanton points, there can be complications that arise doing business in Bali.

Gorgeous George gets into the Tequila game

Not many producers launch a tequila and get featured in the esteemed pages of Vanity Fair. In fact, we’re pretty sure not even one has before. But those nobodies before weren’t handsome George Clooney, were they?

Drink up for Parched March 2013

Bars, dogs, drinks and a month of good times for a good cause: Parched March has kicked off for its fourth year. Once again, Sydney’s bars have whole-heartedly supported the city’s annual charity bar odyssey, joining long-time supporters such as The Keystone Group and Hugo’s.

Perryn Collier working on two new Brisbane bars

It looks as though there is a bonafide boom taking place in Brisbane bars in recent months. Not only has Kal Moore left Laneway to go on to a bigger role, so too has his one-time drinks partner, Perryn Collier. He is now with the Limes Group, taking on the role of creative bar director for the group.