Leading London bartender and spirits industry figure, Henry Besant, has passed away at the age of 40. Besant was well known for his passion for tequila, and he was behind the creation of the Olmeca Los Altos brand.
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A select group of top bartenders and owners gathered at Gowings Bar & Grill on Tuesday night to taste through the beautiful whiskies from Woodford Reserve. Brand Ambassador Stuart Reeves led guests through an informal tasting and feast.
As Parched March 2013 heads into its third week, the good times are rolling and the Parched March cocktails are flowing at the unique Sydney charity bar odyssey’s 76 participating bars.
Legendary Mezcalero Ron Cooper — whose single village mezcals have come to be a benchmark for quality in the category — will be touring Australia this April.
The Manhattan Cocktail Classic is on again this year (May 17—21 2013); those keen on going ought to set an alarm, as tickets for the event go on sale Friday March 15th at 12pm EDT in the US (which is 3am Saturday 16th AEST).
Another in a spate of recent openings in Brisbane, this new cocktail driven bar draws upon the 1930s for a touch of old world pre-war glamour.
In March’s Editor’s Welcome, we talk the new iPad issue of Australian Bartender and the move from 4bars.com.au to australianbartender.com.au.
The lads at the West Winds have expanded their range. The beverage moguls in…
Despite the explosion in micro and craft brewers in the United States since the late…
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.
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.
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.