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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.
You’ve been banging on about it for years, so in 2013 the Australian Bartender Bar…
Bundaberg release 5 year old rum to help flooded QLD communities and release a gun double-barrel rum.
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.
Tanqueray Malacca gin has made a much anticipated return to market in the US, and Maker’s Mark has bowed to public pressure to maintain their higher 45% ABV after facing criticism last week.
Ireland’s top bartender, the Kiwi-born Hayden Lambert, is moving to Melbourne to take on the head bartender role at Matt Bax’s Bar Americano.
After thinking long and hard, I have made the decision to bring to a close the Drinks Fest exhibition side of this year’s Sydney Bar Week. Sydney Bar Week will continue with our amazing trade parties and the influential Bartender Magazine Australian Bar Awards.
Bartender is now live in the Apple App Store and Newsstand, and available from $2.99 a month!
With new bar legislation looking like it will come into effect in March, Adelaide looks set to become the next Australian cocktail destination. Looking to lead that charge is The Collins, the new bar opening soon at the Hilton, smack bang in the middle of the city. We got a look at the bar last week and were impressed with what we saw — the decor is sharp and the back bar is taking shape.
Technology has been changing the world and now technology – in shiny new iPad form – will be applied to a new training program being launched by Pernod Ricard Australia, said Ben Davidson, their brand education manager.