On Sunday 29 April, with the help of Angostura, Eau de Vie is getting the original bartending band back together for one night only. Three of Eau de Vie’s most famous alumni – former EDV Head Bartender now Vasco Bar owner, Max Greco; the man behind the nautical dream that was Hello Sailor, Luke Redington and the father of the Yuzu Mule, Black Pearl legend and Australian winner of Angostura’s 2017 Cocktail Challenge, Dan Gregory.
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Like all good booze geeks should be, at Australian Bartender we’re big fans of a good cocktail list, and at the annual Bartender Magazine Australian Bar Awards the Cocktail List of the Year is always a hotly contested category.
The PERFECT BLEND 2018 NSW State Final took place on Monday night at Oxford Art Factory in Sydney’s Surry Hills, with 250 industry supporters in the crowd and 12 extraordinarily talented finalists on stage.
Rum is big at Indie Spirits Tasting Brisbane this year and we have rums on show from Phuket to Venezuela for those who like the sugarcane or molasses spirits. Here’s nine to put in your face.
Australia’s business-only bank Tyro has launched ‘Tap & Save’ which allows merchants to save money…
We got in touch with Merlino last month to check in and see how things were going, and wanted to find out more about what he has been doing to address one of the big issues for the industry this year, namely, the wellnesss — both mentally and physically — of the people who work in this industry.
The Halford cocktail list is like the menu equivalent of a white suit jacket with the sleeves rolled up, West Coast Cooler in hand, and synths on the stereo.
It’s that time of year, folks: voting in the 18th annual Bartender Magazine Australian Bar Awards is open now.
Ti Punch is to the French what G&T is to the British, and Husk Distillers, Australia’s only agricole rum distillery, is introducing their expression of this style of spirit to local bartenders as they move to change the way Australian’s perceive and drink rum.
There was a lot going on, so in case you missed them, here were the biggest stories for the month of March.
Clear those calendars next Monday night, (turn off Bachie in Paradise for one night!) come support, and cheer on your fellow industry comrades that have made it through to the State Finals for 2018.
Steve McDermott is a bartender who has been around the traps, it’s fair to say. He’s also pretty good at spinning a yarn or two, having worked some of London’s more exclusive venues.