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Melbourne based distribution company Baranows Emporium has taken over distribution of Kilchoman Single Malt whisky, Islay’s Farm Distillery.
THE COCKTAIL has a long, illustrious career on the silver screen — in fact, for as long as the Americans have been making movies, there’s been on-screen tributes to that most glorious of drinks.
“Even though they have pisco in Chile, the pisco in Peru was completely different. My passion for pisco developed as I started to learn more about the history, production subtle nuances in taste and flavour. Upon returning to Australia thought I would take a piece of Peru back with me – so I created The Pisco People and began importing Peruvian pisco,” Josie Healy, Founder of The Pisco People
The Manhattan recipe, much like many other cocktails that have gone down in history as staples to be savoured over the generations, has a murky origin story. But one thing’s for certain when it comes to bar room tales: most often they’re wrong.
Who are the Most Influential? We’re looking for people from all walks of the Australian bar industry, from owners to designers, bartenders to brand managers, writers to trainers — those who lead the way, who inspire, and who are shaping the future of our industry.
Melbourne bar, The Beaufort & Ike’s take a different approach to their cocktails to most bars. Their latest list landed yesterday, so we thought we’d take a look.
The May issue of Australian Bartender is now available for your iPhone and iPad —…
“I was going through a phase of trying to prepare ingredients for the bar that are better than anything available commercially. I attempted vermouth, it was ok, but not as good as commercially available products, Vernon [Chalker] suggested I should meet his French winemaker friend Gilles Lapalus, which I did.” Shaun Byrne tells of the genesis of his brand, Maidenii vermouth.
The creative bartender-owner of Singapore’s Operation Dagger, Luke Whearty, has moved to Melbourne to open a second bar.
These spiced rum cocktail recipes offer bartenders is another avenue for packing in punchier, robust flavours into your drinks. Here, we’ve got a couple of recipes that do just that.
For a bottle to carry the designation Vermouth di Torino on the label, there are rules that must be followed that govern how the vermouth is made. Take a look at what the new vermouth di Torino geographical indication involves.