It’s an early start to a long day for Long Chim’s beverage director, James Connolly. Based at Long Chim Perth, when he wakes up the guys running their east coast restaurants in Sydney and Melbourne (their most recent opening) have a three hour head start on him.
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The Barber Shop’s Mike Enright gives his advice on opening a bar, finding a site, budgeting for the build and beyond, and working with builders.
This Tuxedo cocktail recipe is of a piece with the Martinez, Martini and Turf Club; all storied drinks themselves, with long and somewhat dubious histories.
It’s time to start turning your mind to preparation for Australia’s toughest test of bartending ability: the Bartender Magazine Bartender of the Year sponsored by BACARDÍ & De Kuyper.
Now for in its 17th year, the Bar Awards shine a spotlight on the best bars, bartenders, and bar operators the country has to offer — vote now.
“If I make a beautiful looking menu, but it doesn’t work in the space, I asked the wrong damn questions.” Chanel Liquori on good graphic design for bars.
Today is the last part of this eight part series, and we’re hearing from Tayla Kendall of venerable Melbourne bar, Lily Black’s.
” It took us over a decade and two generations to simply establish our credibility and professionalism as independent distillers. With the emergence of many more craft operators the market has received a heap of attention which has brought more people away from the standard mainstream imported brands to try our products and those of our peers,” says Ryan Passmore, from the Kimberley Rum Company.
We look at the cocktail list of Sydney bar Stitch, and the reasons why they put an innovative, in-house solera system into the bar.
We know that a bad review can make or break a bar. But how does the process work? What does a bar reviewer look for? We put these questions and more to the well-regarded freelance food and drink writer – and critic — Max Veenhuyzen, to learn how a critic thinks.
Today is part seven in the eight part series, What Women Drink, and we’re hearing from Sarah Wongstein of Bomba.
You may have noticed that over the last week or so we’ve been profiling some of Melbourne’s best bartenders, in the series What Women Drink. Well today, for part six in the eight part series, we’re hearing from Rachael Hand of House of Correction.