There’s a certain smell to Bourbon Street in July. It’s there in the afternoon, when the asphalt is cooking from the sweltering heat. It’s there when you leave the hotel lobby at seven o’clock at night and the sun is still out; it’s there still, in the morning, after they’ve sprayed the streets with water and soap and the bubbles are left baking in the gutters in the morning sun.
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Jason Williams (The Keystone Group) has taken out the top honour at this year’s Beefeater 24 Bartender Competition in London.
26 finalists from throughout the world gathered to compete for the top prize.
If you want to be one of the first in the country to have a bottle of the new Australian made gin from Stu Gregor, Matt Jones and Cameron Mackenzie — Four Pillars Gin — now is your chance.
Back in May we brought you the news of yet another addition to Sydney’s booming CBD bar scene, Papa Gede’s Bar. Well the doors are open and you’re likely to find that there’s a lot to like about this new bar.
Things have been going gangbusters for popular rum brand Mount Gay of late. Not only have they released a new expression — Mount Gay Black Barrel (keep an eye out for our December blind tasting panel and their thoughts on this great new rum) — they are also celebrating their 310-year anniversary.
We’ve talked about beers brewed with wild yeasts before, of the great sour beers that come out Belgium during the colder months that have been fermented by naturally occurring yeasts (like brettanomyces) living in and around the breweries.
This was the way that all beers were made before old mate Pasteur investigated microbiology.
Hang on, what? This unique brew from New Zealand’s Yeastie Boys highlights floral notes like bergamot and citrus of earl grey tea…
Cordoba will be holding a number of Bacardi’s popular Bacardi Belief training sessions for the Top 25 finalists in the Legacy competition — but there are a few spots left at each training for you to grab…
This month’s bumper issue is now live in the App Store! We’ve got the big 2013 Bar Awards Winners edition, and it’s the first time we’ve put someone on the cover — and who better to grace the cover than this year’s winner of the Bartender of the Year sponsored by ABSOLUT ELYX and Havana Club, Mr Sean Chow.
There’s a boatload of innovation going on in the craft brewing scene right now — and with the innovative work that the brewers at Moon Dog are doing, you’re going to need a bigger boat. That’s because this release — called Jumping the Shark — has got loads of flavour packed in.
In the space of 10 years, sauvignon blanc came, saw and conquered the Australian wine market, claiming as much as 40 per cent of the white wine currently purchased in our shops, bars and restaurants.
On his recent trip to Australia for Sydney Bar Week, Cocktail Kingdom founder Greg Boehm said that his new bar, Golden Cadillac, is opening soon.