It was great to head down to Melbourne to host the Indie Spirits Tasting at The Craft & Co in Melbourne on the weekend. We had a great turn out of exhibitors and both consumers and the trade spent an afternoon tasting some really great booze from over 30 exhibitors.
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To celebrate World Cocktail Day, Monkey Shoulder will be gatecrashing breweries from Sydney to Wollongong in the iconic Monkey Mixer, rallying Aussies to swap their beers and mix it up with Monkey Shoulder cocktails instead.
Bartender Boxing is back! And we are pumped. After its Australian debut in 2019 and two years of false starts, applications are now open to Sydney bartenders to put their training gloves on and compete to enter the ring during Sydney Bar Week on Sunday, 4th September from 8pm till late.
Los Siete Misterios was founded in 2010 and brings together the passion, traditions and culture of the founders’ Mexican roots to inspire a liquid that seeks to revive the past and integrate it with the present.
‘Single Cask’ and ‘Small Batch’ monikers brought Bourbon into the elite world of other drams existing under that giant international umbrella of Whisk(e)y. Arguably, one of the biggest Bourbon makers actually started the whole small batch thing internationally with Booker Noe’s influence over at Jim Beam.
The new Melbourne establishment HER is an entire building dedicated to all the things Melbourne loves – modern classic food, sophisticated drinks, art, design and music. The space includes HER BAR, HER Rooftop and HER Music Room.
Ask any bartender about their sherry selection and their eyes will light up with a feverish passion. And port, once the preserve of red-nosed captains of industry straight out of a Dickens novel, has finally taken its rightful place on cocktail lists alongside the vermouths and quinquinas who have reigned as undisputed champions of the fortifieds for far too long.
Create your own original design for the Fernet Branca 2022 Challenge Coin with your interpretation of Australian Themes and email this to FBcoin22@amberbev.com by midnight on Sunday 15th May.
After what feels like a COVID-induced eternity, we are really excited to announce that the Indie Spirits Tasting will be making its return to Melbourne this Sunday, 8th May, the first event since 2019.
Being crowned Australian Bar of the Year is a big deal. So what do the previous winners have in common? It’s all the little things that combine to make something great. From the attention to detail, the service, the lighting, the music to the atmosphere, the staff and the drinks.
Coa in Hong Kong secures the No.1 spot for the second year in a row and is named The Best Bar in Asia, and The Best Bar in Hong Kong. It is the second bar to achieve this back-to-back feat, after Manhattan, Singapore, in 2017 and 2018.
Madi Jeffery is well and truly a part of the Perth bar scene, a scene that was isolated from the rest of the country for two years. Here, she talks about how tight-knit the WA scene has become and how it’s the people that keep her going back day after day.