Mixologists, it’s time to talk… As I’m handed my cocktail, an innovative foraged-woodruff-distillate-highball, I remember…
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Alex Kratena talks about the trend towards ferments, which trends he wants to see embraced, and what it is that he thinks makes a good bartender become a great bartender.
Hudak previously worked as a senior bartender at The American Bar at The Savoy, London, and in 2017, became Champion at the 2017 World Coffee in Good Spirits competition.
They’re the brand ambassadors, and we’ve spoken to them for our annual feature on some of the country’s best, to get their advice on how a bartending career can move into an ambassadoring role, and what they want to see in the industry in the year ahead.
Before we opened Door Knock, Natalie Ng (owner and boss lady) and I had every…
One bar in particular has making some waves: Ettie’s. Complete with piano bar and the kind of sandstone walls you get from an old building, the reigning Bartender of the Year, Daniel Gregory, is there behind the stick and pushing ahead with his brand of bartending.
Ian Burrell is one of the most travelled and recognised figures in the cocktail and spirits industry, recently awarded ‘Best International Brand Ambassador’ at the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation 12th Annual Spirited Awards.
When I sit down for a chat with Jillian Vose, it’s not been a good morning. It’s not because of it’s a Monday morning or because she’s hungover.
It’s because Vose is the beverage director of the famous New York bar, the Dead Rabbit Grocery & Grog, and the Dead Rabbit has just suffered a major fire.
Ahead of his masterclass for MONIN, we fired through a few questions to the man himself to get his take on his bar, High Five, and what makes a good bartender great.
SVEN ALMENNING is the managing director and owner of the influential Speakeasy Group of venues — Eau de Vie Sydney and Melbourne, Boilermaker House, Mjølner Sydney and Melbourne, and the forthcoming Parramatta venue, Nick & Nora’s.
With Sydney Bar Week kicking off on September 15th, and tickets to the events filling up fast, it’s probably about the time you start locking your Bar Week schedule away. And one of the very special events taking place will be with this man right here, Rogerio Igarashi of Tokyo’s Bar Trench.
The Proof & Company team brings with them a strong portfolio of independent craft and something unique to the Australian landscape: a host of creative services and education led by Creative Director, Jason Williams and Spirits Evangelist, Charlie Ainsbury. Proof & Company’s award-winning creative team is one of the most well-regarded consulting teams in the cocktail and spirits community globally.