Alissa Gabriel is the bar manager at Sydney bar and restaurant, Mjølner, and she’s one of few bartenders to gain national recognition in the early stages of her career; here, she talks running the bar at Mjølner.
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Despite the inefficiencies in their operation, Never Never Distilling Co. has made an outsized splash so far, landing on some of the country’s best back bars. That may be because they are unashamedly making spirits that appeal to bartenders .
8 Hospitality, the group behind Sydney venues Grandma’s, The Wild Rover, and Wilhemina’s have a new CBD venue on the way; there was a lot of interest in the Speakeasy Group’s new mentorship program as a way to mitigate the skills shortage; and Alen Nokolvski talked about rolling dice for his tips, and more.
Trash Tiki is an anti-waste popup that they’ve been taking around the world, and taking that message for bartenders and the public and “shoving it down their throats,” in the words of Griffiths.
“We used to roll dice for our tips n’ shit, it was cool.” Meet Alen Nikolovski of Shady Pines Saloon
“It’s fun man, earlier you and I were talking about recipe for success, and why we think Shady’s still feels fresh after 8 years, and it’s 100 percent down to Jason, Anton and Toby.” There’s only one Alen Nikolosvski.
Paul Hammond is the guy at the helm of Sydney cocktail bar, Bulletin Place, and has the enviable — or unenviable, depending on your mindset — task of maintaining the high standards and dedication to hospitality that has seen the bar crowned as the Cocktail Bar of the Year an unprecedented four years in a row.
2017 saw James Connolly crack the Top 10 of the Bartender Magazine Most Influential List sponsored by Angostura aromatic bitters for the first time at the number 10 spot, and here he talks about trends for 2018, how he got his start behind the bar, and more.
2017 saw Hayley Morison crack the Top 10 of the Bartender Magazine Most Influential List sponsored by Angostura aromatic bitters for the first time, landing at number nine.
“I’m trying to expand my skill set outside making drinks, which includes welding and carpentry, which will see me renovate a lot of the bar by myself,” says The Beaufort’s Dave Kerr.
Sam Egerton had quite the year in 2017; he went from running Merivale’s cocktail bar,…
Ryan Lane is the man running one of Australia’s best bars, The Gresham — you…