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Michael Madrusan is doing great stuff, and this year enters the Top 10 Most Influential List sponsored by Angostura aromatic bitters at number four on the list. Below he discusses the trends he wants to see take place in 2018 and more.
Here we take a look at the year, the bars, and the people who made it great — from January through to December, in pictures.
Jared Merlino entered the Top 10 Most Influential List sponsored by Angostura aromatic bitters for the first time this year, landing at number three on the list. Below he discusses the trends he wants to see take place in 2018 and more.
Sven Almenning lands at number two on the Most Influential List this year; here, see what he thinks the trends will be in 2018 and who he thinks is at the vanguard of the next generation.
during Sydney Bar Week we announced the Top 10, with Swillhouse’s Jason Scott and Anton Forte taking the top spot for the third time. This just goes to show how much influence their venues – such as The Baxter Inn, Restaurant Hubert, Frankies, and Shady Pines – continue to wield.
Jangling Jack’s in Sydney’s Potts Point is a classic neighbourhood joint: it offers a respite from the madness that comes with living in Sydney, the kind of place where you take a seat at the bar and as regulars come and go and the hours pass you by. But a lot goes into making a place feel so easy, and we wanted to know what that’s like for owners Orlan Erin Raleigh and Jon Ruttan — here, lightly edited and condensed, is a day in the life according to Raleigh.
Christmas is a time for giving and it’s time to reveal that Dandelyan will be hitting Australian Shores in 2018.
The Global Drinks Forum was held the day before Bar Convent Berlin began, and it gathered a few dozen drinks industry heavyweights (and us) to discuss marketing, strategy, and insights for the global drinks business. It’s the kind of thing we’d usually move away from very quickly in the opposite direction, too afraid of a torrent of ‘touchpoints’. But this one, well, it was different. We wanted to work out just what we could take from it that would be of use to bartenders and bar owners.
Tonight at PS40 in Sydney sees Michael Callahan, creative director at Employees Only Singapore go head to head with Celia Schoonraad of the acclaimed Singapore bar, 28 Hong Kong Street.
Zack Morgan’s mum suggested he try hospitality at the age of 15 as a way of keeping out of trouble. The Bulletin Place bartender talks bartending camaraderie and more.
Now celebrating the brand’s 20th anniversary, Grey Goose — renowned as the world’s best tasting vodka — is launching its latest summer campaign Down Under with a big, blue splash. Known as Grey Goose Riviera a new, limited-edition bottle has been designed to commemorate the twenty-year heritage. A launch party on a luxurious super yacht will be followed by a series of Grey Goose pop-ups across Sydney & Melbourne as part of the campaign. We sat down with Grey Goose Global Brand Ambassador, Joe McCanta to find out more.