There’s just 18 days to go til Sydney Bar Week 2013 kicks off. With that and this bout of warmer weather in mind, we got to thinking about rum — lots of rum. Because on Sunday the 22nd of September the rum-market paradise of Sugarcane Sunday returns.
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Last night a packed crowd saw Jason Williams, group bars manager for Keystone, take out the national final of the Beefeater 24 Global Bartender Competition held at Sydney’s The Barber Shop.
Chris has done the rounds at some of Sydney’s best-known venues, and has now found himself at Drink & Dine’s boozer, The Abercombie, as venue manager. Which we think is great, because he’s a good guy to have a drink with — and we have to agree with him that a Sunday afternoon beer is one of the all-time best occasions for drinking. Read on…
Napoleone Co Pear Cider takes out top honours in our blind tasting of 9 great Aussie ciders — read on for tasting notes and the all-important star ratings.
The striking thing about Bar Lou Lou is the graffiti art mural that covers an entire wall of the 30 seat small bar within Emmilou. It’s being treated as a separate identity to it’s bigger brother, with a dedicated food menu and cocktail list put together for the new, San-Sebastian inspired place.
Last night in Brisbane the latest round of the Angostura Global Cocktail Challenge took place. Last year’s Bar Awards Rookie of the Year, Sean Chow of Brisbane’s Press Club, took out the comp with his drinks “Cool Rummings”…
Here’s 8 great gins tasted, scored and rated: We chose The Rook for this tasting for one very simple reason — this joint loves its gin. We put eight gins out in front of our panel to explore, and the tasting turned some heads…
We take a look at the continuing boom in cider being driven by the success of international brands, and look at two ways of mixing them in cocktails — just in time for Spring…
Working fast isn’t about working hard, it’s about working smart. The craft cocktail renaissance has brought us many fine things: old, forgotten recipes, timeless drinks, a renewed sense of professionalism behind the bar. But as bartenders have learnt more about what they serve, new techniques and more variations on a Manhattan than I’ve had hot dinners, so too has the queue at the bar grown.
The Angostura Global Cocktail Challenge keeps rolling on throughout Australia, with the Victorian heat being held last (Monday) night.
The Black Pearl’s Evan Stanley came out on top of a pool of rum-pushing talent that included second place-getter Joshua Crawford (Eau de Vie Melbourne) and third place, Peter Nguyen.
We delve deep into one of the deep South’s greatest gifts to drinkers everywhere: fried chicken. Grab a can and crank out this recipe, and discover the ins and outs of this finger-lickin’ good food…
There’s less than four weeks to go until the first drinks start flowing to mark the start of Sydney Bar Week, and we’ve got some great workshops for you to check out — like this one…