Bar Management, Highball and Hospitality

Bar Julius Elevates Redfern’s Nightlife with European-Inspired Dining and Drinks

Australian Bartender

JANUARY 27, 2025

The hospitality group behind Bistecca, The Gidley, Alfies, and The Rover has unveiled its new hotspot: Bar Julius. Image: Liquid & Larder) The hospitality group behind Bistecca, The Gidley, Alfies, and The Rover has unveiled its new hotspot: Bar Julius. Operating from early morning until late.

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We Asked 21 Bartenders: What’s the Best Vodka for Mixing Cocktails?

VinePair

MARCH 18, 2025

Lance Bowman, bar manager, UMMO , Chicago There is no other vodka I could be more excited to mention than Good Vodka. Alex Serena, bar manager, Telefric Barcelona , Los Angeles Chopin Rye Vodka is my go-to for cocktails above and beyond your run-of-the-mill Vodka Soda drinks. Distilled in Bloomington, Ind., We love it.

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Rockpool creates an upstairs quiet retreat

Australian Bartender

MARCH 17, 2025

(Image: Rockpool Lounge) Rockpool Bar & Grill has unveiled a new addition to its iconic restaurant in Sydneys CBD, the Rockpool Lounge. Hospitality CEO, Frank Tucker, said the lounge was designed to meet growing demand for engaging night-time entertainment in Sydney. Hospitality, Rockpool Lounge merges elegance with comfort.

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We Asked 10 Bartenders: What’s the Easiest Cocktail to Master?

VinePair

AUGUST 28, 2024

The easiest cocktails to master, according to bartenders: Manhattan Cuba Libre Moscow Mule Daiquiri Vodka Martini Old Fashioned Whiskey Highball Honeysuckle Negroni Vodka Soda “The easiest drink to master, from my perspective, is the classic Manhattan. Karynn Brown, bartender, Amor y Amargo , NYC “I would have to say the Whiskey Highball.

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It took four years but Papi Katsu is now open in Perth

Australian Bartender

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Sesh Mafia’s Ben Tua, Chase Weber, Leigh Power, and Eoin Kenny, along with Venue Manager Chrissie Lam (from Si Paradiso, Servo) and Bar Manager Mario Rizzo (El Grotto, Long Chim, Shui), are opening this underground Yakuza-inspired den on May 30. Papi Katsu is like nothing we’ve done before.

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We Asked 25 Bartenders: Which Bourbon Offers the Best Bang for Your Buck? (2024)

VinePair

OCTOBER 15, 2024

David Kravitz, beverage director, The Group Hospitality , NYC “Great Jones bourbon offers the best bang for your buck. It packs a punch at 100 proof, making it perfect for a wide range of cocktails, from a refreshing highball to an egg white Whiskey Sour or a classic Old Fashioned.

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Creating Culinary Cocktails With Schmuck’s Juliette Larrouy and Moe Aljaff

VinePair

MARCH 20, 2024

From Dish to Drink Culinary-inspired cocktails are not a new trend — just look to modern classics like Don Lee’s “ Benton’s Old Fashioned ” that served breakfast in a glass and launched the fat washing technique all the way back in 2007, at PDT, or his buttered popcorn rum and Coke the “Cinema Highball” from the same era.

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The New Guard of the East Village Cocktail Scene Has Arrived

VinePair

MAY 13, 2024

2 spot on North America’s 50 Best Bar list. The Vodka Y Soda isn’t just a two-ingredient highball; they add guava and pasilla into the mix, and the result is refreshing and intensely flavorful. Still, it’s a well drink at heart, served by an acclaimed, white-hot bar in the East Village. Their top-selling drink is a Vodka Soda.

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We Asked 19 Bartenders: What’s Your Go-To Bourbon? (2024)

VinePair

JUNE 25, 2024

Gabriel Urrutia, professor of spirits, FIU Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management , Miami “My favorite bourbon has changed so much over the years, from the quantity-over-quality that my adolescent years provided to the new heightened sense of palatability that [I’ve grown] accustomed to in recent years.

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23rd Annual Bartender Magazine Bar Awards: The complete list of finalists is here!

Australian Bartender

JULY 17, 2024

The Cumberland, Double Deuce Lounge, Maybe Sammy, Apollonia, Door Knock NT: Hanky Panky Lounge, Bar Kokomo, Dom’s Bar & Lounge QLD: Antico, Before & After Bar, Maker, Dr Gimlette, Bar Brutus, Death & Taxes, Savile Row, Rosella’s, Sante Toowoomba SA: Maybe Mae, Trap.,

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55 of the Best Thanksgiving Cocktails

VinePair

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

See Recipe The Perfect Pear While Scotch may not be the first spirit you think of when you think “daytime cocktail,” this seasonal highball bursting with autumnal aromas of cinnamon and pear is sure to prove you wrong. Who doesn’t love cranberry and almonds together, especially next to a perfectly cooked bird?”

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Meet the Mixologist: Bill Sabine

Cheers

MARCH 10, 2025

Bill Sabine is bar manager at the Nautilus Pier 4 in Boston. What was your first job in the beverage or hospitality industry? I enrolled in a local bartending school with job placement and landed an event bartending gig, then worked up to the clubhouse bar. Strain into a highball with ice.

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10 Unexpected Cities to Visit This Year for Top-Tier Cocktails

VinePair

JUNE 5, 2025

The distillery is part of the Banff Hospitality Collective , a group behind well over a dozen bars and restaurants in the heart of downtown. We really have a network here of people who think of us as the bar in Luxembourg, he says. Meanwhile, hotel groups and bar groups alike are pouring resources into the city.

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Bar Cocktail Culture Head Bartender Bartending

The Top Beverage Trends For 2025

Cheers

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The popular cocktails weve seen on social media tend to lend themselves to brunches and a more all-day mindset, says Daniel King, restaurant and bar manager at Evelyns at the Hutton Hotel in Nashville. I think thats why weve seen spritzes rise in popularity they have a lower ABV, so theyre a bit more guilt-free.

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Bar Julius Elevates Redfern’s Nightlife with European-Inspired Dining and Drinks

We Asked 21 Bartenders: What’s the Best Vodka for Mixing Cocktails?

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Rockpool creates an upstairs quiet retreat

We Asked 10 Bartenders: What’s the Easiest Cocktail to Master?

It took four years but Papi Katsu is now open in Perth

We Asked 25 Bartenders: Which Bourbon Offers the Best Bang for Your Buck? (2024)

Creating Culinary Cocktails With Schmuck’s Juliette Larrouy and Moe Aljaff

The New Guard of the East Village Cocktail Scene Has Arrived

We Asked 19 Bartenders: What’s Your Go-To Bourbon? (2024)

23rd Annual Bartender Magazine Bar Awards: The complete list of finalists is here!

55 of the Best Thanksgiving Cocktails

Meet the Mixologist: Bill Sabine

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