Australian Bartender

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Australian Bartender’s annual Bar Awards are back for its 24 th year running, showcasing the best of the best within each given category. This is not about the opinions of bar reviewers and critics. The winners are determined by your votes, the votes of the Australian bar industry. Visit sydneybarweek.com.au for updates.

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Chilled Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2024

Our judging panel comprised of working bartenders, bar managers, bar owners, bar consultants and, more importantly, top influential Chilled 100 members with on-premise buying power, who are ready to judge, rate, and award your spirit’s brand. Elizabeth Lang Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Expertise: Rum. Sarah Karl St.

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VinePair

AUGUST 1, 2024

For years, much of American cocktail culture treated rum as little more than a summertime spirit or a match for Coke and ginger beer. is embracing rums in every facet. With this in mind, bartenders and beverage directors have grown increasingly interested in the new and small-batch rums popping up on shelves.

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VinePair

APRIL 15, 2025

A new territory has been conquered in the ongoing creativity arms race between the worlds top bars: the ice cube. Today, an increasing number of bar pros are instead looking to the clear rock in the middle of the glass, not just as a tool for temperature control and dilution, but as a platform for interesting ingredients.

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Australian Bartender

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Reach him andrewjohn@me.com Photography: Nikki To (supplied) Christopher Pearce (Bar Awards) Matty Opai is the Bar Manager of Icebergs Dining Room in Bondi. After nine years at Icebergs, he recently won bar manager of the year at the Australian Bartender Magazine Bar Awards. Story by Andy Ratcliff.

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VinePair

MARCH 26, 2024

If your home bar shows a conspicuous absence of rum despite an affinity for Daiquiris, then you’ve come to the right place. Seeking the best rums for cocktails, we asked bartenders around the world for their go-to bottles behind the bar. Here, the best rums for mixing into cocktails. Planteray Isle of Fiji R.L.

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Australian Bartender

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Sydney turned the weather on for Bar Week this year, and the final night, the 23rd Annual Bartender Magazine Bar Awards on Wednesday, 11 September, was no exception, with the deck at Doltone House bathed in sunlight for the pre-drinks. Here are all the winners that were presented on the night!

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PubClub

AUGUST 14, 2024

This is a rum cocktail which is something to drink on National Rum Day, Aug. National Rum Day is Aug. 16 and these San Diego bars are marking the occasion with rum drinks and specials. Join the Caribe Cartel by taking a “flight” to the rum region of your choice, earning pins and merchandise.

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VinePair

AUGUST 14, 2024

While clear spirits like gin and tequila might feel like the most obvious choices for summertime sipping, rum and bourbon also have their place, as do lighter, low-ABV options like vermouth and Pimm’s. Their responses ranged from the classic rum Daiquiri to some less expected options.

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VinePair

AUGUST 28, 2024

From that point on, I never forgot the recipe and just practiced my stirring before getting one of my first tattoos, a trident bar spoon. It’s known as a Cuba Libre when mixed with rum from Cuba, and there’s the more trendy Batanga cocktail with Coke and tequila. Brian Miller, bar manager, Stockton Inn , Stockton, N.J.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Shots are the bar scene’s greatest equalizer. It doesn’t matter if you’re in a fancy craft cocktail spot serving $20 Negroni riffs or a seedy dive bar with sticky floors and the faint smell of urine wafting through the air: Shot glasses are always on hand, waiting to be filled. Of course, some shots are more popular than others.

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The Cocktail Lovers

MARCH 7, 2025

9th March: Equal Parts, London 6pm-12am: Youll find four very different, much welcome faces from UK bars behind the stick at Equal Parts this Sunday. Behind the bar at Equal Parts, London 9th March: Avra, Four Seasons, Athens 3.30-4.30pm: On the decks, expect banging tunes from an array of female DJs.

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VinePair

MAY 17, 2024

23 Rum, that’s always been the process — a blend of 6- to 23-year-old rums using the solera method — but not only that. And when you start to get that combination, that unique combination of solera and altitude, what you end up with is an aged rum that is truly unique. “Cocktail College” is brought to you by Zacapa No.

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Bar Magazine

APRIL 22, 2024

Eve Bar, Chef Adam Handling MBE’s luxury zero-waste bar, has launched its brand-new menu ‘ Adapt ’. Using pioneering sustainability techniques, the new menu furthers the unique synergy between the bar and its Michelin-starred restaurant above, Frog by Adam Handling , to create cocktails, which minimise waste and maximise flavour.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Not all of them appeal to every whiskey drinker, regardless of how popular they are or how ubiquitous they may be on back bars, and this is fine, of course. Fionna Gemzon, bar manager, None of the Above , St. Instead of buying Blanton’s, find a good whiskey bar and ask what they’re drinking right now.

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Cheers

JANUARY 3, 2024

Before opening Cavaña in January 2023, the management team took an in-depth South American research trip to understand the deep-rooted history of various Latin cultures. The expansive and well-curated selection of spirits includes high-end and imported mezcals, tequilas, piscos, gins and rum.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 8, 2024

If the bar is particularly busy it doesn’t make sense to offer something complicated. There’s this misconception that rum drinks are complicated and overly sweet, but a Mai Tai is simple and light. Roderick Williams, Bar Manager, Smoked , Columbia, S.C. “What’s good here?” The Last Word.

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Australian Bartender

MARCH 19, 2024

The drinks list has been built in collaboration with Kurtis, Dan Ashby (Venue Manager) and Christian (Bar Manager) with a big focus on aperitivo-style cocktails. Serving hot pizza, handmade pasta, local and imported natural wines, live music on the weekend and a Sunday slice club every week.

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VinePair

APRIL 23, 2024

Juel Triggs, bar manager, Eight & Sand at Central Station Hotel , Memphis, Tenn. Doug Kazley, bar manager, Ambli Global, Denver “Easy: Medley Bros. Bar Lesieur uses this in its Bourbon Beurre Blanc cocktail.” Bar Lesieur uses this in its Bourbon Beurre Blanc cocktail.” Bourbon 102 Proof.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 10, 2023

And, if nothing else, all of our picks look handsome on any bookshelf or bar cart. The Encyclopedia of Cocktails: The People, Bars & Drinks, with More Than 100 Recipes Robert Simonson, Ten Speed Press, October 2023. Modern Caribbean Rum Matt Pietrek and Carrie Smith, Wonk Press, November 2022.

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Bar Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2025

The American Bars new menu, Liquid Moments, distils 135 years of cherished memories at The Savoy into a collection of signature cocktails. Each cocktail reflects a unique chapter of the hotels legacy, inviting guests to celebrate 135 years of glamour and innovation, as well as their own cherished experiences at the American Bar.

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Cheers

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Print La Lola Course Drinks Keyword heavy cream, lemon juice, milk, Passion fruit pure, rum, strawberry, xanthan gum Ingredients 1 oz. Charanda Mexican rum oz. Aged rum 1 oz. Notes Wil Schultz, bar manager at Oak Steakhouse Nashville, created this recipe.

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Bar Magazine

JUNE 18, 2024

Hôtel de Crillon’s resident bar launches new cocktail menu inspired by the flavours of summer as part of their menu series “A Sense of Taste” The iconic Parisian Bar Les Ambassadeurs at Hôtel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel, will launch its new menu ‘A Sense of Taste, Summer Harvest’ on 15th July as the third volume of its menu series.

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Cheers

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Notes Katie Tobin, bar manager at The Aquifer Bar at New Riff Distilling, Newport, KY, created this recipe. Print Candy Cane Crush Course Drinks Keyword amaro, Irish cream liqueur, Orange Curaçao, rum Ingredients 1 ½ oz. Aged rum infused with candy canes 1 oz.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Mana for a Cause, Teremana’s charitable program, has pledged to donate $250,000 to Another Round Another Rall y, a nonprofit that provides funding, educational resources, and emergency aid to members of the bar and restaurant industry. In Conversation With EZ Million Million shaking things up behind the bar.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

But which brands are beloved behind the bar? Matt Bazcor, bar manager, Annette and Traveling Mercies , Aurora, Colo. “I Nick Jackson, head bartender, The Rum House , NYC “My recommendation has to be Haku Vodka. Julian Flores Torres, bar lead, Maizano /Entre Nos, Costa Mesa, Calif.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 17, 2024

It’s been just over 16 years since Julie Reiner and her wife and business partner Susan Fedroff opened their award-winning bar Clover Club in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. Over the years, they experienced great success along with the humbling lessons born of frustration working with various investors and business partners.

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Bar Magazine

APRIL 30, 2024

To be served both outdoors and inside the bar, the menu is the latest chapter to team’s signature cocktail journey and a testament to collaboration, with 12 carefully crafted cocktails, all of which have been creatively developed with a specific emphasis on sustainability, a particular passion of Bar Manager Gaston Fusco and his team.

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VinePair

MARCH 3, 2024

And as upscale Indian restaurants continue to highlight more and more parts of their home nation, their bar programs also have become more specialized. We focused our cocktails on different, lesser known heritage properties,” says Izler Thomas, Pippal’s bar manager, of the bar’s impressive booklet.

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PubClub

APRIL 10, 2024

For those not familiar, Bartender’s Weekend is a gathering of epic proportions for bartenders and others of us in the nightlife and bar industry. It consists of more than 50 hosted events at various bars – plus a beach party put on by Patron – and the really great thing is that it takes place right in own town, San Diego.

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Bar Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

Flor de Caña Rum, the world’s first Carbon Neutral and Fair-Trade certified spirit, has announced the opening of registrations for the Sustainable Cocktail Challenge 2024, a unique platform that aims to inspire and promote sustainable mixology among the global bartender community to collectively build a greener future.

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Bevspot

JULY 10, 2015

Calculating Inventory Usage Successful bar managers will tell you that efficient inventory management is the key to maintaining a profitable bar. How to Calculate Inventory Usage [See also: Bar Inventory and Usage for Beginners ] Let’s start with the inventory usage formula. So, Inventory Usage = 6.3

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Bevspot

JULY 10, 2015

Successful bar managers will tell you that efficient inventory management is the key to maintaining a profitable bar. If your bar management software or inventory spreadsheets are set up correctly— we’ve got a template for you if they’re not—you should be able to access an inventory usage report.

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VinePair

MARCH 20, 2024

The bar is buzzing, tickets are flowing, and your hands are moving faster than your brain. we explored the “Potato Head” style of mixology, and how the Shinji’s bar team uses it to breathe new life into familiar formulas. It happens a couple times a week to just about every cocktail bartender. In last month’s “Techniques!”

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Tales of the Cocktail

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

2024 grant recipients include Another Round, Another Rally (Phoenix, Arizona), Focus on Health (USA), and Safe Bars (Washington D.C.). Safe Bars ($15,000 grant awarded) Safe Bars Inc. bars to teams and establishments nationally and internationally on bystander intervention, de-escalation, and allyship. Safe Bars Inc.

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Tales of the Cocktail

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The first annual Grant Finalist Showcase was held on Thursday, July 27 during Tales of the Cocktail in the Beyond the Bar space of the conference. Turning Tables ($40,000) Turning Tables is a bar training program that reflects the city they serve: New Orleans. Applicants were thoroughly reviewed before the selection of the Finalists.

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Tales of the Cocktail

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The first annual Grant Finalist Showcase was held on Thursday, July 27 during Tales of the Cocktail in the Beyond the Bar space of the conference. Turning Tables ($40,000) Turning Tables is a bar training program that reflects the city they serve: New Orleans. Applicants were thoroughly reviewed before the selection of the Finalists.

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