Australia’s Top25 Bartenders, as voted by fellow bartenders, have collaborated in a new cocktail book: Cocktails For The Home Bartender. The book has been supported by bartender focused brands allowing the proceeds from the sales of the book to go back to the bartenders themselves – an example of the industry coming together to support…

Specialist Japanese whisky retailer dekanta has launched a new set of extremely rare Karuizawa whiskies, taken from some of the last casks left of the iconic whisky.  The Japanese distillery has been closed since 2000 and as global interest in Japanese whisky has grown in recent years, demand for stock from it has increased dramatically, along with…

The founder and owner of the Cotswolds Distillery, Daniel Szor, has paid a moving tribute to whisky expert and consultant Dr Jim Swan, who died four years ago. Despite the pandemic the English Distillery has had a productive few months, and is celebrating a clutch of awards as well as the launch of its first…

Today is your last chance to get tickets before the start Australian Cocktail Month tomorrow. May the 1st, or May Day, has long been recognised as a celebration of the working class and sometimes referred to as Labour Day. Workers behind the bars of leading venues across Australia are getting ready to celebrate their own…

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