Better Know Your Bartender How to win the #JustAddRhubi Bartender Competition With trips and a cash prize on offer, last year’s winner Charlie Hunter shares some winning advice.
Recipes “Love, care, and attention.” How Hunter Gregory puts together Maybe Sammy’s Tiny ‘Tini riff Get a look at this elevated — and tiny — take on the Martini with Grey Goose.
Melbourne Last shift: what it feels like to leave a bar you love Melbourne shows up to farewell a much-loved bartender from a much-loved bar.
Bars First look: Showtime, the new cocktail menu from Maybe Sammy Tasting (and talking) through three drinks from the award-winning bar’s new list.
Drinks At Work What’s it like working in your family’s 140 year old whisky business? Kirsten Grant Miekle talks House of Hazlewood, and being the fifth generation of the William Grant & Sons family business.
Brisbane How to navigate cocktail competitions: tips from Brisbane’s best bartenders Don't overcomplicate things, imagine you’re in your own bar, and remember “it should never be a chore.”
Melbourne In pictures: opening day at Melitta Next Door The much-anticipated second venue from the Bar Bellamy team opened last week — get a look at the action from opening day.
Better Know Your Bartender “First month was great, first night was hell.” Dani and Oska Whitehart on opening a bar Partners not just in business, but in life, Bar Bellamy’s Dani and Oska Whitehart have just opened their second venue. But before they did, Sam Bygrave talked to them about opening a bar and doing life together.
Better Know Your Bartender Life as a brand ambassador: “I travel 200 days each year, and it feels like I’m always coming home.” How to travel like a brand ambassador, the Alice Newport edition.
Recipes Shirley Yeung & Pippa Canavan share advice on creating a winning RHUBI Apéritif drink Entries into the #JustAddRhubi Bartender Competition for 2025 are open now.
Boothby Best Bars The top 50 bars in Victoria, according to bartenders Get the full list and all the award winners here.
Afterlife Friday recipe inspo: 6 more bartenders’ advice on creativity, recipes, and more “Don’t be afraid to fail,” why boundaries can help your creativity shine, and more.
Brisbane What do the Dirty Martini, Bloody Mary and Sbagliato have in common? It’s time to hedge your predictions for summer drink trends again.
Melbourne Nostalgia is top of the list at new Melbourne venue, Blackbird A Brisbane transplant puts on its Melbourne fit.
Bars How the luxe cocktail list at Scarfes Bar came together “We mapped out the emotional framework first and then built drinks to sit within those chapters.”
Afterlife Five bartenders share their advice on creativity, and making memorable experiences On getting it wrong, and making beautiful things for people.
Afterlife “There’s something radical in making something beautiful,” says Andie Bulley The award-winning bartender on creativity, ideas, and why story is everything.
Afterlife Charlie Hunter: “Creative problem solving is huge in hospo.” “It all comes back to the guest experience,” says the Dark Blue bar manager.
Afterlife Bertie Boekemann: “Don’t be afraid to fail.” Bertie Boekemann talks creativity, why everyone is creative, and why making mistakes isn’t as high stakes as you think.
Afterlife It’s important to ‘get out of your comfort zone’, says bartender Alex Kingdom “Try to make beauty in your everyday life.”
Afterlife Elliot Pascoe: “Creativity does better with boundaries.” One of Brisbane’s finest bartenders gets deep into the creative process.
Afterlife When it comes to drinks inspiration, Georgia Gresham gets inspired by people “Inspiration is literally everywhere,” Georgia says.
Afterlife Jay Cozma on why getting it wrong makes better drinks “When I think about drinks, I’m not making drinks for myself.”
Afterlife Jesse Kourmouzis: “Go out and try things, test things.” The talented bartender shares his advice and his creative process.
Afterlife If there is a way, Nance Liong will find it “My thought processes are a little bit linear but then also loopy,” she says.
