Editor’s Blog… The Wheels Keep Turning

I don’t know if I’m the only one who is sick to death of hearing about the GFC - that’s the Global Financial Crisis for those who have been living in a cave, blissfully unaware of the impending doom. Anyway, I happened to be strolling past Gazebo Wine Garden in the ‘Cross on Sunday [...]

Simon’s Picks… Small Screen Network

Admittedly it has been a while between drinks since my last post, but I have finally got my act together in order to tell you all a little bit about one of 4bars.com.au’s favourite sites; Small Screen Network. Small Screen Network is a media company that is focused on bringing high quality video and informative blogs on cocktails and drink culture.

Kit & Kaboodle

35 Darlinghurst Road, Kings Cross, Sydney
02 9368 7333
www.kitkaboodle.com.au
Photography by Shannon McGrath
Kings Cross has it all - streets jammed with nightclubs, restaurants, bars, cafes, designer clothes stores, halfway houses, shooting galleries and swanky apartments overflowing with hookers, lawyers, old queens and young families. It’s the definition on the ‘whole kit and kaboodle’ and [...]

DRINKS WITH Jason Bowden, Ketel One

Jason Bowden was recently in Australia in his capacity as global brand ambassador for Ketel One vodka. 4bars.com.au caught up with him while he was in town.

The Local Taphouse - Darlinghurst

122 Flinders Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney
02 9360 0088
So if you like your beer straight from the tap, the way God had originally intended it, then this is the spot for you. This is beer nirvana. In their opening week back in March they featured about 20 beers on tap including three limited release brews [...]

VIDEO: The Mint Julep with Chris McMillian

Check out this video of Chris McMillian presenting the classic American cocktail, The Mint Julep…

The Lark Appreciation Society Launch

The Lark in Brisbane will host it’s inaugural appreciation society event on Wednesday, 25th March. It’s an opportunity for drinks geeks and all their buddies to get together and shoot the breeze about booze and their favourite libations. No secret handshakes or tattoos required - “just a thirst… for knowledge”.
Sign up for the Appreciation Society [...]

London Update… Doctor’s Orders

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown isn’t exactly flavour of the month around here. Before he moved his chair behind the big desk at 10 Downing Street, he was Chancellor of the Exchequer and pretty much everyone is blaming his policies, past and present, for the God-awful state of our economy.

DRINKS WITH James Hayman, Hayman Distillers

The Hayman family’s links to the gin world date back to the mid-1800s with the production of Beefeater, which was owned by James Burrough. Chris Hayman, the Chairman of Hayman Distillers is the Great Grandson of Burrough and his son James was recently in Australia to talk all things gin,

Honey

Honey
345 Clarendon Street, South Melbourne
03 9696 3311

It’s Friday night. Half your mates want to go for beers in a pub, but the others fancy cocktails in a sexy design-bar – if only you could do both at once. Well, now you can (did you see this coming?). South Melbourne owner/operator Steve Vallas’ [...]