Tag archive for ‘1806’
Reaburn Leaves 1806
Cocktail historian, bar philosopher and mixology front man Sebastian Reaburn has packed up his swizzle stick and mixing tin and moved on from Melbourne’s iconic and award winning bar 1806.
Top 3 Tales Seminars (with an Aussie bias)
With Tales of the Cocktail set shake, stir and strain from Wednesday next week we thought that it was only appropriate that we give you an insight into five of our seminar picks from New Orleans, Louisiana (pronounced by the locals ‘N’awlins Loose-anna’).
Walk for Haiti Raises $5730 for the World Food Programme
The Walk for Haiti - a Melbourne based charity cocktail event held on Thursday May 6 - was met with huge success raising $5730.00 for the UN’s World Food Programme.
World Cocktail Week Events Heating Up!
Thursday May 6 officially marks the beginning of World Cocktail Week - the week in which the cocktail loving world will celebrate the 204th anniversary of our favourite drink category being defined in print.
So What is World Cocktail Week Anyway?
With the 204th anniversary of the cocktail fast approaching 4bars.com.au thought it was apt to tell the story of the cocktail’s first definition in print and why we celebrate May 6 - 13 as World Cocktail Week.
‘Walk for Haiti’ Charity Cocktail Event
On 6 May, 2010 Melbourne’s hidden bar community will be recreating ‘forgotten classics’ to raise money for disaster stuck Haiti with their ‘Walk for Haiti’ charity cocktail event.
Most Influential Top 50 Announced
The votes are in for Bartender magazine’s Most Influential List in association with Diageo’s Alchemy. Read on to find out the who made the Top 50 based on your trade votes…
Sebastian Reaburn’s First Book - 1806’s Complete Cocktails
As if opening your own bar, winning the ‘Best Cocktail List in the World’ award and being the 2008 Bartender Magazine Bartender of the Year wasn’t enough. Now Sebastian Reaburn can add the title of author to his very impressive CV. Reaburn has released his first book, Complete Cocktails, a light?hearted how?to for producing top end cocktails at home.
World Cocktail Week that Was
Mark Ward gives us the lowdown on the epic journey that was World Cocktail Week ‘09
Sebastian Says… How ‘bout some Shrubbery?
With more and more bartenders and bars looking back at older and older drinks, it is about time we talked about one of my all time favourites, The Shrub. It’s possible that the word comes from the Arabic sharab, meaning drink, just like julep is a variation of the Arabic julab. What we do know [...]




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