Stop The Press! Last Minute Addition to Bar Awards

Sneaking in halfway through the Bartender Magazine Australian Bar Awards voting is the all new ‘Best New Launched Product’ award.

Bartender Magazine’s Top 5 Cocktails of 2010

With summer now in full swing the team here at 4bars.com.au and Bartender magazine are getting a mighty thirst on. Every month we get sent some cracking cocktail recipes and menus from all around the country, we get to sample fine potions on our travels and often drink superlative beverages compounded for the country’s top cocktail competitions.

BLOG: It Pays to Read by Adi Ruiz

A journey into cocktail lore…
By Adi Ruiz

“Giddy with anticipation to get down to the bar I was taken aback further still, when reading on soon after, to discover “martini’s” cocktail.”

Anyone that knows me, knows that I’m quite easily distracted. Because of this fact I’ve been known to go off on a tangent at times [...]

BARTENDER: 2009 Bartender of the Year, Chris Hysted

All you need to know about Bartender Magazine’s 2009 Bartender of the Year; from his love of Fight Club to his ‘Don’t Be A Dick’ Red Card…

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…

Bartender’s Most Influential List in association with Diageo’s Alchemy

The latest celebration of the Australian bar industry by Bartender magazine is the Most Influential List in association with Diageo’s Alchemy.

Bartender Mag goes Crazy with Social Networking

Finding out that the results of the Bar Awards were being ‘tweeted’ by everyone else but us was the catalyst to launching Bartender magazine into the social networking community. So check us out on Twitter and Facebook.

Australia’s Best Bartender!

The 2009 Australian Bartender Magazine Bartender of the Year Competition (sponsored by Club Suntory) brought out the best of Australian bartending talent in a competition that tested their knowledge of the backbar with a gruelling written exam, their ability to serve a custromer, their savvy at identifying the ingredients in a cocktail in a blind tasting and their skill at presenting and creating two signature cocktails to a panel of esteemed critics.

Australian Bartender Magazine’s World’s Top 20 Bars: Asia-Pacific

Following the success of previous years’ ‘World’s Top 20 Bars’ surveys, Australian Bartender magazine, the leading title for the Australian bar trade, has taken a slightly different bent on this popular feature by focusing on the Asia-Pacific region for 2009.

Bartender Magazine Celebrates 10 years & 100 issues

Bartender magazine celebrated ten years and 100 issues with a blowout party at Sydney’s Bayswater Brasserie. Bartenders, brand ambassadors and friends of the magazine enjoyed Moscow Mules, Negronis, Margaritas and Belgian beers…