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Eau De Vie Wins Best New Cocktail Bar at Tales

Eau De Vie Wins Best New Cocktail Bar at Tales

Eau De Vie (Sydney) has been named the World’s Best New Cocktail Bar at this year’s Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Awards.

2nd to 9th Place Most Influential List Interviews

2nd to 9th Place Most Influential List Interviews

The Most Influential List is a celebrated biennial industry initiative launched by Australian Bartender magazine in 2009 that aims to showcase the home-grown talent that makes the Australian bar scene what it is today - a thriving and developing culture, full of creative and passionate people that work hard for you.

Bartender Magazine’s  Most Influential List Top 10!

Bartender Magazine’s Most Influential List Top 10!

The Top 10 for the Bartender Magazine Most Influential List was announced last night at a sensational celebration held at one of Sydney’s newest and trendiest venues - The Norfolk Hotel in Surry Hills. The pub was packed out with a huge range of industry personalities for the highly anticipated announcement.

Eau-De-Vie, Sydney

Eau-De-Vie, Sydney

Well it’s here and it’s making waves: Eau-De-Vie, the bar by the dynamic duo Sven and Amber Almenning, has already been subject to rave consumer reviews - and you thought it would just be an industry bar!

Eau-De-Vie set to open Next Week

Eau-De-Vie set to open Next Week

Sven & Amber Almenning, the industrious Behind Bars duo, are set to make their first foray into the world of ‘bar ownership’ when the doors of Eau-De-Vie swing open on January 20th.

Most Influential Top 50 Announced

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…

Cocktail Shaker Collection to Air on ABC

Cocktail Shaker Collection to Air on ABC

ABC’s series Collectors, will be celebrating its 200th episode this Friday with a profile on Sven Almenning, Outstanding Contribution winner at this year’s Bartender Magazine Australian Bar Awards and director of liquor industry consultancy Behind Bars, showcasing his amazing cocktail shaker collection.

Outstanding Contribution: Sven Almenning, Behind Bars

Outstanding Contribution: Sven Almenning, Behind Bars

Sven Almenning, Director of Behind Bars, will receive the Outstanding Contribution award at the Bartender Magazine Australian Bar Awards next Wednesday, 23 September. So before he takes the stage next week we thought we would give you a little insight into Sven’s career and how he went from Norwegian Naval Officer to the Company Director of Behind Bars.

Alcohologist… The Cocktail Shaker

Alcohologist… The Cocktail Shaker

The cocktail shaker is far more than a simple tool for bartenders to prepare drinks in. It has over the past century become a symbol for civilized society, for elegance, sophistication and the embodiment of good times… Sven Almenning dusts off some antique gems and takes a look at the history behind this, the most indispensable of bar tools…