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Bartender of the Year Competition 2012
Australia’s most coveted bartending title is gearing up for another round in 2012. The Bartender Magazine Bartender of the Year Competition sponsored by Ketel One is aimed at discovering and celebrating Australia’s top bartending talent - and if you’re a bartender you can get involved.
Vodka Cocktails
A selection of delectable drafts from November’s Vodka Spirit Profile in Bartender magazine
Pure Spirit: Available from Pure Spirit
‘Wodka’ literally means little water and this crisp, clean vodka displays noticeable flavors of rye with a touch of minerality. Wodka can add a unique twist to vodka cocktails by complementing the added ingredients instead of masking them, or vice versa.
With its Soviet chic look, the Wodka bottle would be a smart edition to a [...]
Patron Release Ultimat Vodka
The Patron Spirits Company have decided to take on the luxury vodka market with the release of Ultimat Vodka. Produced in Poland, Ultimat uses a trio of grains (wheat, rye and potato) to create this unique luxury spirit. The wheat is utilised to create a smooth texture, the rye to yield complexity and the potato for richness.
666 Pure Tasmanian Vodka
The latest home grown product that will soon be hitting the shelves of bars around Australia is the premium 666 Pure Tasmanian Vodka.
42 Below Cocktail World Cup… all the action!
It is the sixth year of the event, the world’s most extreme and prestigious bartending competition and marks ten years since 42BELOW founder Geoff Ross sold his first bottle of homemade vodka to a bar in Wellington. This year it’s all about ‘Love, Drinks and Rock n Roll Baby’
The Art of Change: Alchemia Comes to Australia
Alchemia is the latest edition to Australia’s premium vodka segment. Distributed by Pure Spirits, Alchemia Polish Vodka has been recently released onto the Australian market after years of strong sales the US, Canada and New Zealand. Alchemia’s distinctive infusion range takes its triple distilled rye-grain vodka and saturates it with all natural ingredients. A further [...]
CLASSIC(ish): East 8 Hold Up
In the grand scheme of things vodka has really only graced the Western palate in more modern times. Sure the clear stuff was around, but it really wasn’t until the 1940s and ’50s that the stuff really took hold in the US. Unfortunately for vodka this late start means that there are relatively few vodka cocktails that we really deem as ‘classics’.
Smirnoff Black Copper Cup Semis
The Smirnoff Black Copper Cup Semi Finalists have been announced from almost 200 cocktail entries received. 45 Bartenders will go head to head in March in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney for one of only ten spots to the Copper Cup Final to be held at an ever secret location. Last year’s final saw 10 bartenders jet-set to Thai to compete for top honours.
VIDEO: The Mixxit Team at Sydney BarShow
Russian Standard was launched on the Australian market in September 2009. What better way to introduce the brand to over 5,500 bar industry professionals than at the recent Sydney BarShow?
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