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The ALIA 2025 bar winners

The 2025 Australian Liquor Industry Awards (ALIA) took place at The Fullerton Hotel in Sydney last night, here are the bar winners.

by Andy Young - Nov 6, 2025

Leah Dunnigan named Best Bartender at ALIA 2025

The Bar Manager at Savile Row described the win as ‘pretty insane’ and ‘thankfully validating’.

by Andy Young - Nov 6, 2025

The lifetime of work behind the incredible new book – The Madrusan Cocktail Companion

The Madrusan Cocktail Companion contains 'every drink worth drinking in the history of modern classic cocktails' – that's over 2800 drinks and 20 years of work.

by Andy Young - Oct 29, 2025

Chat at the bar with… Kimi Kim

Kimi Kim is a passionate whisky expert at one of Melbourne's finest whisky bars, Whisky and Alement. Here she tells us about the different areas she works in across the...

by Andy Young - Oct 29, 2025

Blue Sky Drinks brings back NED Australian Whisky

by Bars & Cocktails - Nov 12, 2025

Why bartenders are turning to pure maple syrup

by Bars & Cocktails - Nov 1, 2025

Spirits & Distilling

How Sullivan’s Cove set out to make the world’s best whisky

Bars & Cocktails recently sat down with Sullivan’s Cove CEO Andy Gaunt to chat about the history, and the future, of the distillery.

by Andy Young - Oct 22

Top Shelf portfolio acquired by Blue Sky Drinks

A new player has entered the Australian beverage market, bringing together established spirits and RTD products.

by Molly Nicholas - Oct 15

The quality of Australian spirits gains global recognition

The results of the 2025 International Wine & Spirits Competition have highlighted an Australian spirits industry that is in very good health.

by Andy Young - Oct 7

IWSC says its 2025 spirits results reflect a confident and evolving global industry

The results of the 2025 International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC) have revealed a spirits sector defined by both its heritage and innovation.

by Andy Young - Oct 7

Four Pillars Distiller Series collaborates with NZ’s Island Gin

Both distillery’s female leads have come together to create their own gins inspired by the other’s unique botanicals and techniques.

by Sienna Martyn - Sep 17

Silvia Segato’s rise as a spirits blender

Though her journey into spirits began in London, today Silvia Segato brings her curiosity for flavour and craft to Archie Rose, where she champions sensory exploration.

by Molly Nicholas - Sep 9

Rob Samuels on leaving a maker’s mark through regenerative farming

The eighth-generation whiskey maker and director of the Kentucky distillery discusses the launch of Star Hill Farm whiskey and the distillery’s new regenerative farming alliance.

by Sienna Martyn - Sep 3

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