What’s driving 400 per cent growth in spirit sales in venues?
Bars and pubs in Australia are seeing spirit sales soar as a new type of customer emerges post-COVID, but what is key to that growth?
Major live music event for YCK Laneways
Following on from the successful six-week block party, YCK Laneways has a major one-off live music event Live at Barrack Street on Wednesday 19 May.
Lark certified as Australia’s first carbon neutral distillery
With so many venues thankfully focusing on their environmental impact and sustainability, it is awesome to see an Australian distillery also mindful of its impact.
Free Ananas training in May and June to address skills shortage
Leading hospitality training platform Ananas is offering free access throughout May and June to help hospitality staff, and people new to the industry, improve their skills.
Sydney’s first vermouth bar Banksii to be reborn
Banksii Vermouth Bar & Bistro will close its doors at the end of May, but it’s not end of the road for owners Rebecca Lines and Hamish Ingham.
Forty Spotted launches Tasmanian Pinot Noir Gin
Tassie gin producer Forty Spotted is the latest distillery to produce a gin with wine grapes, launching its Pinot Noir Gin.
Lyre’s eyes global expansion after $179m valuation
Leading independent non-alcoholic spirits brand Lyre’s is looking to accelerate its global expansion after a seed-plus funding round valued the brand at over $179million.
Interim approvals will allow NSW small bars to open sooner
Liquor & Gaming NSW has changed its approval process to enable small bars to start trading as soon as they lodge their liquor licence application.
Joey Tai’s journey: from bartender to Anther Spirits distiller
Joey Tai has had numerous jobs in the hospitality industry over the course of her 15 year career, but now she has found herself a home as a distiller for Anther Spirits.
Hong Kong’s Penicillin named the world’s most sustainable bar
Penicillin ‘exemplifies the highest commitment to sustainability, ethical sourcing and the wider community’.
