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We chat with Michael Pattison, the Bar Manager of late-night Brisbane boozer, Alice

Australian Bartender

The back bar features a 150+ bourbon list for the corn-whiskey lovers. We asked Bar Manager Michael to answer a few questions about life behind the late-night bar just a couple of weeks after the doors had opened, and here’s what he had to say.

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All the winners for the 23rd Annual Australian Bar Awards Announced!

Australian Bartender

Apollo Inn, Melbourne, VIC Pub of the Year Proudly sponsored by ALM The Magpie, Sydney, NSW Best Distillery Bar Proudly sponsored by Fever-Tree Never Never Distilling Co., Apollo Inn, Melbourne, VIC Pub of the Year Proudly sponsored by ALM The Magpie, Sydney, NSW Best Distillery Bar Proudly sponsored by Fever-Tree Never Never Distilling Co.,

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Bar Marketing: 10 Ways to Attract Customers and Build Loyalty

Sculpture Hospitality

Bars and pubs face stiff competition to attract and retain customers. In fact, the market size - measured by revenue - of the bars and nightclubs industry reached $35.3bn in 2022 , an increase of 10.8 percent from the previous year.

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How Guinness Led a Modern Nitro-Stout Takeover of Britain’s Pubs

VinePair

Shops, nightclubs, music venues, theaters, and restaurants were forcibly shut, but it was the conviviality and informality of pubs that people most missed — and a big part of that was Guinness. How has this happened? The answer is complex, but it starts with Covid-19. Pub Pinings There was plenty to miss during the U.K.’s

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23rd Annual Bartender Magazine Bar Awards: The complete list of finalists is here!

Australian Bartender

Antico, Brisbane, QLD Apollo Inn, Melbourne, VIC Bar Kokomo, Darwin, NT Bar Spontana, Melbourne, VIC Centro 86, Sydney, NSW Edward & Ida’s, Perth, WA Goodwater, Melbourne, VIC JAM Record Bar, Sydney, NSW Maggie’s Snacks & Liquor, Melbourne VIC Purple Pit Bar, Melbourne, VIC The Caterpillar Club, Sydney, NSW The Emerald Room, Sydney, NSW Pub (..)

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Why shrinkage and pour costs effect bar inventory.

Bar Cop

Bar management software helps you bring your pour costs to a true value by allowing you to implement a bar inventory control system designed to virtually eliminate over pouring, free give-aways, and theft while taking an accurate measurement of your beverage inventory.

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The Weirdest Drink Modification Requests, According to Bartenders

VinePair

She said ‘delicious.’” —Brian Miller, bar manager, Stockton Inn , Stockton, N.J. Then I remembered a friend of mine had brought me some orgeat when they came to visit me a month earlier. I basically made her a lemonade sweetened with orgeat. She got about halfway through it when I asked how it was.