The week in pictures
The inaugural Top Shelf drinks show, held in Melbourne, Australia this week, flung open its doors to both consumers and trade. It attracted speakers from across the globe, including Buffalo Trace’s Harlen Wheatley, Rum ambassador Ian Burrell, Dead Rabbit owned Sean Muldoon and Jack McGarry and Burn Stewart master distiller Ian MacMillan.
Taking to the main stage at the Top Shelf Show in Melbourne were Ian Burrell, Andy Gaunt, James Wilkinson and Manuel Terron to discuss what makes a world-leading bar and what others can learn from them.
In celebration of The Dead Rabbit’s second birthday this week, bar owners Jack McGarry and Sean Muldoon released a second edition of the bar’s menu. Brimming with new drinks, the book also takes an exciting new format that tells the life story of Dead Rabbit gang leader John “Old Smoke” Morrissey as a graphic novel.
Team sb headed over to Spice Market on Wednesday for the Rum Masters 2014 blind tasting competition, where our excited judges enjoyed sampling an array of rums from all over the world.
Later on Wednesday night The Spirits Business hotfooted it across the city for the launch of Drake and Morgan’s latest opening, The Fable, enjoying a delicious array of canapés and cocktails.
London’s NOLA had a trial run of a new tipple this week, Rock & Rye, garnished with a bitters-infused, rock candy stir stick.
Saxon + Parole held a launch party this week to celebrate its innovative take on a dirty martini, Olives 7 Ways.
Ballantine’s announced a new partnership with online underground music platform Boiler Room for a global music marketing campaign entitled, Boiler Room and Ballantine’s Stay True Journeys. Keep an eye out for real life documentaries uncovering unique music cultures from all over the world plus local events featuring a mixture of emerging talents and established artists.
Bombay Sapphire has launched a series of fashion-focussed activations with Aelia at its stores in Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport and Rome’s Fiumicino Airport to promote the December launch of its limited edition gift set in collaboration with British fashion designer Holly Fulton.
