Episodes

Today I’m talking to Cara Devine. You might know Cara from Melbourne rooftop bar, Bomba, where she is the bar manager; you may also have seen her writing in industry publications like Australian Bartender, or here on Boothby; but it’s more likely you know Cara from her successful and popular YouTube channel, behind the Bar with Cara Devine. That’s where she has amassed over 135,000 subscribers and puts out videos each week, some of which pull in several hundred thousand views. Behind The Bar wi...

This episode features Jane Ryan, a writer and content creator working in the world of drinks. She’s someone with some valuable insight into how you might want to go about building a career making content about drinks and getting it seen across the social media platform world we live in today. Jane started out as a drinks journo; she studied journalism at university in the UK before landing a plum role at Difford’s Guide, which quickly saw her traipsing through distilleries in Scotland and Franc...

This episode features Jane Ryan, a writer and content creator working in the world of drinks. She’s someone with some valuable insight into how you might want to go about building a career making content about drinks and getting it seen across the social media platform world we live in today. Jane started out as a drinks journo; she studied journalism at university in the UK before landing a plum role at Difford’s Guide, which quickly saw her traipsing through distilleries in Scotland and Franc...

This episode features Jane Ryan, a writer and content creator working in the world of drinks. She’s someone with some valuable insight into how you might want to go about building a career making content about drinks and getting it seen across the social media platform world we live in today. Jane started out as a drinks journo; she studied journalism at university in the UK before landing a plum role at Difford’s Guide, which quickly saw her traipsing through distilleries in Scotland and Franc...

Bartenders and hospitality types get to see a broad swathe of humanity at their finest and at their worst — and pick up a lot of stories along the way. Hospitality at its best is also often a storytelling experience, and some of the best storytellers work in the industry. But what if you want to take it further, and get into writing about drinks and bars and the stories that come from that well? Well this episode is one for you. My guest is Holly Graham, she’s someone whose writing about the bar...

Bartenders and hospitality types get to see a broad swathe of humanity at their finest and at their worst — and pick up a lot of stories along the way. Hospitality at its best is also often a storytelling experience, and some of the best storytellers work in the industry. But what if you want to take it further, and get into writing about drinks and bars and the stories that come from that well? Well this episode is one for you. My guest is Holly Graham, she’s someone whose writing about the bar...

Bartenders and hospitality types get to see a broad swathe of humanity at their finest and at their worst — and pick up a lot of stories along the way. Hospitality at its best is also often a storytelling experience, and some of the best storytellers work in the industry. But what if you want to take it further, and get into writing about drinks and bars and the stories that come from that well? Well this episode is one for you. My guest is Holly Graham, she’s someone whose writing about the bar...

Today’s podcast is one for anyone in hospitality and bartending who has ever thought about making the leap over to the brand side of the industry. Maybe you’ve wondered whether or not you are someone suited to the brand world, working for a spirits company? Hospitality can arm with you a number of skills to make the move to brands, but they’re also looking for a particular type of person as my guest, Hayley Morison, points out in this interview. Hayley is the national trade advocacy manager for...

Today’s podcast is one for anyone in hospitality and bartending who has ever thought about making the leap over to the brand side of the industry. Maybe you’ve wondered whether or not you are someone suited to the brand world, working for a spirits company? Hospitality can arm with you a number of skills to make the move to brands, but they’re also looking for a particular type of person as my guest, Hayley Morison, points out in this interview. Hayley is the national trade advocacy manager for...

Today’s podcast is one for anyone in hospitality and bartending who has ever thought about making the leap over to the brand side of the industry. Maybe you’ve wondered whether or not you are someone suited to the brand world, working for a spirits company? Hospitality can arm with you a number of skills to make the move to brands, but they’re also looking for a particular type of person as my guest, Hayley Morison, points out in this interview. Hayley is the national trade advocacy manager for...

The Drinks At Work podcast is back after a few weeks off — I can recommend a few bottles of beer on a Fijian beach to anyone, by the way. My guest today is a good friend and possibly Australia’s most prolific drinks photographer, Christopher Pearce. We worked together for years when I was the editor at Australian Bartender, and Chris’ work spans the world of food and drink, shooting with bars, bartenders and commercial clients — he did some great work around the release of Morris whisky last yea...

The Drinks At Work podcast is back after a few weeks off — I can recommend a few bottles of beer on a Fijian beach to anyone, by the way. My guest today is a good friend and possibly Australia’s most prolific drinks photographer, Christopher Pearce. We worked together for years when I was the editor at Australian Bartender, and Chris’ work spans the world of food and drink, shooting with bars, bartenders and commercial clients — he did some great work around the release of Morris whisky last yea...

The Drinks At Work podcast is back after a few weeks off — I can recommend a few bottles of beer on a Fijian beach to anyone, by the way. My guest today is a good friend and possibly Australia’s most prolific drinks photographer, Christopher Pearce. We worked together for years when I was the editor at Australian Bartender, and Chris’ work spans the world of food and drink, shooting with bars, bartenders and commercial clients — he did some great work around the release of Morris whisky last yea...

Evan Stroeve is a bartender, the Australian Diageo World Class Bartender of the Year for 2021, a brand owner in Rhubi Mistelle, and a bar consultant, and he’s not yet 30 years old. I first interviewed Evan in 2017 when he was at Shady Pines Saloon in Sydney, and he since went onto a trio of Australia’s best bars: The Baxter Inn, Bulletin Place, where he was the general manager, and now Re, Matt Whiley’s innovative zero waste bar in Sydney. We talk about how he has used cocktail competitions li...

Evan Stroeve is a bartender, the Australian Diageo World Class Bartender of the Year for 2021, a brand owner in Rhubi Mistelle, and a bar consultant, and he’s not yet 30 years old. I first interviewed Evan in 2017 when he was at Shady Pines Saloon in Sydney, and he since went onto a trio of Australia’s best bars: The Baxter Inn, Bulletin Place, where he was the general manager, and now Re, Matt Whiley’s innovative zero waste bar in Sydney. We talk about how he has used cocktail competitions li...

Evan Stroeve is a bartender, the Australian Diageo World Class Bartender of the Year for 2021, a brand owner in Rhubi Mistelle, and a bar consultant, and he’s not yet 30 years old. I first interviewed Evan in 2017 when he was at Shady Pines Saloon in Sydney, and he since went onto a trio of Australia’s best bars: The Baxter Inn, Bulletin Place, where he was the general manager, and now Re, Matt Whiley’s innovative zero waste bar in Sydney. We talk about how he has used cocktail competitions li...

Philip Duff talks about the importance of being an asshole (at least some of the time), shares his advice on what to do if you’re keen to start a spirits brand, and offers some insight into where he thinks the opportunities are in the drinks industry today.

Philip Duff talks about the importance of being an asshole (at least some of the time), shares his advice on what to do if you’re keen to start a spirits brand, and offers some insight into where he thinks the opportunities are in the drinks industry today.

Philip Duff talks about the importance of being an asshole (at least some of the time), shares his advice on what to do if you’re keen to start a spirits brand, and offers some insight into where he thinks the opportunities are in the drinks industry today.

My guest on this episode is James Irvine, he’s the creative director of gin drinks for the Australian craft gin distillery, Four Pillars — it’s a unique role, one that is a brand ambassador role, but which also sees him as the lead for the Four Pillars Lab, the brand’s flagship bar in Surry Hills, where they’re making some very good drinks. The way I see it, bartenders who build a lasting career tend to be of two types: you have those who love the ops side of the business, and you have those wh...

My guest on this episode is James Irvine, he’s the creative director of gin drinks for the Australian craft gin distillery, Four Pillars — it’s a unique role, one that is a brand ambassador role, but which also sees him as the lead for the Four Pillars Lab, the brand’s flagship bar in Surry Hills, where they’re making some very good drinks. The way I see it, bartenders who build a lasting career tend to be of two types: you have those who love the ops side of the business, and you have those wh...

My guest on this episode is James Irvine, he’s the creative director of gin drinks for the Australian craft gin distillery, Four Pillars — it’s a unique role, one that is a brand ambassador role, but which also sees him as the lead for the Four Pillars Lab, the brand’s flagship bar in Surry Hills, where they’re making some very good drinks. The way I see it, bartenders who build a lasting career tend to be of two types: you have those who love the ops side of the business, and you have those wh...

It’s fair to say that Dr Anne Brock has something of a dream job: she’s the master distiller for Bombay Sapphire, overseeing their Laverstoke distillery and the spirit for all of the Bombay brands. I spoke to Dr Anne while she’s in Melbourne, where she’s launching their latest gin, Bombay Sapphire Premier Cru, and in this conversation we talk about the lessons she learned as a bartender — and how the nature of the day to day work as a distiller is similar to that of a bartender. We talk about ho...

It’s fair to say that Dr Anne Brock has something of a dream job: she’s the master distiller for Bombay Sapphire, overseeing their Laverstoke distillery and the spirit for all of the Bombay brands. I spoke to Dr Anne while she’s in Melbourne, where she’s launching their latest gin, Bombay Sapphire Premier Cru, and in this conversation we talk about the lessons she learned as a bartender — and how the nature of the day to day work as a distiller is similar to that of a bartender. We talk about ho...