Bar – Drinking Culture

AUSTRALIAN WORLD-FIRST LEVITATING DRINK “FOR EVERYONE TO MAKE”

An Australian bartender saw the winners’ podium at Diageo’s World Class competition, with an event-first levitating cocktail designed “for anyone to make”. Jack Sotti, manager of Melbourne’s Boilermaker House, said the decision to enter the global bartender competition came after a commitment to Bar Week, taking place this week. Speaking to PubTIC at Diageo’s ‘Day […]

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YOUNG PEOPLE DRINKING ‘WISER’: EFFIES

The much-lauded campaign to teach adolescents the virtues of wisdom in the consumption of alcohol has done it again, taking two prestigious advertising industry awards for effectiveness. Engineered to get into the heads of 18-24-year-olds and depict “drinking to get drunk” as both uncool and fraught with potentially bad consequences, the effects of DrinkWise’s ‘How

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SOBER DRIVERS WIN TRIPS TO THE PUB IN NORTH QUEENSLAND

Townsville Liquor Accord is working with local police to combat drink-driving, offering bistro vouchers to people blowing zero on a breath test. The initiative is part of Townsville Liquor Accord’s (TLA) “Who’s Des?” campaign – encouraging awareness of the need for a designated driver. “It’s about making people aware they can still go to the

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HANGOVERS COSTING SMALL BUSINESS BILLIONS

NCETA has revealed that alcohol and drug-related absenteeism has increased sharply, and most greatly affects businesses such as hospitality. The National Centre for Education and Training on Addiction (NCETA), released its Alcohol and Drug-Related Absenteeism paper last week, based on data from over 12,000 people surveyed in the National Drug Strategy Household Survey (NDSHS) (2013,

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LION PIONEERING “TRUTH” TO MEET BEER CONSUMER DEMAND

Leading brewer Lion is tapping into consumer trends – today launching a new labelling and education campaign to inform drinkers of the nutritional “truth” about beer. The campaign is stage one in Lion’s broader “Beer the Beautiful Truth” initiative, bringing labelling on the brewer’s Australian beers more in line with existing standard drinks and pregnancy

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LINK FOUND BETWEEN VIOLENCE AND DRINK PROMOTIONS

A pioneering study in Australia has echoed findings overseas that drink promotions are the greatest predictor of alcohol-related violence – even more than intoxication. A Melbourne study sought to identify key factors in inciting alcohol-fuelled incidents and aggression. The work was to some degree prompted by statistics showing a large proportion of problems take place

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YOUNG PEOPLE CHOOSING HEALTH OVER ALCOHOL: STUDY

A study by CAPR and FARE has found underage drinking has dropped sharply, with the success largely attributed to better health education. The study Understanding Recent Trends in Australian Alcohol Consumption drew from five waves of the National Drug Strategy Household Survey (2001-2013) by the Australian Institute of Health, involving more than 120,000 participants. It

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EDITOR’S RANT: SERVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE – PROBLEM OR OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD?

This week a South Australian court heard how the manager of a Kangaroo Island pub that has pleaded guilty to over-serving a man – who died shortly after, driving DUI – may have himself consumed two bottles of wine during the shift. There is, of course, a long and celebrated tradition of operators drinking with

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