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Travelling Bars: Sydney and Melbourne

By CPBA BC Chapter Vice-President Grant Sceney Twenty years ago if you were in Australia and wanted a drink, you would no doubt find yourself in an Aussie pub smashing down “schooners” or “middys”. Present day, when it comes to cocktail cities and countries around the world, Australia and its bartenders have firmly put their [...]

Behind the Bar With Jon Smolensky

1. What’s your ‘how I got into bartending’ story? I was the sales director for a B.C. winery, when I was approached by a local businessman with an idea of creating an estate brewery in the lower mainland. It was (still is) a good idea, and as I was working on the project, I took [...]

Behind the Bar With Grant Sceney

1. What’s your ‘how I got into bartending’ story? My first bartending job was slingin’ pints at the local pub as soon as I turned 18 back in Melbourne. I then moved up north to the Great Barrier Reef at 20. When I got a job working on a private 5 star island resort where [...]