Yesterday we were lucky enough to host Bob & Dana from local meadery and honey farm, Tugwell Creek. Now before you scrunch up your nose and think of those sweet, cloying meads you may have been exposed to in the past (if you were in England, you probably had Braggot) you need to rethink mead. [...]
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Bon Vivant Series presents Jacob Briars – Guest Bartending
Come watch Jacob Briars behind the stick tonight slinging drinks. Who is Jacob Briars? Jacob Briars is the 42BELOW ‘Vodka Professor’ and the 7th most famous bartender in New Zealand. In the course of nearly 10 years working in bars, drinking in bars and talking in bars(mostly the latter) over 6000 bartenders have learned things they [...]
The Spirit of Imbibing – Forty Creek Interview
We have great regulars at Clive’s (I know I say that a lot) and some of them even blog, Mackenzie Wheeler is one of those such people. Recently he attended the Bon Vivant Series with John Hall, Forty Creek and got to sit down with him, here is his wrap up. Last Monday the 21st, [...]
Homage Cocktail Friday – Angus Winchester
Angus Winchester did us a solid by heading to our little corner of the world and showing the local bartenders and public alike what international bartending is all about. On Friday the 26th of August, Angus donned his whites and jumped behind Clive’s bar for a little one on one cocktail making for the regulars. [...]
