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The annual Bols Around The World 2013 competition is now open! Calling all bartenders to Make History!
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[Fri 01/02/2013 12:00:00] |
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Think Spirits will be shifting the spotlight from bartenders onto bar backs when it hosts the inaugural 2012 Fernet-Branca Bar back Games in Sydney on September 24.
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[Fri 10/08/2012 12:00:00] |
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Diageo Reserve Brands is calling on all the competitors in the World Class Australia Summer Round to continue to promote their cocktail entries and encourage people to vote for them ahead of the December 31 closing date.
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[Thu 22/12/2011 12:00:00] |
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Diageo's Alchemy Program has added two new award-winning bartenders to its NSW team of trainers.
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[Mon 19/12/2011 12:00:00] |
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Sydney bar Lo-Fi will be hosting a bartenders' Christmas party as part of this week's Sunday Down Lo Session, which looks set to be a memorable rum-fuelled yuletide celebration.
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[Fri 16/12/2011 12:00:00] |
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Pocket Bar's Jean Munos has teamed up with Darren Vadamootoo and Le Pelican chef and owner, JF Salet, to bring back last year's Island BBQ party, which will be held on Sunday, December 4th.
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[Wed 23/11/2011 12:00:00] |
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After months of casting sessions and auditions across the country, SouthTrade in association with Agwa de Bolivia has chosen a bartender to play the leading role in The Bolivian Job.
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[Fri 18/11/2011 12:00:00] |
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Sydney's cocktail connoisseurs headed to The Loft on November 8 to help decide the winner of this year's Suntory Cup finals.
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[Mon 14/11/2011 12:00:00] |
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Melbourne bartender Chris Stock has won the first ever Australian Disaronno Mixing Star cocktail competition, winning a luxury trip to Los Angeles.
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[Mon 07/11/2011 12:00:00] |
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A new premium line of professional bartender syrups have been launched into the market, developed by industry guru, Jason Crawley, and distributed through Vanguard Luxury Brands.
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[Wed 02/11/2011 12:00:00] |
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Diageo Reserve Brands is urging bartenders to submit their entries for the summer round of the 2012 World Class Australia competition on or before Sunday, October 16.
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[Fri 14/10/2011 12:00:00] |
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DeKuyper has launched a campaign which puts Australia's bars and their bartenders in hand-to-hand combat as they compete to come up with a new drink using its new passion fruit flavour liqueur.
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[Mon 19/09/2011 12:00:00] |
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666 Pure Tasmanian Vodka recently held the finals for its 'Cocktails for the Devil' competition, which raised over $5000 for the Save the Tasmanian Devil Appeal.
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[Mon 05/09/2011 12:00:00] |
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Canberra's Knightbridge Penthouse opened its doors to the local bartending community on Monday (Aug 1) for a Gentleman Jack cocktail competition hosted by Brown-Forman.
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[Fri 05/08/2011 12:00:00] |
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The 2011 Suntory Cup WA State finals were held at Perth's Leederville Hotel last week to decide who would represent the State in the National Finals.
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[Wed 27/07/2011 12:00:00] |
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Japanese bartender Manabu Ohtake has won the 2011 Diageo Reserve World Class Bartender of the Year competition that was held in New Delhi, India earlier this month (July)
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[Mon 25/07/2011 12:00:00] |
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Suntory Australia has appointed Sydney bartender Luke Ashton as the 2011 Stoli Vodka 'original' bartender and brand ambassador for its marketing campaign.
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[Wed 29/06/2011 12:00:00] |
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The local flair tending fraternity gathered once again at the Paddington Arms Hotel, in Sydney on June 19 for the final round of the Australian Bar Pro Flair Challenge.
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[Fri 24/06/2011 12:00:00] |
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With the highly acclaimed Tales of the Cocktail 2011 just around the corner, Southtrade's Liquid Miles competition is coming to an end, and the company is offering the chance to attend the New Orleans style finals party.
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[Fri 17/06/2011 12:00:00] |
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One of Australia's most renown cocktail establishments, Eau-de-Vie, has received international recognition by being nominated in three different categories for the prestigious Tales of the Cocktail's Spirited Awards.
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[Fri 10/06/2011 12:00:00] |
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The Galley Room, located on level one of the Waterside Hotel in Melbourne, has seen a few changes recently, most notably the appointment of a new bar manager.
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[Mon 30/05/2011 12:00:00] |
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Top flair bartenders from around Australia and New Zealand once again gathered at the Paddington Arms Hotel in Sydney last week for the second round of the Australian Bar Pro Flair Challenge.
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[Mon 23/05/2011 12:00:00] |
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Absolut Vodka brand ambassador, Georgia McDonnell-Adams, recently travelled to New York to attend the Manhattan Cocktail Classic and here give an eyewitness account to TheShout.
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[Wed 18/05/2011 12:00:00] |
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Following an extensive 12 month search, the team from Mixxit has announced the finalists for of its Magnificent 7 competition, which will be held on May 12 at the Ivy Bar in Sydney.
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[Wed 04/05/2011 12:00:00] |
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Canvas Club in Brisbane is putting the theatre back into cocktail creating with the introduction of its molecular gastronomy-inspired Canvas Martini Ritual, while also fitting out its bar team with specially commissioned 'bar holsters'.
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[Fri 15/04/2011 12:00:00] |
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The winner has been announced in the Canadian Club Smugglers Redemption competition, which pitted 10 Sydney bars against each other in an innovative challenge that called for each bar to sneak their own cocktail into rival bars.
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[Fri 08/04/2011 12:00:00] |
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The twelfth flavour in the Absolut range, Berry Acai, was launched to the Sydney trade at Ray Hughes Gallery in Surry Hills last night (March 22).
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[Wed 23/03/2011 12:00:00] |
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Melbourne's 1806 has announced the return of prodigal son Nick Reed who has spent the last two-and-a-half years in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he helped open The Raconteur with good friends Jamie MacDonald and Teddy Joseph.
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[Wed 23/03/2011 12:00:00] |
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Absolut Art Space is hosting a special night for trade tomorrow (Mar 22) where they will have an opportunity to preview the new flavour Absolut Berri Acai, which will be released in May.
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[Mon 21/03/2011 12:00:00] |
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The 2011 42Below Cocktail World Cup grand final was the culmination of a week of challenges, competitions and a carnival of cocktail adventures for the seven teams involved.
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[Mon 21/03/2011 12:00:00] |
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The 2011 42Below Cocktail World Cup grand final was held on Friday (March 18) in Queenstown, New Zealand, with teams representing London, Europe, Scotland, Australia, New Zealand, the US and Italy vying for the title.
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[Mon 21/03/2011 12:00:00] |
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Some of the most skilled bartenders from across the globe gathered in tropical Trinidad earlier this month to battle it out at the biennial Angostura Global Cocktail Challenge - with a Melbourne mixologist taking out the top prize.
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[Fri 11/03/2011 12:00:00] |
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Angostura will host its bi-annual Cocktail Challenge in Trinidad and Tobago on March 6 with bartender Andy Griffiths ensuring that Australia is represented at the World Championship.
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[Mon 28/02/2011 12:00:00] |
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Appleton Estate is offering bartenders the chance to design its Limited Edition Appleton Estate Tiki Rum God Mug with the winner jetting off to Jamaica.
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[Wed 16/02/2011 12:00:00] |
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The face of iconic New Zealand vodka brand 42 Below is set to change after the Tuesday (Nov 30) departure of vodka 'professor' Jacob Briars.
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[Fri 03/12/2010 12:00:00] |
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To celebrate 100 years since the iconic Daiquiri cocktail left Cuban shores, Bacardi has released a special limited edition heritage bottling of Bacardi Superior rum and TheShout has two prize packs to give away.
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[Fri 29/10/2010 12:00:00] |
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A Queensland bartender has taken out first place in the annual Suntory Cup, with her innovative cocktail, the 'Apple Smash'.
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[Fri 22/10/2010 12:00:00] |
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After five weeks of intense competition, a Merivale bartender has been announced the local winner of the global Maker's Mark bourbon 'Leave Your Mark' campaign.
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[Wed 13/10/2010 12:00:00] |
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Three of Sydney's top female bartenders have formed the first Australian bartending community exclusively for women.
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[Wed 29/09/2010 12:00:00] |
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Two local bartenders have been selected to represent Australia at the annual International Bartending Association (IBA) World Classic and Flair Cocktail Competition in November.
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[Wed 22/09/2010 12:00:00] |
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Bartenders from Queensland and Victoria have won the recent De Kuyper cocktail competition.
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[Mon 20/09/2010 12:00:00] |
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Renowned cocktail historian and author Dave Wondrich has landed in Australia for a four-day tour to speak to the local trade about his upcoming book 'Punch: The Delights (and Dangers) of the Flowing Bowl'.
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[Wed 15/09/2010 12:00:00] |
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Bacardi Lion's brand-new training program, Sensology, has kicked off across Australia, with sessions already proving popular.
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[Fri 10/09/2010 12:00:00] |
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Pernod Ricard's premium wine and spirits collection, Signe, has launched a new online fraternity for the bartending community.
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[Fri 03/09/2010 12:00:00] |
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Time is running out to enter the De Kuyper liqueur competition, with entries closing next Tuesday (Aug 31).
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[Fri 27/08/2010 12:00:00] |
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Bacardi Lion has announced the launch of a brand-new bar training program - Sensology.
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[Mon 23/08/2010 12:00:00] |
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The Wild Turkey bourbon 'Jimmy and Eddie Russell Tour' took place this week (Aug 16 - 20) with master distiller Jimmy Russell and his son and associate distiller Eddie in town to educate and entertain the trade about the iconic bourbon.
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[Thu 19/08/2010 12:00:00] |
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Diageo Australia has further cemented itself as a market leader in the emerging ready-to-serve category, releasing the Smirnoff Signature Serve range earlier this week.
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[Wed 18/08/2010 12:00:00] |
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De Kuyper Liqueur is looking to add a new product to their range in time for summer, but they want your help.
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[Fri 13/08/2010 12:00:00] |
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Diageo has crowned the winner of the World Class Bartender of the Year competition in Athens, Greece after a year-long global search that featured some of Australia's finest bartenders.
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[Mon 26/07/2010 12:00:00] |
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The winner of the Australian 2010 Skyy Vodka Global Flair Challenge was announced at the Good Food and Wine Show in Sydney yesterday (Jul 18).
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[Mon 19/07/2010 12:00:00] |
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The winner of the 2010 Club Suntory Ultrapour Professional competition was announced in a glamorous VIP event on Monday night (June 21).
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[Wed 23/06/2010 12:00:00] |
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After an exhaustive search for the nation's finest bartending professionals, Suntory's Ultrapour team have announced the five finalists in its bartending challenge.
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[Wed 09/06/2010 12:00:00] |
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Sydney speakeasy-style bar Eau de Vie is returning brand ambassadors to their roots with the launch of monthly 'Ambassador Sessions' tonight (May 17).
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[Mon 17/05/2010 12:00:00] |
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The winner of Mixxit's 'Magnificent Seven' cocktail competition was unveiled last night (May 13) in a star-studded event at Sydney's ivy bar.
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[Fri 14/05/2010 12:00:00] |
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Tomorrow (May 6) represents the official start of World Cocktail Week 2010, a week which celebrates the history of the cocktail and the day (May 13) the word was first used in print.
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[Wed 05/05/2010 12:00:00] |
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Hugos bar has proven they can do more than just make good cocktails after taking out the NSW Jagermeister 'Master the Hunt' cocktail competition on Monday night (Apr 19).
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[Fri 23/04/2010 12:00:00] |
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Woodford Reserve bourbon has upped the ante in bartending competitions by offering bartenders the chance to win a share in the Woodford Reserve race horse.
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[Fri 09/04/2010 12:00:00] |
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After 12 months of extensive searching the seven finalists in the inaugural 'Magnificent Seven' bartending competition hosted by CCA's bar training program, Mixxit, have been announced.
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[Wed 17/03/2010 12:00:00] |
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Following on from the success of the 2008 liquor trivia competition, local industry company Behind Bars has announced it will be back again for 2010
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[Mon 15/03/2010 12:00:00] |
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Australian music festivals are becoming increasingly more sophisticated with festivals such as next week's Playground Weekender featuring made-to-order premium cocktails and cocktail bars on-site.
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[Fri 12/02/2010 12:00:00] |
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Representatives from Diageo's bar training program Alchemy have triumphed to take out the first two places in the inaugural 'Repmatch Beeyatch' bartending competition at Bayswater Brasserie, Potts Point last night (Jan 31).
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[Mon 01/02/2010 12:00:00] |
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The team behind the 2009 Australian Liquor Industry Award's (ALIA) 'Best Bar' have stunned the industry by stripping down to their birthday suits - but all in the name of charity.
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[Fri 29/01/2010 12:00:00] |
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In response to feedback from their training sessions, Suntory Australia has announced that their national bar training program Club Suntory will relaunch under a completely new format in 2010.
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[Wed 13/01/2010 12:00:00] |
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After years of experimentation, Asahi Breweries unveiled the world's first fully functioning robotic bartender at Selfridges department store in London on Wednesday.
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