Welcome to Drinks At Work from Boothby with Sam Bygrave, that is me. We’ve had some time off the podcast over the last month or so, as we were gearing up for the second annual Boothby Drink of the Year Awards — what a great night that was. The number one drink on the night was from Sam Thornhill at Byrdi in Melbourne with his drink Bad Apple, Rob Libecans took out the Bartender of the Year title — if you haven’t seen the full 50 yet, head over to boothby.com.au/drinkoftheyear —it’s all there.

Now, if I’m honest, I was going to have another week off the podcast until I heard last week that The Barber Shop in Sydney — which I remember writing about before it opened — is celebrating its 10th birthday tonight. So last week I stopped in to see co-owner Mike Enright and talk about what the last decade has been like for The Barber Shop, what’s learned, and more. It was his first foray into bar ownership, with business partner Julian Train, and from there they’ve added The Duke of Clarence, and bar and distillery Hickson House in The Rocks.