The Masked BarflyWho (or what) is The Masked Barfly? Maybe the prim­ly pin­striped con­nois­seur sip­ping Viog­nier at Arbi­trageur? The earnest beer geek debat­ing Saaz hops and top-fer­ment­ed ales at Bar Edward? What about the tight-pant­ed hip­ster knock­ing back deeply iron­ic cask wine at Mighty Mighty? Or per­haps all of the above and more?

We at the Welling­ton­ista have nev­er been shy about our love for the deli­cious demon drink, but now we can intro­duce to you our newest and most dis­rep­utable writer: The Masked Barfly. She, he or it (it’s hard to tell with inver­te­brates, espe­cial­ly when they are invet­er­ate ine­bri­ates) will be brought in as a spe­cial­ist cor­re­spon­dent to bring you the lat­est hos­pi­tal­i­ty news, the hottest drink­ing tips and the most sala­cious gos­sip that the libel laws will allow.

The fly has eclec­tic tastes, so expect every­thing from deca­dent new cock­tails to cheep beer nights, with even the odd morsel of food and cof­fee info thrown in. It will be buzzing around the city, bring­ing the news on booz­ing in the ‘burbs as well as the flesh­pots of Courte­nay & Cuba. And of course if you have tips to share, or vile unsub­stan­ti­at­ed rumours to spread, send them our way and we’ll make sure it gets to our new cor­re­spon­dent.