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Lol, what got my attention was the potential tip for the server/sommelier/bartender/manager who sold it, making it a 'big night' for that person.

Great for the industry, regardless where it is.

[Stoat]

Lol, what got my attention was the potential tip for the server/sommelier/bartender/manager who sold it, making it a 'big night' for that person.

Great for the industry, regardless where it is.
 

Agreed, although when I visited Australia I was told by local friends that tipping was not customary, although I usually did it anyway out of habit, particularly if it was a female server who smiled at me and was courteous.  (Yes I'm sexist, shoot me)

I'm guessing that for service involving an item like this, any non-tipping customs would be overlooked by locals as well.

Lol, what got my attention was the potential tip for the server/sommelier/bartender/manager who sold it, making it a 'big night' for that person.

Great for the industry, regardless where it is.
 

Agreed, although when I visited Australia I was told by local friends that tipping was not customary, although I usually did it anyway out of habit, particularly if it was a female server who smiled at me and was courteous.  (Yes I'm sexist, shoot me)

I'm guessing that for service involving an item like this, any non-tipping customs would be overlooked by locals as well.

[Stoat]

BTW, by any chance have you heard anything that might explain the HUGE price differene on this item when comparing the USA versus Australian price? Has Australia enacted a huge tax on imported spirits that I haven’t heard about?