Bar Merchandise

How to choose

Start with the pour, not the product — that's the part we enjoy most about a bar brief. If the brand is a gin launching in a Melbourne wine bar, the conversation begins with the serve (a copa, a highball, a Nick & Nora) and the photograph we want the glass to live inside. If it's a craft brewery rolling into 120 on-premise accounts, we're briefing pint glasses, middies, schooners and coasters that survive a commercial glasswasher at 82°C for three years. The shape decides the story. The decoration makes the story readable. For glassware decoration, the choice is usually between organic ceramic screen print (rich opaque colour, permanently fired at 580°C, dishwasher-safe for the life of the glass), deep etch or frost etch (tone-on-tone, tactile, premium hospitality signature), and full-colour ceramic decal (photo-quality, edge-wrap, ideal for launch artwork). Pad print is for small solid marks on curved bases and stems. Laser engraving on metalware — jiggers, shakers, openers, hip flasks — reads as permanent and reads as premium. Coasters are where budget goes furthest. FSC cork, rPET felt, pulpboard, heavy card, rubberwood, bonded leather and neoprene all decorate beautifully. Pulpboard coasters at 1.4mm land around AU$0.35-$0.80 per unit at 1,000qty with full-colour print — the lowest cost per impression in the entire bar category. Cork and felt read as design-forward for independent venues. Leather and rubberwood belong on the VIP back bar. Bar runners, aprons, towels and tea-towels extend the brand across the service. Full-colour sublimation on rPET runners gives edge-to-edge pattern work that a bartender can wipe down all night. Heavy drill canvas aprons with contrast stitching and a leather patch badge read as craft, not uniform. Branded tea towels are the quietly effective giveaway that ends up in staff homes. On MOQ: decorated glassware typically starts at 72 or 144 units (a case quantity) and scales efficiently from 500. Coasters, openers and napkins start at 100-250. Bar tools and cocktail kits start at 50. At 2,000+ glasses, expect 25-40% off the 100-qty tier — ask for a stepped quote. And always order a sample. Forty-eight hours from request to your desk — the weight of the glass, the etch depth, the ceramic colour against the light. The brief decides itself once the glass is in the hand.

Delivery across Australia

Delivered Australia-wide in 10-20 business days standard on decorated glassware — Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Hobart and Canberra daily. Speed you can trust: core coasters, openers and bar tools branded in 1-4 business days, with 3-5 day express available on 400+ SKUs for late launch briefs. Free shipping on orders over AU$500. We kit glassware with coasters and openers, split-ship to multiple venues or state distributors, and run timed-release dispatch for launch windows and on-premise rollouts at no extra handling.

Why Sense2

• ✦30 years of drinks and hospitality briefs — our agencies and brand teams have launched gins, wines, whiskies, craft beers, RTDs and hospitality groups on bar merchandise we decorated together
• ✦thousands of products across the catalogue — depth most suppliers can't match, with international trend-sourcing partners keeping the coupe shapes, tumblers and barware formats genuinely of-the-moment
• ✦In-house design studio for art setup, decal layout, etch depth mockups and packaging that tells your story — fast proofs, spec sheets and pre-production samples before artwork lock
• ✦Sense2 is the promotional partner trusted by Australian agencies and government, with hundreds of 5-star reviews from brand teams at leading drinks houses including LVMH, Warner Music, hospitality groups and independent distilleries

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