Recipes Like rum? You'll want this Heads Up recipe from Black Pearl's Ben Hardy When Australian Cocktail Month kicks off on May 1st, we know which drink we’re reaching for first: this Heads Up cocktail at Melbourne’s Black Pearl.
The Trinidad Sour ain't for the faint of heart The Trinidad Sour reads as a challenging drink, but you might be surprised at just how approachable this bitters-heavy cocktail is.
Recipes Here’s what makes the Amaretto Sour recipe tick The Amaretto Sour doesn't make for a bad drink, it’s just one that tends to be a touch on the sweet side for many — but that can be fixed.
This one ticket gets you 72 bars, four cities, and over 200 specially-crafted cocktails Australian Cocktail Month sees 72 bars from four cities dishing up some 200-odd specially crafted cocktails at a special price — here's why it's great.
Primers How is Bushmills made? Here’s your cheat sheet Bushmills is different to other Irish whiskeys — here's your quickfire cheat sheet to how it's made, and what makes it different.
Primers What is single malt Irish whiskey (and how much do bartenders know about it?) Take a look at the rules that define single malt Irish whiskey, and see how much bartenders know about it.
Better Know Your Bartender Nick Tesar: how they make the Blue, and Marionette's 'lighthearted approach to serious drinks' How does Marionette make their Blue Curacao? We asked Nick Tesar to find out.
Recipes Matcha tea plays a starring role for this bourbon sipper Oliver Churcher is a guy with a knack for flavour combinations and cocktail technique, as you can see in this matcha-tea inspired cocktail.
Recipes A Royal Hawaiian cocktail — but make it blue It's tropical, it uses junipery gin, and the best bit? This take on the Royal Hawaiian cocktail is blue.
Recipes A Blue Lagoon recipe with real Blue Curacao It's a simple drink with just three ingredients, and built for fun — so what you put into it needs to be better than great.
Recipes The Bloody Fruit Tingle recipe: a disco-era drink made delicious The namesake effervescent lollies were born in Australia, so it makes sense to use top Australian drops in this Bloody Fruit Tingle recipe.
Recipes The Cosmic Colada: a tequilified take on the classic Piña Colada recipe This take on the Piña Colada is tall, refreshing, and given a Cosmic kick with New England IPA and an extra touch of 1800 Coconut.
Recipes Bodriggy's Michelada recipe uses a hit of tequila for a little more oomph The beauty of this Michelada recipe is in the details: the spice mix, the pilsner, and the hit of 1800 Silver that gives the drink a lift.
Recipes Bodriggy Brewpub's House Ferment is like a hard seltzer that actually packs in the flavour Prickly pear and 1800 Reposado Tequila pair perfectly in this effervescent cooler from Bodriggy Brew Pub in Melbourne.
Recipes Get The Baxter Inn's recipe for the Rattlesnake cocktail The Rattlesnake cocktail dates back to 1930's The Savoy Cocktail Book, and is essentially a whiskey sour with a little bite — hence the name, we presume.
Primers Who decides which spirits get gold medals? How the Australian Distilled Spirits Awards work The little gold medal on a bottle of spirits might convince you to buy that brand over another — but who decides who wins? Here's how it happened at the 2020 Australian Distilled Spirits Awards.
A Good Thing: The joy of a 5pm Martini at Sydney bar Maybe Sammy It’s no longer the day, and not quite yet the night; it's around 5pm, and that's when a Maybe Sammy Martini is needed.
Recipes This Breakfast Martini recipe is given a lift with champagne This Breakfast Martini recipe from Fortunate Son in Sydney is given a lift and a hit of fizz, thanks to the inclusion of French champagne.
Recipes The Frank: the cocktail equivalent of loosening your tie You've had a day. But there's people to meet and entertain and you're not done working just yet (it just looks a lot more like play).
Recipes The Empire Strikes Bax by Hayden Lambert Hayden Lambert created the Empire Strikes Bax as an off-menu special in his time as head bartender at Bar Americano in the Melbourne CBD.
Recipes Amaro and creme de mure mark the H.S.L Special a standout The H.S.L Special has been a mainstay of the Above Board cocktail list since Hayden Lambert opened the bar in 2016.
Recipes This is not your average Pink Lemonade, from Cantina OK! Bright fruit flavours and soda make this tequila drink — playfully titled ‘Pink Lemonade’ — from Sydney’s Cantina OK! sing.
Recipes The Alaska Cocktail is a gin and Chartreuse recipe we love The Alaska is a fine drink, and a perfect vehicle for showing off the aromatics of Yellow Chartreuse.
Recipes The Ti Punch: a perfect vehicle for quality rhum agricole The Ti Punch is a simple rum, lime, and sugar drink that certainly packs a punch.
With an eye on warmer weather, mix up a Kentucky Buck The Kentucky Buck is a long, refreshing bourbon drink — one that is tailor-made for a hot summer afternoon.
