Recipes
The Old Fashioned cocktail is a taste of cocktail history
Don’t let the simplicity of the Old Fashioned cocktail fool you — it’s a recipe that has persisted more than 200 years.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Bars
Bars of Note: The Elysian Whisky Bar
The Elysian Whisky Bar in Fitzroy has bottles you "almost can't replace."
Better Know Your Bartender
‘It’s more important to reach out.’ Meet Tim Speechly from Brisbane’s Savile Row
Nick Miles is an accomplished bartender and award-winning brand ambassador based in Brisbane. In this inside baseball interview he talks to one of that city’s finest, Tim Speechly.
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.
Better Know Your Bartender
Cantina OK! owners talk micro mezcal, and the 'vanity project' that landed on the World's 50 Best Bars
"What’s interesting to us is the people, places, and experiences. The mezcal is a bonus."
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.
Recipes
This Julep recipe appeals to whisky drinkers and non-whisky drinkers alike
Door Knock tweaks the classic recipe by matching rye with blackberry.
Bars
“Isn’t that what cocktails should be about?” Door Knock‘s Natalie Ng on their new list
Natalie Ng is co-owner and bartender at Sydney bar Door Knock, and here she talks about why their latest cocktail list is their best yet.
Recipes
This Grasshopper recipe from The Cumberland is drier and punchier than the original
The Grasshopper may not be a fashionable drink these days, but this one is a killer.
Better Know Your Bartender
Meet Double Deuce Lounge's OIiver Churcher
Oliver Churcher tells Sam Bygrave about Double Deuce Lounge, why he does what he does, and who he thinks is Sydney's best bartender.