Your guide to Australian craft spirits & Melbourne's cocktail culture
Actually, it’s Patient Wolf Distilling Co.’s new Agave Gin! Dubbed Blanco Wolf this drop is essentially gin botanicals on an organic blue weber agave syrup spirit base which gives herbaceousness sans Tequila and mezcal’s typical earthy smokiness. Why agave gin? “Why not,” says Patient Wolf co-founder and distiller Dave Irwin. […]
Move over brandy and eggnog. Christmas gin is stealing your December crown. And Victoria by Farmer’s Daughters is happy to be an accomplice; inviting Four Pillars (and their Chrissy pudding-infused gin) over to their place to shake their gin-gle bells. Their collaborative Festive Sunday Sessions begin this weekend and run […]
Four Pillars unleashed their fifth Distiller’s Series collab – Green Apple and Rhubarb gin – earlier this week. So they’re toasting the gin’s arrival with a weekend-long, Autumnal celebration. Follow golden-turning leaves into the hills of Healesville to their distillery this Saturday or Sunday from 10:30am to 12:30pm. There, in […]
Water. Grain. Yeast. With such minimal ingredients allowed inside a bottle of single malt whisky, it’s little wonder that modern distillers are curious to push the boundaries of each element to create a liquid of distinction. Boutique water sources and experimental grains have had their time to shine. Now, Nikka […]
Fable has kindly offered a starry, starry night to one DrinkMelbourne reader (and their best whisky-loving friend)! This will be a matched whisky supper with an unmatched view as Fable Melbourne collaborates with Australia’s most awarded whisky distillery Starward for a three-course supper. The Fable x Starward Supper offers lovers […]
Upcoming craft spirits and cocktail events in Melbourne and across Victoria that are worth your time… The Mini Aussie Rum Fest Thursday 18th August Rum Day cometh. And soon follows this miniature local celebration of rum at The Catfish. Taste cane spirits from Queensland, NSW, the Dandenongs and the Mornington […]
Upcoming craft spirits and cocktail events in Melbourne and across Victoria that are worth your time. – The Espresso Martini Party Saturday 18th June Booze meet beans. It might be coming up to World Martini Day but Mr Black Spirits and Industry Beans plan to take over the night instead. […]
After the past two years, I needed a G&T and a (lengthy) lie down. But now, DrinkMelbourne’s back for 2022. Here are the local craft spirits and cocktail events that I think are worth your time. I Hart Rum Sunday 20th February 2022, 12-3pm & 3.30-6.30pm Distillers from across Australia […]
Opening a bar in Melbourne in 2021 may have seemed like a Sisyphean task. Yet the below venues refused to baulk in the face of any shutdown storm! Here’s a guide to the most notable new bars across Melbourne that either debuted amid our latest lockdowns or have just flung […]
Even though we’re dodging rain showers in Melbourne, I predict it will be a picnic season like no other! I celebrated my first group outing since the before-times this past weekend with a pink gin spritz designed for picnicking. It’s as easy as pie to make with crowd-pleasing flavours of […]