Your guide to Australian craft spirits & Melbourne's cocktail culture
The return of Spring means the social season is upon us. We predict many mornings-after-the-nights-before in your near future. It pays to have a good hangover remedy at the ready. Prep ahead and try our easier, at-home version of Pascale Bar and Grill‘s upscale take on the classic Bloody Mary […]
Above Board is a palate cleanser. Hayden Lambert’s (ex-Bar Americano) under-the-radar bar has quietly been subverting the idea of what a cocktail bar could and should be since it first opened late last year. There’s no neon signs, floss or garish garnishes here. There’s not even a back bar or […]
In honour of the unveiling of NGV’s lauded ‘The House of Dior’ exhibition, couture cocktails can now be found at Atrium on 35 (Sofitel Melbourne on Collins’ loftily glamourous bar). Their limited time ‘Code of Conduct’ cocktail menu features a quartet of drinks that take after Dior’s own signature design codes. ‘The Line’ […]
Other than the requisite #alloftherosé, what types of wine should we be drinking this Spring? “Artisanal”, wines from small producers and natural wines are the go-tos. Big, heavy alcoholic wines are out. Lighter, leaner wines, suited to everyday drinking, are the preferred styles of a new generation of winemaker. By […]
Dark chocolate and red wine. This antioxidant-rich duo goes together so often for a reason. I recently found myself with a half bottle of lovely The Cloak Sangiovese on hand and decided to make the most of both it and the last days of winter. Maybe due to the fact that […]
Cheers to International Beer Day 2017! Here’s an original beer cocktail recipe inspired by – that epic Australian dessert – the Lamington an idea sparked by Quiet Deeds’ own Lamington Ale. The concoction below is a sweet-but-not-too-sweet, local twist on a famous beer cocktail called the Black Velvet. When it […]
Melbourne dessert bar Om Nom Kitchen‘s bar manager Chris McDonald has collaborated with drinks maestro Grant Collins to create their latest seasonal cocktail menu. The list is inspired by fun times with friends, the latest in cocktailing technology (porthole infusers! vapourisers! chilly sticks!) and taking the concept of bathtub gin to […]
Why have one Old Fashioned when you can have THREE? The following transformable recipe – presented by Rupert on Rupert – for the recent 2017 World Class Cocktail Week is basically the classic drink but you’re adding a matched cheese for an extra flavour kick. These cocktails “let the spirit […]
Cheers to World Whisky Day! In honour of this auspicious occasion, Starward‘s head bartender Cam kindly shows us how to make an original twist on the classic ‘Airmail’ cocktail. This drink straddles that fine line between being fancy enough to impress your friends but easy enough to make at home (I […]
In the lead up to the Travelling Takes Cocktail Competition hosted by Southern Comfort let’s take a look at the drink creation by Victorian winner Genevieve Madalay from The Noble Experiment. Her “Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop” cocktail is inspired by “all the weird fizzy drinks that kept me going on my travels […]