Your guide to Australian craft spirits & Melbourne's cocktail culture
Don’t you just love stumbling upon a “why didn’t I think of that?” idea? In the never-ending quest for fresh yet super simple garnish ideas, I stumbled upon this spritzy, cucumber concoction by kosher bar and eatery Shiloh. They rim their glasses with middle eastern spice mix za’atar (if you can’t […]
Spring into these new Melbourne bars pronto… East Brunswick Hotel The 19th century pub gets a new lease on life with a public bar – and one pound meatballs – downstairs and cocktail balcony upstairs. 280 Lygon street, Brunswick East View this post on Instagram A post shared […]
Flinging ourselves into Spring with the 10 best cocktail culture and craft spirits happenings around town… 1. Gin Infused High Tea Of course we have room for another grown up high tea in our lives! The Cliveden is celebrating their first birthday with dainty gin-infused treats; from Negroni jam on […]
Four Pillars Distillery‘s cross country ‘Red Snapper Brunch Tour’ comes to Melbourne via Cumulus Inc. this weekend only! FP’s Director of Drinks James Irvine will showcase a quartet of inventive Red Snappers – basically gin Bloody Marys – including a warm one that is *super* limited edition with only […]
It may be the dark days of winter but Melbourne’s bar scene isn’t slowing down. Here are some new haunts in which to hibernate… Little Lon Distilling Co The only distillery currently based in the Melbourne CBD. They’re making genever and gin inspired by the notorious historical characters of Melbourne’s […]
What deliciousness will we get into this month? Read on for our top 10 upcoming events… — 1. The Melbourne Manhattan While New York’s Museum of Modern Art exhibition is on at the National Gallery of Victoria, the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival has been hosting a mini-fest/feast of Mel&NYC […]
For the uninitiated, vermouth is simply wine that has been fortified with spirits and flavoured with botanicals. And Maidenii is one of Australia’s premier vermouth-makers. The brains behind the label – bartender Shaun Byrne and winemaker Gilles Lapalus – have collaborated on a new labour of love in the form […]
Tried all the new bars in town yet? Here’s your hit list for July. Heroes Smoke from the grill only adds to the ‘den of inequity’ vibe at this new multi-level bar strung with Chinese New Year paraphernalia and papered with old music posters. Go up to reach the all-important […]
Here are the top 10 drinkable things to do around Melbourne this July… — Mont Plonk Melbourne Public’s terrace has transformed into Mont Plonk (pictured above) for the winter. The cosy pop-up bar is an apres ski experience complete with open fires, mulled wine, spiked hot chocolate, shot-skis, vodka luge […]
Truffle season has arrived (go see our homegirl, The Prosecco Queen, at the Truffle Melbourne Festival this weekend where her Van di Vino will be slinging Truffled Spritzes and Truffled Bloody Marys). Some people “get” the fuss over truffles. Some don’t. As avowed professional gluttons we’re in the former camp. And so […]