Your guide to Australian craft spirits & Melbourne's cocktail culture
This weekend, 14-15 November 2026, Whisky Abbey descends on a new indoor-outdoor venue at The Timber Yard in Port Melbourne. DrinkMelbourne has 2 double passes valued at $115 each to give away. Read on to WIN… WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW This year, this celebratory festival is themed around both […]
Where can a girl get a decent drink around here? Here are our top 5 new Melbourne – and beyond – bars to taste this Spring. Lately / Malvern We don’t mess around with beer much around these parts. So upon arrival at new multi-faceted pub, The Angel of Malvern, […]
Life’s too short to drink average cocktails. If you need to replenish your at home bar cart, here is a rather delicious place to start. Last night, the Australian International Spirits Awards, hosted by Melbourne Royal, revealed some of the best spirits made all around the nation. Consider the […]
Where can a girl get a decent drink around here? Here are 9 new Melbourne (and beyond) bars to taste this Winter. The Understudy Ski Lodge / Melbourne CBD Baby, it’s cold outside (as if you didn’t notice). Let’s snuggle at the seasonal Understudy Ski Lodge nestled beneath 1806. […]
Cheese and wine pairing is so passé… Let’s talk pairing pizza with proper cocktails! Hamish Goonetilleke – founder of Baby Driver, Beneath Driver Lane, and Rum Diary Spiced Rum – shares his spirited wisdom. What cocktail goes with a Pepperoni Pizza? What drink can hold its own […]
Where can a girl get a decent drink around here? Here are 10 new Melbourne cocktail bars to taste this Autumn. Bar Hannah & Carriage Lounge at Hannah St Hotel / Southbank Enter via the pink polka-dotted underpass and you’ll find Flack Studio have designed a kicky, Modernist lobby bar […]
The inaugural ‘Serves of the State‘ is here. On now until Feb 1, the project sees 15 of Melbourne and regional Victoria’s best venues serve up a trio (each) of unique, limited-time-only cocktails. Each drink features a different spirit from one of 45 local distilleries. That means 45 distinct cocktails […]
Just a handful of cocktails (and a sweet treat) that I wanted to share with you this season! All simple to make but you don’t need to tell anybody else that! Wishing you a Happy New Year. May your 2026 be peaceful and filled with light. CHRISTMAS CAKE VODKA […]
Surviving heatwaves, lockdowns and floods, Ponyfish Island’s founders Grant Smillie, Andrew Mackinnon and Jerome Borazio now celebrate 15 years of the floating bar’s often water-logged existence. Andrew tells the story of how Ponyfish came to be; “So about 15 years ago, three gentlemen were walking around here – along the […]
DrinkMelbourne’s choice: The Bon Vivant’s Companion Named after a book (a.k.a Bar-Tender’s Guide a.k.a How to Mix Drinks) by New York bartending icon Jerry Thomas, this new out-of-town bar has a self-imposed lot to live up to. First impressions? It’s worth the coastal road trip… or the chauffeured chariot ride […]