Imagine fresh, briny oysters paired with smokey whisky to take your next Spring/Summer backyard gathering or Friday night wind-down to the next level. Sometime 1806 chef Nuno Gabriel developed this stellar recipe for Lagavulin distillery’s 200th anniversary celebrations and the release of their limited edition 8 year old whisky in […]
Blood & Sand by Saigon Sally
Blood. Sand. Two things I generally don’t want in my mouth. Yet Saigon Sally‘s Michael Forbes and Mick Formosa convinced me otherwise with an invitation to their recent Winter whisky cocktail class at the Windsor backstreet bar. Inspired by 1920’s sex symbol, silent film star Rudolph Valentino and his movie of […]
Upcoming Event | Grain to Grass
The National Trust of Victoria will soon host their inaugural mini Whisky Festival in collaboration with the good folk at Whisky & Alement; Grain to Grass. Three days of whisky-centric events – amid sumptuous history-soaked surroundings – shall provide the perfect excuse to start our weekends early. Rare & Limited Edition Tasting – […]
Good Beer Week 2014 for the Cocktail Lover
Don’t get me wrong; I don’t mind the odd sip of beer. I adore cooking with it (chocolate stout cake is on high rotation) . I just don’t think I could comfortably down a whole pint by myself. And so this blog – catering to my personal tastes – tends […]
Pop-Up: The Balvenie Craft Bar
Fromager, glass-blower, jewellery maker. It may not have quite the same ring to it as ‘butcher, baker, candlestick-maker’ but there’s poetry in celebrating these crafts and the artisans behind them nonetheless. The Balvenie whisky company professes an affinity for handcrafted things (aside from their own single malt scotch) and has […]
Diary: Cherry Blossoms & Dreams of Tokyo in Springtime
Champagne & cherry syrup garnished with Spring cherry blossoms at Sake In Japan the arrival of blossoms on cherry – or “sakura” – trees is a much anticipated event. It’s a national time of celebration as buds unfurl like delicate little orbs of pink tissue paper to dress bare twigs. […]
Space…the final frontier (for Whisky)
Scottish distillery Ardbeg recently launched a limited edition Whisky dubbed ‘Galileo’ after the genius Italian astronomer. Their launchpad; 1806. Fierce space invader battles were played out while mint juleps served in spacebags and experimental honey lemon shots (that were mind-bendingly hot and cold simultaneously) we used to toast the launch. The […]