Orange Blossom is the new black martini cocktail recipe

The gin coming from Stone Pine Distillery, in Bathurst NSW has always been on our top favourites list. But now there’s something ever better coming from this little Aussie distillery that’s really changed things up: the orange blossom gin. A little while ago, we were on a road trip through regional New South Wales when … Read more

That’s the spirit! 21 Australian craft distilleries to watch

Something’s happened to make the top shelves of our local look so good, the cocktails at our favourite speakeasies taste especially punchy and our indie bottle shops take on a new lease of life. What’s doing it is Australia’s craft distilleries and the amazing things they’re doing. From an industry insider, here are 21 Australian distilleries … Read more

Friday Drinks Exclusive – new Aussie black spiced rum Dead Man’s Drop plus rum sour cocktail recipe

Full of the warm flavours of winter, spiced rum is the perfect drink to welcome the cooler weather. Stone Pine’s latest brew – Dead Man’s Drop – is a black spiced rum that’ll make you feel like you’ve already got the fire roaring and the lights down low. And remember, you heard it here first! … Read more

Bacon Bourbon by Experimental Spirits Co – Cocktail Series: part 3 – Little Pig, Little Pig

Bacon and alcohol. On their own, they’re wonderful things – as great as was the gift of fire to us puny humans. But the Experimental Spirits Company have combined these two mystical ingredients into a single entity – Bacon Bourbon. I don’t know about you but I’d never heard of bacon bourbon before, so I … Read more

Bacon Bourbon by Experimental Spirits Co – Cocktail Series: part 2 – Bacon Bourbon Manhattan

Manhattan: apart from being one of the greatest, most ridiculously awesome cities on the planet – it also happens to be one of my favourite cocktails. I never thought I could improve the original recipe… until now! Ordinarily, I prefer to have my Manhattan cocktail made with rye whiskey than bourbon for some reason. But … Read more

Bacon bourbon by Experimental Spirits Co – cocktail series: part 1 – Maple Bacon Old Fashioned

For the first time ever I’m genuinely excited about tasting a bourbon. It’s this new bourbon by The Experimental Spirits Company. It’s made with bacon! That’s right, folks. I said made with bacon. 350g of the stuff in every bottle in fact. After a little digging around, I found that infusing bourbon with bacon has … Read more

Know your drinks: the difference between tequila and mezcal

Mexico, alcohol content and the agave plant. These three elements are all that tequila and mezcal have in common. After that, the two drinks couldn’t be any more different. Tequila’s a funny old drink, isn’t it? Most of us have tequila stories. Horrible, dark, terrifying stories. If someone shouts ‘tequila’ at the bar, everyone winces. … Read more