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…
Friday drinks
Murray’s Brewery, Port Stephens
Why would you want to go to a brewery? Why would you even bother? It’s just a smelly old building full of blokes talking…
Peekaboo Bar, Woolloomooloo, Sydney
Tucked away in a Bourke Street terrace, Peekaboo Bar captures the heart and soul of what small bars should be. It’s cozy, welcoming and…
Wine of the month – would you buy dessert wine?
Dessert wine is a funny drink. It quite often has a polarizing effect on people – they either hate it or love it. Perhaps…
Classic Espresso Martini Recipe
To me an espresso martini spells the start of the weekend. It’s the perfect go-go juice blend of caffeine and booze to pick you…
Classic Cuban cocktails – Cubata and Cuba Libre
Cuba is the home of some amazing classic cocktails, but the iconic Cuba Libre and its grown-up brother the Cubata are quick to make,…
What do you put in your gin and tonic?
Tonic – noun – A medicinal substance taken to give a feeling of vigour or well-being. Thank you, Oxford Dictionary. I knew a gin…
The Bearded Tit, Redfern, Australia
Sydney’s pub and bar scene is an ever-changing kaleidoscope at the moment. Publicans are having lots of fun trying out new things, testing new…
The world’s best burger – Pearl’s Liquor Bar, West Hollywood, LA
It can be nigh impossible to find good bars when you’re in a new place. Sometimes sites like Yelp or Urbanspoon just don’t cut…
Wine of the Month – the Chardonnay renaissance
It’s amazing how out of favour Chardonnay has fallen in recent years. But in spite of evoking frowns and even dry retching at the…