Halloween Cocktails – For Your Eyes Only Martini series
As we draw ever closer to the spookiest night in the calendar, we thought we’d bring you a couple of soothing cocktails to help…
Friday drinks
Cocktail Romance: Dark and Stormy the Aussie Way
Sweet, sour, fizzy, the gentle heat of ginger and the unique flavour of rum – the Dark and Stormy rum cocktail is an absolute…
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…
15 tips for wine tasting at the cellar door
Wineries are trying to make their business more accessible these days. But knowing what to do and say when you visit one can make…
5 (or is it 9) awesome places to eat and drink in Brisbane
When I first visited Brisbane almost 15 years ago, there weren’t really any good places to go for a drink. But now, with the…
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…
Moonshine kingdom: Whipper Snapper Distillery, Perth
Me and my mate Jarrod from Aussie craft spirit distributors Nip of Courage are about to witness something rare and beautiful: the grand opening of…
Penfolds Grange Hermitage 1951 – the ultimate wine dilemma
Penfolds Grange Hermitage – or just straight ‘Grange’ to its friends – is roundly considered as one of the world’s greatest wines. It’s certainly…
3 craft gins you have to try
Gin is back in vogue, there’s no doubt about that. But do you just grab the bottle of Bombay Sapphire or Tanqueray, or is…
The L.A.C Choc-nutty popping candy cocktail
Far be it for us to pigeonhole people, Mrs Romance and I have decided to name a few cocktails we’ve made recently after some…