UPDATED 1 December 2020 Here you’ll find details of events coming up for some fun and informative cocktail and spirits…
This page will point you to all the over 200 articles on the website. Note, I also publish daily on Instagram to…
So apparently someone decided that day I’m writing this, 21 November, is Australian Gin Day. Sure, why not? As you…
Be part of this first ever Australian attempt to break a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title with over 60 venues and…
If paradise does exist, then the fine folk from Lord Howe Island Distilling Co. have aimed to create to distill…
I’ve also had a big soft spot for my dear readers and over 1000 subscribers of my website. Many of…
Each year in Canberra, Australia there is a wonderful Spring festival, Floriade. For the past couple of years I’ve been…
We’ve all been there, I suspect quite often, these past few months. It’s that time of day when we reach…
As John Lennon once sang, ‘life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans.” So, clearly 2020…
Norrbotten’s Distillery is another exciting new Swedish distillery. Sweden’s northernmost distillery was started by three friends for over three years…
Goodness knows I love fine spirits and cocktails, but even I have my limits. So each year I welcome the…
Well, the great day came and went! Happily it also coincided with some relaxing of our local COVID-19 restrictions that…
It’s my favourite day of the year: World Martini Day! On Friday evening 19 June from 6pm AEST, the…
One of the best days of year is upon us! Around the world, gin lovers make June 13th a special…
Parallel to the emergence of hundreds of spirit brands in the recent years in Australia has been the introduction of…
I’m a lucky chap. Kind folks send all sorts of things to drink, appreciate and provide feedback on. Sometimes they’re…
Imbue: to inspire or permeate. On the outer fringes of Melbourne, Mel and Mick Sheard create in small batches a…
Image courtesy of Stillsmiths, Tasmania If you spend anytime scrolling at pretty pictures of makers of spirits on social media,…
For any self respecting Martini lover it would be amiss to dismiss out of hand the most popular spirit by…
I recently met Jon Hillgren, the founder of Hernö, at his distillery in Dala, a small village outside Härnösand in…
Following the success of our first episode, we’re back for another broadcast, this time on Instagram. Tune for 20 minutes…
LAST UPDATED, 9 June 2020 In a fast moving moment of history, distillers around the world have responded to the…