This page will list over 250 original articles on the website.

Note, I also publish on Instagram to keep things lively, so please make sure you follow me there as well. I also have a YouTube channel -so please check that out with over 130 interviews, tips, distillery visits and more.

I’ve grouped the articles into several categories, plus at the bottom are some older articles that I really must make time to get around to update sometime.

Most are written by myself, but I’m fortunate to have some passionate and informed guest contributors from around the world to add their voices to the mix.

As always, I welcome your thoughts, feedback, questions or suggestions for future articles, and if you are interested in becoming a contributor too, or are a distiller and have a release you’d like reviewed, please contact me.

Phillip

Handy Pages

1. Australian Rum Makers List – Updated 19 January 2026
2. Australian Vodka Makers List – Updated 19 January 2026
3. Australian Single Malt, Rye + Blended Whisky Makers List – updated 14 December 2025
4. Australian Gin Makers List – Updated 19 January 2026
5. Australian Vermouth Makers List  updated 12 August 2024
6. Australian Brandy Makers List  14 December 2025
7. About Tonic Water,+ Reviews (plus what’s available in Australia)  Updated 1 May 20232
8. Buying Australian Spirits Online updated 15 November 2020
9. Canberra Region Distilleries updated 23 May 2025
10. Events and other Services   Updated 3 February 2025
11. Japanese Gin updated 13 November 2021 
12. Martini Whisperer YouTube Channel  – Updated 12 April 2025 
13. Media Appearances, podcasts, interviews updated 14 April 2025
14. Melbourne and region Distillery List  updated 19 January 2026
15. New Zealand Gins – Updated 8 November 2025 
16. Online Craft Spirits Buying Options – February 2025
17. Victorian Regional Distillery List – updated 19 January 2026
18. New Zealand Gins – Updated 8 November 2025 

Updates

1. January 2026 Update and introducing Kabina Distilling Co
2. November 2025 Update
3. April 2025 Update 
4. May 2025 Update 
5. July 2025 Update
6. Spring Update 2025
7. November 2025 Update
8. Martini Whisperer Martini Gift sets for sale online
9. Virtual Martini Masterclasses
10. Introducing the Masters of Distilling Promotional Reel – October 2025

Various

1. 10 Gins for the Commercial Bar
2. 10 Australian Spirits to Know 
3. Australian Gin Book 
4. Buying Australian Spirits Online  
5. Canberra Region Distilleries updated 23 May 2025
6. Hollywood Nights 2024
7. Lawrenny Estate Live September 2021
8. Martini Appreciation Soirees + Masterclass events
9. Martini: A Memoir
10. Podcast Interview 2021 with Ashley Feraude
11. Series Update: Exciting Times Ahead!  November 2024
12. The 10 Must-have Gins for home
13. There and back again, Palm Springs 2024
14. The Centenary Martini
15. Vive Le French Gin

Cocktail Recipes and Events

1. 2019 Original Cocktail Recipes: Part 1
2. 2019 Orignal Cocktail Recipes: Part 2 – Spritzers
3. Canberra Gin Dinner Recipes December 2021
4. Canberra Centre VIP Opening Masterclass July 2017
5. Event: French Gin Degustation Dinner, November 2017
6. Event: November 16 2017 Canberra Design Festival
7. Fall Spritz at the Canberra Centre
8. Floriade Presentations 2014
9. Good Food Month Degustation Dinner in Canberra 2014
10. How it all started for me and 3 cocktail recipes (video)
11. Mulled Wine and Winter Warmers
12. Negroni Week 2019 Recipes
13. Negroni Week 2024
14. Recipe: French Gin Degustation Dinner
15. Recipe: La Martini Deluxe
16. Recipe: The Bardot
17. The Cold Light Martini & Play
18. World Record Gin Tasting event Canberra 2020
19. It’s a Wrap: World Martini Day Dinner 2016

Reviews

1. 5 Melbourne Cocktail Bars (reviews)
2. 24 Australian Craft Gins tasting notes – 2019
3. 24 Australian Craft Gins tasting notes – 2018
4. 24 Australian Craft Gins tasting notes – 2017
5. 36S Single Malt Whisky 
6. 36S Rakia
7. 36S Blood Orange Gin 
8. 495 Russian Vodka
9. Applewood Distillery Gin
10. Antipodes Gin
11. Archie Rose Signature Dry Gin
12. Aussie Tipple Company Range 
13. Bareksten Navy Strength Gin Special Guest Contributor – Jens
14. Beachtree Distilling Co. Gins 
15. Blood Moon Tonic
16. Blue Bottle Gin
17. Berlin Brandstifter Gin
18. Bass + Flinders Gin
19. Botanic Australis Gin
20. Brooklyn Gin Special Guest Contributor – Jens
21. Brunswick Aces – non Alcoholic spirits
22. Black Market Cocktail Bar Special Guest Contributor – M
23. Blind Tiger Organic Gin
24. Casa Noble Tequila – Blanco (Part 1) Special Guest Contributor – Chris
25. Casa Noble Tequila – Part 2 Special Guest Contributor – Chris
26. Canberra Distillery, Original Release
27. Catcher & Co Bathtub Gin
28. Causes and Cures Semi-Dry Vermouth 2017
29. Causes and Cures Vermouths
30. Cure Tonic Syrups
31. Dasher and Fisher Gins 
32. Diamond Glacier 33 Vodka
33. Everleigh Premixed Cocktails
34. Ferdinand Saar Dry Gin 
35. Fleurieu Distillery – River’s End Whisky  Special Guest Contributor – Chris
36. Fire Drum Vodka
37. Forty Spotted Gin
38. Forty Spotted Gin Summer Release 
39. Four Pillars Dry Gin
40. Garden Tiger Gin
41. Gin Loot Subscription Pack
42. Grasslands Gin
43. G Gin special guest contributor -Jens
44. Harahon Norwegian Small Batch Gin  special guest contributor -Jens
45. Hernö Pink BTL Gin special guest contributor -Jens
46. Headland’s Distillery’s Gins and Illawarra Plum releases
47. Heavy Water Oz Vodka
48. Hillmartin Gin Distillery Gins 
49. Hobart No.4 Gin
50. Imbue Distillery Gin Range
51. Japanese Gin
52. Jensen’s Bermondsey London dry gin
53. Kangaroo Island Vodka
54. Kalki Moon Dry Australian Premium Gin
55. Karu Distillery Morita Chipotle Vodka 
56. Kyoto Distillery Kinobi Kyoto Dry Gin – part 1  Special Guest Contributor – Simon
57. Kyoto Distillery Kinobi Kyoto Sei Navy Strength Gin – part 2 Special Guest Contributor – Simon
58. Loch Distillery Gin Liqueur
59. Loch Gin
60. Lord Howe Island Distilling Co Gins
61. Lucky’s Bar at QT Canberra
62. Melbourne Gin Company
63. Moore’s Vintage Dry Gin
64. Molly Speakeasy Bar Canberra 
65. McHenry Classic Dry Gin
66. McHenry Federation Gin
67. Maidenii Dry Vermouth
68. Mr Black coffee liqueur
69. NB Gin 
70. NB Vodka
71. Nonesuch Distillery Sloe Gin
72. Nonesuch Distillery Dry Gin
73. Norrbottens Distilleri Mountain Dry Gin  Special Guest Contributor Jens
74. Occitan London Dry Gin
75. Orange Bitters
76. Original Spirit Company Dry Gin 
77. Pink Moon Saloon Special Guest Contributor – Scarlet Decoy
78. Prohibition Bathtub Cut Gin
79. QT Lucky’s Bar Hotel Canberra 2014
80. Sakurao Gin Original Special Guest Contributor – Simon
81. Sandy Gray Gin 
82. Santa Fe Spirits Wheeler’s Gin
83. Seacliff Vodka 
84. Settler’s Artisan Rare Dry Gin
85. St. George Spirits 
86. Stone Pine Gin
87. Stockholms Bränneri Dry Gin Special Guest Contributor -Jens
88. Stockholms Bränneri Dry Gin – Navy Strength Special Guest Contributor -Jens
89. Stockholms Bränneri Oak Gin Special Guest Contributor -Jens
90. StrangeLove Tonic Waters
91. Summerleas Distillery Strength Gin 
92. Tanlines Distillery Spirits 
93. Tasmanian Tonic Water Company
94. Tempus Two Gins
95. The Everleigh Pre-Mixed Cocktail range
96. The Botanist Gin Special Guest Contributor -Jens 
97. The Barbershop, Sydney Special Guest Contributor  – Scarlet Decoy
98. The Canberra Distillery Gin
99. The Lawrenny Range
100. The Retiring Gin
101. The West Winds Cutlass Gin
102. The West Winds Gin- Maidenii Voyage Release
103. Threefold Gin
104. Tonic Waters available in Australia(and a quick history)
105. Truffle Mad Gin 
106. Underground Spirits Gin and Vodka 
107. Unexpected Guest Distillery Gins  
108. Vive La French Gin 
109. Vestal Vodka
110. Vicar’s Son Gin Range 
111. Wheeler’s Western Dry Gin
112. Windspiel Premium Dry Gin Special Guest Contributor -Jens
113. Winter Warmers and Mulled Wine 
114. Wildbrumby Stallion Navy Strength Gin 
115. Young Henrys Noble Cut Gin
116. X-Gin

Insights

1. It’s a wrap for 2022! and top five Martinis of the year
2. A Tale of Seven American Martinis
3. Australian Gins: the State of Play 2020
4. Craft Stillmakers in Australia
5. Cocktail and Distillery Tour of Japan in September 2019
6. Cocktail Shakers + Mixers 101
7. Cameo on Real Housewives of Melbourne
8. Dry Vermouth
9. Dry July and other adventures! July 2018
10. Ecosystem in Adelaide for craft spirits and cocktail bars 
11. February 2024 Update
12. Hospopreneur Podcast Episodes  – February 018 – guest contributor -James
13. Hospopreneur Podcast Episodes  – March 2018 – guest contributor -James
14. Hospopreneur Podcast Episodes – May 2018 – guest contributor -James
15. Hospopreneur Podcast Episodes– June 2018 – guest contributor -James
16. Hospopreneur Podcast Episodes – July 2018 – guest contributor- James
17. Hospopreneur Podcast Episodes – August 2018 – guest contributor- James
18. How to Drink
19. Hollywood Nights
20. Ice, Ice, Baby
21. Introducing Masters of Distilling Promotional Reel
22. Is Winter the perfect season for a Martini? 
23. James Bond and his Martinis
24. Japanese Gin List
25. Judging the Perth Royal Distilled Spirits Awards 2019
26. Juniper for the Gin  special guest contributor – Gavin from Archie Rose Distillery 
27. Influencers and the Australian Distilling Industry Part 1
28. Interview: ABC Radio Canberra 2018
29. Martini Garnishes
30. Martini Masterclass Captured Graphically!
31. Martini Diplomacy: Berlin
32. Martini Diplomacy: Oman
33. Musing on the Martini 
34. New Zealand Craft Spirits Awards 2019 
35. My Top Five Martini Experiences for 2018
36. My Top Five Martini Experiences for 2019
37. My Top Five Martini Experiences for 2020
38. My Top Five Martini Experiences for 2024 
39. Orange Bitters
40. Six Martini Pitfalls
41. There and Back again: Palm Springs Adventures 2024
42. The Six Types of Martini (and no, they’re not what you think they are)
43. The Dry Martini
44. The Espresso Martini
45. The Dirty Martini
46. TEDx Canberra preview
47. TEDx Canberra- The Martini Presentation update
48. TEDx talk: The cultural history of the Martini
49. Thoughts on Melbourne Service
50. Tokyo Gin Festival 2019 Special Guest Contributor – Simon
51. 2019 Tokyo World Gin Day Festival Part 1 of 2 Special Guest Contributor – Simon
52. The 101 on Rum and the next big trend
53. The Four Facets of a Great Martini
54. US Modernist Radio Live and YouTube news – 31 March 2020
55. US Modernist Interview in Palm Springs 2024
56. US Modernist 2nd Interview August 2024 
57. Visiting Joadja Distillery 
58. What’s in a Glass?
59. What to look for in Whisky Trends
60. Vodka Martinis
61. Why Gin Martinis?
62. World Martini Day Competition
63. World Gin Day 2015
64. World Gin Day 2016 Dinner
65. World Gin Day Dinner 2017
66. World Martini Day Essay 2016
67. World Martini Day 2020
68. World Gin Day 2021 with Antipodes Gin
69. World Gin Day 2022
70. World Gin Day 2024

Old Stuff 

1. 2019 Australian Gin Advent Calendar
2. 2018 Australian Gin Advent Calendar
3. 2017 Australian Gin Advent CalendarAustralian Drinks Festival July 2016
4. 2018- A year of highlights!
5. 2017 and all that Jazz
6. Australian Distillers making hand sanitiser 
7. Canberra Martini Survey 2016
8. Canberra Cocktail Bar List  updated 5 January 2020
9. Cocktail and Distillery Tour of Japan in September 2019
10. Exclusive Martini Whisperer Face masks
11. Giveaway Competition: Three Fold Gin (January 2020)
12. Cocktail and Distillery Tour of Japan in September 2019
13. Exclusive Martini Whisperer Face masks
14. Floriade Presentations 2014
15. Good Food Month Degustation Dinner in Canberra 2014
16. Giveaway Competition: Three Fold Gin (January 2020)
17. Top 5 Melbourne Martinis 2012
18. Top Shelf Boutique Drinks Show Melbourne 2014
19. Top 10 Melbourne Cocktail Bars list Part 1
20. Top 10 Melbourne Cocktail Bars list Part 2