This page will point you to all the over 200 articles on the website.

Note, I also publish daily on Instagram to keep things lively, plus articles on my facebook page and an article here on the website weekly- so make sure you follow me there as well.

I’ve grouped the posts into three categories, Reviews, Insights and Various.

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 and suggestions for future articles, and if you’ve interested in becoming a contributor too or are a distiller and have a release you’d like reviewed, please contact me.

Phillip

Last updated 17 September 2020

Handy Pages

1. 2020 Events updated 17 September 2020
2. August 2020 News and Update 
3. Australian Rum updated 17 September 2020
4. Australian Vodka updated 4 September 2020
5. Australian Single Malt, Rye + Blended Whisky updated 1 August 2020
6. Australian Gin   updated 17 September 2020
7. Australian Vermouth List  updated 1 August 2020
8. Australian Distillers making hand sanitiser updated 9 June 2020
9. About Tonic Water + Reviews (plus what’s available in Australia) updated 27 May 2020
10. Buying Australian Spirits Online updated 15 May 2020
11. Canberra Cocktail Bar Directory  updated 15 May 2020
12. Events and other Services
13. Japanese Gin updated 22 June 2019
14. Martini Whisperer YouTube Channel  (external channel)
15. Media Appearances, podcasts, interviews etc updated 8 August 2020
16. New Zealand Gins updated 1 October 2019

Various

1. 2019 Australian Gin Advent Calendar
2. 2018 Australian Gin Advent Calendar
3. 2017 Australian Gin Advent Calendar
4. 10 Gins for the Commercial Bar
5. 10 Australian Spirits to Know 
6. Australian Drinks Festival July 2016
7. Bespoke Martinis, Events and other services
8. Buying Australian Spirits Online  
9. Canberra Cocktail Bar List  updated 5 January 2020
10. Canberra Centre VIP Opening Masterclass July 2017
11. Canberra Martini Survey 2016
12. Cocktail and Distillery Tour of Japan in September 2019
13. Consulting Services
14. Dry Vermouths in Australia
15. Events and Other Services
16. Event: French Gin Degustation Dinner, November 2017
17. Event: November 16 2017 Canberra Design Festival
18. Floriade Presentations 2014
19. Good Food Month Degustation Dinner in Canberra 2014
20. Giveaway Competition: Three Fold Gin (January 2020)
21. It’s a Wrap: World Martini Day Day Dinner 2016
22. Japanese Gin List updated June 22 2019
23. Martini Appreciation Soirees + Masterclass events
24. Martini: A Memoir
25. Mulled Wine and Winter Warmers
26. New Australian Gin Book 
27. New Zealand Gin List updated 15 May 2019
28. Orange Bitters
29. Top 5 Melbourne Martinis
30. The 10 Must-have Gins for home
31. Top Shelf Boutique Drinks Show Melbourne 2014
32. The Centenary Martini
33. Two Special Upcoming Events  February 2018
34. Vive Le French Gin

Reviews

1. 2019 Tokyo World Gin Day Festival Part 1 of 2 Special Guest Contributor – Simon
2. 5 Melbourne Cocktail Bars (reviews)
3. 24 Australian Craft Gins tasting notes – 2019
4. 24 Australian Craft Gins tasting notes – 2018
5. 24 Australian Craft Gins tasting notes – 2017
6. 36S Rakia
7. 36S Blood Orange Gin 
8. Applewood Distillery Gin
9. Antipodes Gin
10. Archie Rose Signature Dry Gin
11. Aussie Tipple Company Range 
12. Bareksten Navy Strength Gin Special Guest Contributor – Jens
13. Blood Moon Tonic
14. Blue Bottle Gin
15. Berlin Brandstifter Gin
16. Bass + Flinders Gin
17. Botanic Australis Gin
18. Brooklyn Gin Special Guest Contributor – Jens
19. Brunswick Aces – non Alcoholic spirits
20. Black Market Cocktail Bar Special Guest Contributor – M
21. Blind Tiger Organic Gin
22. Casa Noble Tequila – Blanco (Part 1) Special Guest Contributor – Chris
23. Casa Noble Tequila – Part 2 Special Guest Contributor – Chris
24. Catcher & Co Bathtub Gin
25. Causes and Cures Semi Dry Vermouth 2017
26. Causes and Cures Vermouths
27. Dasher and Fisher Gins 
28. Diamond Glacier 33 Vodka
29. Everleigh Premixed Cocktails
30. Ferdinand Saar Dry Gin 
31. Fleurieu Distillery – River’s End Whisky  Special Guest Contributor – Chris
32. Fire Drum Vodka
33. Forty Spotted Gin
34. Forty Spotted Gin Summer Release 
35. Four Pillars Dry Gin
36. Garden Tiger Gin
37. Grasslands Gin
38. G Gin special guest contributor -Jens
39. Harahon Norwegian Small Batch Gin  special guest contributor -Jens
40. Hernö Pink BTL Gin special guest contributor -Jens
41. Headland’s Distillery’s Gins and Illawarra Plum releases
42. Heavy Water Oz Vodka
43. Hobart No.4 Gin
44. Imbue Distillery Gin Range
45. Japanese Gin
46. Jensen’s Bermondsey London dry gin
47. Kangaroo Island Vodka
48. Kalki Moon Dry Australian Premium Gin
49. Kyoto Distillery Kinobi Kyoto Dry Gin – part 1  Special Guest Contributor – Simon
50. Kyoto Distillery Kinobi Kyoto Sei Navy Strength Gin – part 2 Special Guest Contributor – Simon
51. Loch Distillery Gin Liqueur
52. Loch Gin
53. Lucky’s Bar at QT Canberra
54. Melbourne Gin Company
55. Moore’s Vintage Dry Gin
56. Molly Speakeasy Bar Canberra 
57. McHenry Classic Dry Gin
58. McHenry Federation Gin
59. Maidenii Dry Vermouth
60. Mr Black coffee liqueur
61. NB Gin 
62. NB Vodka
63. Nonesuch Distillery Sloe Gin
64. Nonesuch Distillery Dry Gin
65. Norrbottens Distilleri Mountain Dry Gin  Special Guest Contributor Jens
66. Orange Bitters
67. Original Spirit Company Dry Gin 
68. Pink Moon Saloon Special Guest Contributor – Scarlet Decoy
69. Prohibition Bathtub Cut Gin
70. QT Lucky’s Bar Hotel Canberra 2014
71. Sakurao Gin Original Special Guest Contributor – Simon
72. Sandy Gray Gin 
73. Santa Fe Spirits Wheeler’s Gin
74. Seacliff Vodka 
75. Settler’s Artisan Rare Dry Gin
76. St. George Spirits 
77. Stone Pine Gin
78. Stockholms Bränneri Dry Gin Special Guest Contributor -Jens
79. Stockholms Bränneri Dry Gin – Navy Strength Special Guest Contributor -Jens
80. Stockholms Bränneri Oak Gin Special Guest Contributor -Jens
81. StrangeLove Tonic Waters
82. Tasmanian Tonic Water Company
83. The Everleigh Pre-Mixed Cocktail range
84. The Botanist Gin Special Guest Contributor -Jens 
85. The Barbershop, Sydney Special Guest Contributor  – Scarlet Decoy
86. The Canberra Distillery Gin
87. The Lawrenny Range
88. The Retiring Gin
89. The West Winds Cutlass Gin
90. The West Winds Gin- Maidenii Voyage Release
91. Threefold Gin (new in 2020)
92. Tonic Waters available in Australia(and a quick history)
93. Top 10 Melbourne Cocktail Bars list Part 1
94. Top 10 Melbourne Cocktail Bars list Part 2
95. Underground Spirits Gin and Vodka 
96. Wheeler’s Western Dry Gin
97. Windspiel Premium Dry Gin Special Guest Contributor -Jens
98. X-Gin
99. Vestal Vodka
100. Wildbrumby Stallion Navy Strength Gin 
101. Young Henrys Noble Cut Gin
102. Vive Le French Gin

Insights

1. 2019 Original Cocktail Recipes: Part 1
2. 2019 Orignal Cocktail Recipes: Part 2 – Spritzers
3. 2019 – What to expect
4. 2018- A year of highlights!
5. 2017 and all that Jazz
6. How it all started and 3 cocktail recipes (video)
7. Cocktail and Distillery Tour of Japan in September 2019
8. What’s coming up February to June 2019
9. A Tale of Seven American Martinis
10. Cameo on Real Housewives of Melbourne
11. Ecosystem in Adelaide for craft spirits and cocktail bars 
12. What to look for in Whisky Trends
13. Dry July and other adventures! July 2018
14. Hospopreneur Podcast Episodes  – February 018 – guest contributor -James
15. Hospopreneur Podcast Episodes  – March 2018 – guest contributor -James
16. Hospopreneur Podcast Episodes – May 2018 – guest contributor -James
17. Hospopreneur Podcast Episodes– June 2018 – guest contributor -James
18. Hospopreneur Podcast Episodes – July 2018 – guest contributor- James
19. Hospopreneur Podcast Episodes – August 2018 – guest contributor- James
20. How to Drink
21. James Bond and his Martinis
22. Japanese Gin List
23. Judging the Perth Royal Distilled Spirits Awards 2019
24. Juniper for the Gin  special guest contributor – Gavin
25. Judging the Perth Royal Distilled Spirits Awards 2019
26. Ice, Ice, Baby
27. Influencers and the Australian Distilling Industry Part 1
28. Interview: ABC Radio Canberra 2018
29. Makers of Australian Craft Spirits Stills
30. Martini Masterclass Captured Graphically!
31. Martini Garnishes
32. Martini Diplomacy: Berlin
33. Martini Diplomacy: Oman
34. Negroni Week 2019 Recipes
35. New Zealand Craft Spirits Awards 2019 
36. My Top Five Martinis for 2018
37. Quick Update: forthcoming reviews and events August 2017
38. Recipe: French Gin Degustation Dinner
39. Recipe: La Martini Deluxe
40. Recipe: The Bardot
41. Six Martini Pitfalls
42. TEDx Canberra preview
43. TEDx Canberra- The Martini Presentation update
44. TEDx talk: The cultural history of the Martini
45. The Cold Light Martini & Play
46. Thoughts on Melbourne Service
47. The Dry Martini
48. The Espresso Martini
49. The Dirty Martini
50. Thoughts on Canberra Service
51. Top Five Martinis for 2018
52. Top Five Martinis for 2019
53. Top Shelf Drink Festival 2014
54. Tokyo Gin Festival 2019 Special Guest Contributor – Simon
55. US Modernist Interview in Palm Springs
56. The 101 on Rum and the next big trend
57. The Four Facets of a Great Martini
58. Upcoming Reviews and other updates 2016
59. Upcoming Events and News – June 2018
60. Upcoming Events and News – April 2018
61. Upcoming Events and News– January 2018
62. Upcoming Events and News –February 2018
63. Upcoming Events and News including Dry July  – June 2018
64. Upcoming Events and News – September 2018
65. Upcoming Events and News updated 25 October 2019
66. US Modernist Radio Live and YouTube news – 31 March 2020
67. Visiting Joadja Distillery 
68. Vodka Martinis
69. What’s in a Glass?
70. What to look for in Whisky Trends
71. World Martini Day Competition
72. World Gin Day 2015
73. World Gin Day 2016 Dinner
74. World Gin Day Dinner 2017
75. World Martini Day Essay 2016
76. World Martini Day 2020
77. World Gin Day 2020 with Antipodes Gin
78. Why Gin Martinis?