Put simply you can’t have a Martini without Vermouth. Bringing together these diverse ingredients was genius and I’m sure there…
From all the way from North Queensland comes a Gin that embraces everything the region has to offer. I discovered…
We’re living in a golden age of Australian Gin. From hardly any quality spirits to speak of a few years…
I had the pleasure of showing Jeremy Spencer, Director of Sales, Booze & Buccaneering from West Winds Gin who was in…
Is it time to end the excuses and expect more service-wise from the capital’s bars and restaurants? But before I…
Well there is a first time for everything. Since I started this blog I’ve made lots of new connections in…
In early February I got behind the bar for a change on the invitation of the lovely & glamorous team…
Each Martini is unique, and each bar & mixologist will approach them differently. Plus as any Martini drinker around town…
Updated 1 March 2021 Rum has a very long history in the white experience of Australia, going back to the…
Necessity being the mother of invention they say, so this cocktail I came up with on the fly one recent…
In this post i want to explore a key part of the Martini that is sometimes an after-thought but can…
Last Updated 1 March 2021 To sit along side the lists of Australian Rum, Gin and Vodka and Vermouth here on the…
It was thanks to the inestimable Gin Palace in Melbourne earlier this year that I discovered this excellent Gin which…
This post is a review of a unsolicited product provided by Quantum Spirits Australia. If you read my recent review…
The new Gin represents very well the new era of a confident and polished Australian Gin style that draws on local inspiration…
There’s nothing worse than being thirsty for a Martini or Negroni in this town. So this list might be handy.…
This review is of unsolicited products supplied by Kangaroo Island Spirits. Now this will be interesting, I’m a Gin man as a…
LAST UPDATED 8 FEBRUARY 2021 A well made G &T is one of the gifts of Western Civilisation to the world.…
Any fool can get drunk. But as I’ve said on occasion, you’re not drinking a Martini to do that. It deserves better…
Just thought I’d let you know what’s in the pipeline for the blog. But first, its been fantastic to see the…