Review: The West Winds Cutlass Gin

From a part of Australia not known for its subtlety comes a Gin that takes no prisoners. If it was anyone that broke open the export market for Australian Gin it was the team from The West Winds in Western Australia. Looking back not even three or fours years back, you’d be hard pressed to

Review: Molly

I had the pleasure of showing Jeremy Spencer, Director of Sales, Booze & Buccaneering from West Winds Gin who was in town for the first time around some of the bar highlights several weeks back.  We’d not met before, but had collaborated last year when I created the Centenary Martini, so like any local you want to show

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The Centenary Martini

Eleven years ago I was asked to create a special cocktail to help mark Canberra’s 100th Birthday: the Centenary Martini. Also known as The Centini. It has two versions, the Northside and the Southside and uses special ingredients sourced from around Australia, and aims to distil the essence of our wonderful city in a glass. I used