The Old Fashioned is a simple drink, with just the spirit base (in this case the delicious Angostura 1919 Rum), sugar and bitters (Piccolo uses a 50/50 blend of Angostura Orange Bitters and Angostura Aromatic Bitters), so this is a drink where the spirit really shines.
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It can be easy to point to the influx of drinkers and bartenders from the States during Prohibition, but cocktails were already part of Cuban culture. The natural bounty of the island lends itself to cocktails – fresh fruits galore and, of course, sugar cane (ergo, rum).
Here are three cocktails from the team members Martin McConnell, Magnus Moore and Liam Murphy as well as an interview with co-owner Pete Hollands about the state of the Brisbane bar scene and what’s next for them in 2023.
The late and great Gary Regan championed the Clover Club and featured in his cocktail tome the Joy of Mixology. Cocktail Bill Boothby’s World Drinks and How To Mix Them featured five variations of the Clover Club.
Rescued from relative obscurity by the craft cocktail revolution, the Negroni is now a fixture on ‘most popular’ and ‘need to know’ lists worldwide and even my local pub, not renowned for its mixology, is happy to whip one up.
Rick Tose from The Koutetsu in Newcastle reached out with one of his recipes, a classically styled drink featuring some of our favourites – rye whisky, Averna and Picon Biere.
Check out this new video of The Baxter Inn Head Bartender, Leah Dunnigan, mixing up the Headlights cocktail, from the new list
We teamed up with some of Australia’s finest cocktail venues to chat about what makes the best cocktail whiskey, and to bring you a collection of curated cocktails created using Bushmills Black Bush Irish Whiskey.
Brandy’s raisiny richness has always been something to return to in the colder months; a comforting hug. You can drink it neat, of course, but when it comes to mixed drinks there are really only two seminal brandy cocktails: the Brandy Crusta and the Sidecar
Despite the widespread belief that the Margarita is the national drink of Mexico, the Paloma takes the crown. This year Maestro Dobel Tequila has teamed up with two of Australia’s most innovative venues, to bring you two creative twists on the Paloma cocktail.
Blasphemy Coffee Whisky lends itself perfectly to the classy Boulevardier cocktail. The chocolatey bitterness of coffee is often paired with Campari in cocktails, and Blasphemy brings those big flavours together in this whisky-forward take on the Negroni.
“If it was up to me I’d have a shrub in half my drinks. I think a bit of vinegar helps add a lovely tang to a lot of cocktails, especially sours. When you make a sour with a shrub it gives you an extra thick foam with a luxurious mouthfeel.” – Ian Guthrie of J&M’s in Sydney