We love a bit of drink history, and the story goes like this. Sometimes referred to as ‘Cuba Libre Del Pobre’ or poor man’s Cuba Libre, you could be forgiven for thinking that the Cubans came up with it.
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An equal parts combination of gin, manzanilla or fino sherry and Lillet with a couple of dashes of orange bitters, it’s essentially a martini with training wheels – lower in ABV, floral, with a lick of salinity and juicy citrus notes.
Last September, Nick King and Anna Wealands opened Olivette, a unique speakeasy in regional NSW that channels the glitz and glamour of the 1920s while celebrating their mutual love for whisky, cocktails, and genuine hospitality.
“The cocktails feature native/foraged ingredients from Dee Why surrounds and take guests on a journey through classic styles of drinking in our own ULLO way.”
Ice cream in cocktails actually has quite a venerable history. It’s unsurprising that the US, home of the soda parlour, was an early adopter. William Schmidt’s ‘The Flowing Bowl’, which was published in 1892, included quite a few ice cream cocktails, including the brandy and rum-laced Glorious Fourth.
Rewind to early September 2023, and the internet was abuzz. Multiple YouTube channels, Instagram pages, TikTok and Punch magazine all started talking about a ‘new clarification technique, with no acid!’
Some classics would simply not be the drinks they are without the cocktail bitters. Think Old Fashioned, the Trinidad Sour, and the two we have included here – the Pegu Club and the Champagne cocktail.
Tucano’s have recently launched a brand new drinks menu and this one from Bec Bayley is a delicious sherry-forward strawberry refresher that will fly over the bar. Pop in and say hi over the summer!
For this month’s Threeway, The House of Angostura teamed up with the folks at Tucano’s to showcase a selection of cocktails highlighting the bar’s signature spirit – rum and their favourite go-to ingredient Angostura Bitters.
Nowadays, a fluffy halo from the use of egg white (or alternative) is also expected, but this did not actually come until later – in 1922 Robert Vermiere advocated for the use of “a few drops of white of egg” to improve the cocktail
What better way to up your espresso martini game than with the new look Kraken Roast Coffee from The Kraken Black Spiced Rum?
While the wine list is carefully constructed, there is still room for cocktails. One of the crowd-favourite cocktails Strawberry Old Fashioned, a fusion of Strawberry-infused whiskey, agave and bitters.