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Onlybitters is all you need

Well, thank goodness for the interGoogles. Never before have we had so many products to play with and often all it takes is a few clicks of the mouse – and then a lengthy wait for the product to cross the seas.

Cocktail experiment: whiskey

Scotch whisky gets a lot of the world’s attention in the global spirits market. But it’s not the only game in town and when it comes to mixing drinks and creating cocktails, bartenders seem to be turning to Irish whiskey more and more – partly due to its mixability (as we’ll see below) but also because it is a category that has been underdeveloped in Australia until recently, with the arrival of Redbreast and Writer’s Tears in addition to the forthcoming Green Spot.

Think Spirits take on Del Maguey

Many a bartender in Australia has tried to track this brand down, often to no avail. Think Spirits have now secured distribution for these quality mezcals, of which a fair share of the attention given to mezcal these days can be attributed to.

Pernod Ricard seeing Green Spots

It is the lone brand to come from the ‘whiskey bonding’ era in Ireland and will be more readily available in the coming months. A single pot still Irish whiskey, it is comprised of pot still whiskeys aged between 7 and 10 years.

Moustachioed bitters smugglers from… NZ?

The fine folk at Motel in Wellington have been making bitters for their own bar, then they started handing them around their friends’ bars, now they’re smuggling (OK, importing) them here, said bitterer Tom Egerton.

Gin: jacked up on juniper

OK. Let’s get this straight from the beginning. Genever is not gin. Though gin was definitely based on the Dutch genever, genever has more in common with moonshine than it does gin.

A select new rum from Bundaberg

Building on the success of Bundaberg Select Vat Rum, Bundaberg Distilling Company’s Master Craftsmen have hand selected the next vat to be used in the premium series.