Cocktails and spirits
We found the ultimate proseccos for a spritz (including one from Aldi for $12)
And if you like pet nat, try the bottle-fermented cousin of regular prosecco, which has bolder aromas and a deeper flavour, as if the volume has been turned up.
- Mike Bennie
Where to drink, dine and spend to help hospitality reeling from bushfires
As farmers, winemakers and brewers take stock of what’s been lost, others are rallying to make it easy for people to spend in ways that help devastated businesses across Victoria.
- Dani Valent
We asked Good Food’s Bar of the Year for a summer-friendly alternative to eggnog
Forget the heavy eggnog. For an Australian Christmas, trade the fireside milk punch for this refreshing “eggnot” from Silver’s Motel. Festive, but far lighter.
- 30 mins - 1 hr
- Michael Chiem
Good Food’s Bar of the Year shares how to make Christmas punch that’s actually good
Michael Chiem, from Sydney’s Silver’s Motel and PS40, suggests making this sweet, sour and spicy punch ahead so you can get drinks in hands quickly. Plus, he has a clever tip for keeping it icy cold.
- 30 mins - 1 hr
- Michael Chiem
Who is drinking all the pornstar martinis?
More Aussies look up the recipe for this noughties-era drink than a Daiquiri. Here’s why it’s back and why you may be drinking it without even knowing.
- Erina Starkey
The 90-year-old Rozelle distillery changing perceptions about Aussie rum
A forgotten rum from 1933 has been brought back to life – and bartenders and restaurants like Eleven Barrack, Firedoor and Sixpenny can’t get it on their shelves fast enough.
- Erina Starkey
From tacky to trendy: The Appletini cocktail is back to shake things up this summer
It’s bobbing up on drinks lists everywhere from pubs to hatted fine diners – but not quite as you may remember it. Plus, how to make your own at home.
- Fred Siggins
Euro-summer comes to Cronulla with Athenian wine bar Homer
Family meals, $38 carafes of wine and a lo-fi modern aesthetic – meet Cronulla’s coolest new restaurant.
- Bianca Hrovat
A whisky collector, PS40 bartender and bottle of Ice Magic walk into a new bar ...
Pack up the Kingswood and head to Silver’s Motel in Enmore to relive the great Aussie road trip.
- Bianca Hrovat
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Renowned New York bar to open two Australian venues this year – and they’re not pop-ups
A leader of the craft cocktail scene with four locations across the US, has chosen Australia for its first step towards global drinks domination.
- Kosa Monteith