'It really gets quite filthy': the dirty martini is Sydney's new favourite drink
The opening of Bar Planet in Newtown heralds a new age of martini madness.
Cocktails & spirits
Four Pillars ready to open Australia's largest gin-focused distillery in Healesville
Expect a bar partly made from waste pineapple fibre, a "chai river" and G&Ts on tap when Four Pillars opens its new-look distillery next week.
Three aperitifs to get the party started
Wet your whistle with one of these intriguing aperifs.
Japanese favourite, sake, gains a toehold in Australia
Australians are falling in love with sake, the intriguing Japanese beverage with a long history.
Deep dive: Four piscos and a local version to try
A group of South Australian winemakers have pooled their skills to make a South American-inspired white grape spirit they've dubbed "Gordito".
What to expect at Four Pillars' shiny new cellar door
Good Food gets an early look at the $6 million project at Victoria's best-known gin distillery in Healesville.
Canned heat: Three locally made hard seltzers and spritzes to try
Tasty, portable and perfect for picnics, canned spritzes and seltzers are gaining a following. Here are three to try.
Drinks to go: Three cocktails pre-made by experts
Pre-made cocktails are here to stay, delivering all the flavour and class, minus the hard work.
180 years later, Ballarat's sly grog comes clean
Polly O'Shea may be a fictional character, but that didn't stop the team at Sovereign Hill making a gin in her honour.
Agave ahoy: Mezcal takes off in Australia – plus six ways to try it
Bars and restaurants devoted to mezcal and top-quality agave-based spirits are popping up all over Melbourne and Sydney, largely thanks to mezcal mavericks who go the distance to bring the rare drops to Australia.
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