While Australia is rightly renowned as a new-world haven for just about every craft spirit under the sun, the land Down Under’s reputation for making quality whisky is quickly establishing itself as unrivalled outside of the powerhouses of Scotland, Ireland, America and Japan. Australia’s relatively small selection of distilleries has produced a number of world-beating […]
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The rise of natural drink flavours
In the December 2020 issue of National Liquor News, Brian Chase Olson investigates how natural flavours are making waves on bottle shop shelves. The ‘no drinking for the next year’ trend embodies the ideals of a New Year’s resolution more than the ‘better for you’ trend and consumers have latched onto it with conscious conviction when it comes […]
From the Distillery Floor: Macadamia Gin
It’s not all glitz and glamour in the distillery – in fact more often than not it’s pretty tedious. But it’s all worth it when creativity is able to be let loose on the distillery floor – for us, that means when we’re distilling Limited Edition Gins. We’re lucky to craft these products, and the reason we’re able to […]
Award winning Begin Gin, Australian made, Australian owned
Edgemill Group is proud to partner with all good independent liquor retailers to offer award-winning Australian Gins befitting Adam and Eve. Take a journey with us through the garden of Eden and indulge in the exotic flavours and aromas that is BeGin Gin. Distilled in Melbourne, Victoria using a traditional blend of natural botanicals, BeGin […]
SUMMER IS COCKTAILS
It’s beginning to look a lot like SUMMER. Isn’t it beautiful? Summer for us is great cocktails and bloody great fun. And you can find both here. Visit us in the Lab and let us serve you some of our favourite summer cocktails in Eileen’s Bar, or go one further and join us for a […]
Israeli Single Malt? Whisky De Mexico? The World’s Best Whiskies From Surprising Places
For most of my lifetime, whisky came from Scotland or Canada and whiskey Ireland, Kentucky or Tennessee. Yes, Japan made superlative versions, but for a long time they did not register on the radar here, and not so long ago when the craft distilling boom began, whiskies from places like the Hudson Valley seemed “exotic.” […]
Meet Mel Chester, Sutton Grange
Speaking with Mel from Sutton Grange in late Spring last year, she was heading into a busy bottling period, and getting all her ducks in a row for vintage 2021. A jill of all trades, she was offered the winemaker position as a 26-year-old, and oversees both the vineyard and winery management. A Len Evans Scholar, Gourmet Traveller […]
How To Make Your Own Amaro at Home
Learn how to make your own aperitivo with tips from Patrick Miller, who started Faccia Brutto after making his own at-home project. Often seen in stirred-and-boozy cocktails as an aperitif or neatly poured into a glass for after-dinner drinking, amaro is a staple of any home bar cart. You may recognize bottles like Fernet-Branca, Averna, […]