Category: drinks

Ms Elwood

Ms Elwood Summer Party

Summer is here and we don’t know of a better way to beat the heat, than by sipping a frozen gin & tonic from Ms Elwood. Yes, it’s a real thing, and yes you can relive your 7/11 kiddie Slurpee…

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Yarra on The Yarra At General Assembly South Wharf

  The Yarra Valley is home to some of the finest food and drink in Victoria, and now you can get a taste of it all without leaving the shores of the Yarra River, Southbank. Yes, it’s possible! You don’t…

Ballarat Beer Festival

From Ballarat to Beerllarat: craft beer in regional Victoria

The Ballarat Beer Festival provided an excellent reason to escape the city for the day and go on a mini adventure. My intrepid plus one and I boarded the V-Line with a number of other Melbourne based beer enthusiasts for…

Canadian Club Racquet Club pops up at the Australian Open

Canadian Club and summer go hand in hand, honestly, what could be better than a thirst crushing CC, lime & dry under the sun? Well, the Canadian Club Racquet Club is here to make all those summer dreams come true….

Terminus Hotel Sour Off photo - Paul Griggs

Sour Beer Smackdown at The Terminus Hotel

The Terminus Hotel didn’t let a flood warning stand in their way of celebrating the first weekend of summer. The team kicked off the summer drinking season with Sour-Off, their latest installment in the popular Craft Beer Showdown series. The…

Cocktail Making - Design Files & Dan Murphy's

Design Files X Dan Murphy’s Cocktail Making

Good design and good cocktails…do we really need anything else in life? The Design Files teamed up with Dan Murphy’s at the recent Open House pop-up to present an exhilarating evening of cocktail creation and design. It was an immersive…

Rain or shine, it’s gin time!

Melbourne: your dedication to drinking gin knows no bounds. Thunder, lighting, and sideways rain won’t stand in the way of a good gin and tonic. Juniperlooza, Melbourne’s first gin festival, kicked off with sunny skies on a warm Saturday afternoon…

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Enter The Dragon with Moutai

What’s the most consumed spirit in the world? Vokda? Whisky? Rum? Turns out the answer is Baijiu, (pronounced “bye-joe”) a traditional Chinese alcoholic drink. The spirit is in a category of its own, like whisky or gin. So the flavour…

Bombay Sapphire Project Botanicals

Bombay Sapphire Project Botanicals

It’s an exciting time of year when The Plus Ones hear of the new Project Botanicals popup by Bombay Sapphire Gin. After all, we have been attending these parties for over 4 years and love to see how they have…

Jack Daniels Barrel House

Jack Daniel’s Barrel House Pop Up at Southbank

  Southern hospitality has arrived at Southbank with the annual Jack Daniel’s Barrel House pop up. We got a taste of the venue, festivities, and Jack’s finest at the launch event. The purpose made pop up has some real down…