Tag: cocktails

Boozy Brunch #12 brings Dutchess to the boozy masses

For many, it’s a Sunday sesh. For others, it’s an excuse to prink oneself to the nines. For me, Boozy Brunch is about learning. Whether it was skilfully negotiating expected versus realistic alcohol limits or improving how to optimise table…

Spring Cocktail Menu at Eau de Vie

With more bartending awards than almost all other Australian bars, it is little wonder Eau-de-Vie remains one of the hottest bars in town many years after opening. Looking for a fresh challenge, the team has devised a fresh new Spring…

Bottoms Up cocktail-making class

Cocktails have always seemed like a delicious secret to me. A fancy looking, spectacular tasting beverage that make me feel great but I’m always unable to recreate. Until I attended Chris Amon’s Cocktail Making Masterclass with Bottoms Up, that is. The award-winning…

Winning Tastes: a night of award-winning cocktails

When you start the night with a cocktail featuring a brandy aged for 15+ years, you know you’re in good hands. This is how the RASV welcomed distillers and spirit enthusiasts to their ‘ultimate cocktail hour.’ (Lucky for us, the…

Fully Booked Ladies Cocktail Night

Are you a female working in the food industry or just a foodie? Want to meet other gastronomically inclined, successful females over cocktails? I have the perfect event for you! Fully Booked is a social community for women in the…

World Class Cocktail Week: Brew Detective at Nieuw Amsterdam

Do you like tea?  Do you like drinking cocktails? Ever tried mixing them together? Nieuw Amsterdam combined our two favorite beverages at their Brew Detective event, part of Melbourne’s World Class Cocktail Week. Think of it as a tea party for grown ups—but with…

Speigelau’s launch of the Perfect Serve collection

Glassware company Spiegelau pulled out all the stops when they launched their Perfect Serve Collection. Two events — a cocktail-making class at Eau de Vie, a party at The Everleigh‘s Elk Room — were held with the eminent German bartender who designed the…

MFWF: Aperitif Masterclass at Collins Quarter

An aperitif a day keeps the doctor away, and it’s the perfect prescription for a lazy autumn afternoon. “On a scale from one to really good sex, this cocktail is just below really good sex.” The bartender immediately went red…

Speakeasy: A Night of Erotic Conversation

‘I’m going to a sex party!’ I told everyone I met. All right, so it wasn’t that kind of sex party. Rather, I was heading to the first ever Speakeasy: A Night of Erotic Conversation, hosted by erotic author Daphne…