Sip a bit of history. Whisky & Alement are hosting an once-in-a-lifetime experience at their Bar White Oak pop-up. It took three and a half years to amass Australia’s largest collection of Japanese whisky. This is your only chance to try…
The Boilermaker is a classic cocktail that’s gaining in popularity, and Boilermaker House (the ultra-cool bar on Swanston and Lonsdale Street) knows how to showcase it to the max. The whisky-and-beer combination makes total sense once you’ve tried it —…
The idea of sitting on a rooftop in the freezing cold and rain isn’t my ideal Monday night in Melbourne. But when Loop Roof is hosting the Balvenie Moonraker telescope on the Melbourne leg of its national tour — and Balvenie…
My ephemeral history as a whisky drinker only lasted about four hours, on a night train from Edinburgh to London. The fatal combination of generous sips straight from the uber-priced bottle of Scotch and good old motion sickness had me…
If you haven’t been, the Immigration Museum is a beautiful heritage building on Flinders St. In fact, it’s one of the oldest in Melbourne. It was once where Victoria’s waves of migrants were met and processed as they stepped on…
Whisky, why are you so kind to us Melbourne folk? Does your benevolence know no limits? Why bring exclusive, fine single malts hand-picked by Adelphi Distillery to our shores, host a tasting night at Whisky & Alement, then offer us pre-orders of limited…
There’s a part of me that hopelessly pines for better whisky knowledge, but the wayward journey to whisky nirvana can be unashamedly overwhelming. However, we must start somewhere, so do as I and the Scots do: skip dinner, head to…
What do you want to do after work? Answer: sit down to a whisky flight and a charcuterie board at Boilermaker House. Tasting sessions run every Thursday, with each week featuring a different theme. Last week I found myself nestled…
World Class Cocktail Week put on dozens of jaw-droppingly cool cocktail events in Melbourne and Sydney from 25-31 May. Melburnians could choose anything from a whiskey degustation to a Bloody Mary brunch. The Plus Ones opted for the Chocolate + Rum…
As a Scot living in Melbourne, there are plenty of reasons for me to feel at home in this fair city. Living near Edinburgh Gardens, a shared love of fish and chips or generally anything fried, and in particular the…