Over the last few weeks, we have been visiting the talented top 25 bartenders in Espolòn Afterlife To The Bone cocktail competition; we have visited nine cities across two weeks, talking to them about where they get their ideas from, how they turn them into reality, and why it is they do what they do.

And we got some really great stories from it.

Below, you’ll get their recipes, see their drinks and can watch them talking about their process. It is a great representation of the good work being done in bars around Australia.

Summer Cup Sieté by Anneliese Grazioli

Bar Kokomo, Darwin

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Crusta Rhymes, The Rebellion by Ben Hardy

Black Pearl, Fitzroy

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Sweet Embrace by Bertie Boekemann

Now & Then, Sydney

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Maria Pickford by Callum McKay

Bar Brutus, Brisbane

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Ramon Tingle by Christian King

Charlie's of Darwin, Darwin

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Puentes by Elisa Rodrigues

Maybe Mae, Adelaide

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Nonno Mario by Elisabetta Luppi

Lui Bar, Melbourne

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Maestro's Pearl by Emre Bilgin

Maybe Sammy, Sydney

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El Regreso by Georgia Gresham

Maker, Brisbane

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New Jalisco Knickerbocker

Trap., Adelaide

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Gallo Feroz by Jack Turner

Rude Boy, Hobart

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Spur Reviver by Jarah Retana

La Prima at El Primo Sanchez, Sydney

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Hundreds & Thousands Souls by Jax Thai

Rude Boy, Hobart

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Rebel Yell by Kitty Gardner

Caretaker's Cottage, Melbourne

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Bonito Bonito by Kyoka Ishioka

Kuro Bar & Dining, Sydney

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Better Red Than Dead by Mahbub Hasan

Apollonia, Sydney

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Homebound by Navarre Fenwick

Black Pearl, Melbourne

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The Gruber by Nelson Forchini

Lui Bar, Melbourne

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Daemon by Quinn Zuo

Apollonia, Sydney

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Duke Returns by Reuben Beasley-Palmer

Society Restaurant, Melbourne

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Casa Club by Riley Horspool

Bobeche, Perth

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Azure Memoria by Sofie McKeever-Ford

Apollonia, Sydney

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Vida Nueva by Thomas Egan

Nineteen Ten, Adelaide

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Never Viva by Thomas Svensson

Boston Shaker Bar, Mooloolaba

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Max's End by Tom Joseph

Mejico, Sydney

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