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Sam Bygrave

Sam Bygrave is the editor and founder of Boothby Media, where he writes, shoots, and talks about bars, bartenders and drinks online and in Boothby’s quarterly print magazine.

This $70 Baller Highball at Old Mate’s Place plucks water from the air

Japanese whisky and a unique water are key elements of the drink.

By Sam Bygrave

/ 28 Nov 2023

Oscar Smith, general manager at Old Mate's Place in Sydney. Photo: Boothby

Sean Baxter shows us how to shelly (and explains how Oyster Shell Gin is actually made)

There’s no elegant way to do this — and that’s the point.

By Sam Bygrave

/ 24 Nov 2023

Sean Baxter shows us how to shelly (and explains how Oyster Shell Gin is actually made)

Everything we know: What to expect when The Emerald Room opens next month

“Sydney can’t be a city built for just bankers. To go out and eat after 10pm shouldn’t be a luxury.”

By Sam Bygrave

/ 22 Nov 2023

Everything we know: What to expect when The Emerald Room opens next month

Get a look at all the photos from the 2023 Boothby Drink of the Year Awards

All the action from the second annual Drink of the Year Awards.

By Sam Bygrave

/ 21 Nov 2023

Get a look at all the photos from the 2023 Boothby Drink of the Year Awards

Here they are: the 2023 Boothby Drink of the Year Awards results

The results are in, as well as the winners of four major awards.

By Sam Bygrave

/ 20 Nov 2023

Here they are: the 2023 Boothby Drink of the Year Awards results

Everything we know: what to expect when whiskey and cocktail bar, Goodwater, opens

There’s quite the supergroup of bartenders behind it.

By Sam Bygrave

/ 17 Nov 2023

Everything we know: what to expect when whiskey and cocktail bar, Goodwater, opens

Storm Evans is the winner of the Australian round of the 2023 Patrón Perfectionists cocktail competition

The creative lead of Cantina OK! will go on to compete against the world in Mexico.

By Sam Bygrave

/ 15 Nov 2023

Storm Evans competing at El Primo Sanchez today. Photo: Christopher Pearce

“It’s really special to be able to create something with your hands,” says The Rechabite’s Benjamin Thomson

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH Japan has long inspired artists, writers, chefs and yes, bartenders. And it’s that country’s megalopolis, Tokyo, which provides the inspiration for Benjamin Thomson’s take

By Sam Bygrave

/ 13 Nov 2023

“It’s really special to be able to create something with your hands,” says The Rechabite’s Benjamin Thomson

This Paloma riff is inspired by the pinkish terracotta bricks of Toulouse

The Paloma gets Frenchified by Finn Sugrue.

By Sam Bygrave

/ 13 Nov 2023

This Paloma riff is inspired by the pinkish terracotta bricks of Toulouse

This Paloma riff from Re's Sam Cocks is inspired by the home of shio koji

Re bartender Sam Cocks dials up the umami.

By Sam Bygrave

/ 13 Nov 2023

This Paloma riff from Re's Sam Cocks is inspired by the home of shio koji

“It’s like Sunday arvo river swims.” Get Storm Evans’ riff on the classic Paloma here

How is this Paloma like a 1996 Corolla?

By Sam Bygrave

/ 11 Nov 2023

“It’s like Sunday arvo river swims.” Get Storm Evans’ riff on the classic Paloma here

Get the recipe for Leah Dunnigan’s Paloma riff, inspired by Scotland

The Bar Planet bartender brings beetroot and carrots to the party.

By Sam Bygrave

/ 11 Nov 2023

Get the recipe for Leah Dunnigan’s Paloma riff, inspired by Scotland