Welcome back to another instalment of Wait, wait — just how much does a cocktail cost?
We’ve previously looked at the pricing of drinks in Victoria’s best bars (in 2024 and in 2025), and the price of a cocktail in NSW in 2024.
We’ll have updates for those states soon, but today we’ve got our first survey of cocktail listings from the Boothby Best Bars QLD Awards Top 30.
Behind the login wall below, you’ll find:
- the results from surveying 393 cocktails from across 24 lists drawn from the 30 best bars in Queensland (according to bartenders);
- the average size of a cocktail list at these bars;
- the average price of a cocktail in Brisbane;
- the top 10 brands with the most listings;
- the top-listed Australian brand;
- the top spirits suppliers with the most listings in Queensland’s best bars;
- the ingredients listed most often.
Let’s get into it.
