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Get the recipe for Free Falling at Dean & Nancy on 22

At Dean & Nancy on 22, you’re 22 stories atop the Sydney skyline — and that plays into this inspiration for this drink.

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The Chimichurri Margarita is the apex of spicy, savoury Margs

“People love spicy margs — fact,” says Andrew McCorquodale at Disco Pantera.

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The Jack of All Trades is a drink we love

An after dinner stunner from Edward Quatermass at Dr Gimlette.

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Get the Sea Water Martini recipe at Etta Dining

Dashi, muscadet, and oyster water in this seaworthy Vesper riff.

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Perry Davis’ Painkiller at Frog’s Hollow is a drink we love

Liam Murphy's flavourful punch that will have you coming back for more.

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This Nectarine Cavalier is a drink we love

The drink from Gimlet’s Lachlan Bentley is one of the best this year.

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This Champagne Old Fashioned is a tricked up bourbon & Coke you’ll love

A little absinthe goes a long way.

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The Matcha Fizz from James Irvine is a drink we love

It’s pouring now at JAM Record Bar, and is one of the best drinks of 2024.

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Luca Baioni’s Breakfast in Milano is a drink we love

The co-owner and bartender at Latteria in Adelaide has put together Milk Punch stunner.

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Get Dale Schoon’s recipe for the Pornstar Spritz

When two drinks collide, Earl’s Juke Joint edition.

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Ellery Low’s Bourbon & Passionfruit cocktail is a drink we love

The former Maker bar manager has made one of the best drinks of 2024.

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Get the recipe for Elisa Rodrigues' Electric Blue

Blue drinks from Maybe Mae in Adelaide? Count us in.

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Go Pool Side at Maybe Sammy with a drink we love

This tall glass of delicious is one of the 50 best drinks in 2024.

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This Caspar Milquetoast cocktail is anything but bland

It’s the signature drink from new Brisbane bar, Milquetoast.

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Could this West Side Rumos be the drink of the summer?

It’s the Ramos riff that shouldn’t be as delicious as it is.

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Get the recipe for The Gilda Martini at Oncore by Clare Smyth

The Dirty Martini gets elevated.

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Get the recipe for Anchovy Toast from Andy Chu

The One Or Two bartender and owner has one of the best drinks of 2024.

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Get Sam Kirk’s recipe for Passion Pop

Inspired by the classic low fi bottling, this one’s a whole lot more delicious.

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The Yuzu & Flowers at The Waratah is a non-alc we love

You don’t miss the alcohol in this flavoursome sipper from Tom Opie.

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Get the recipe for INXS at PS40

The Pornstar Martini gets the PS40 treatment.

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Get the recipe for this Peach & Tomato Gimlet

This recipe from flavour maker Matt Whiley is a “savoury take on a classic Gimlet,” he says. Found on the Re list before the bar closed earlier this year — they’re currently looking ofr a new site on which to open — the drink swaps in “a vinegar for acidity using

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Get the recipe for Homegrown at Sante Cocktail Bar

The Toowoomba cocktail bar has been delighting drinks fans for years.

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Get Jack Connor’s nostalgic take on an Australian icy-pole

Queensland sees its fair share of Cyclones; this one is delicious.

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Get Tom Opie’s Hunter Valley inspired recipe for Earth & Rain

The Waratah is firmly rooted in a sense of place. Opening at the end of 2023, last month they released the second edition of their cocktail menu upstairs (the downstairs list of three changes each week). Whereas for the opening list they drew upon producers from the far north of

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It’s a Zombie, made pink and given the Tucano’s treatment

At Surry Hills bar, Tucano’s, co-owner and bartender Steve Davis has been taking rum and tiki drinks and making them approachable, like this take on the Zombie he worked on with Tom Bulmer. “Tucano’s is all about taking the “classic” form of tiki drinking and updating those drinks