Drink Of The Year

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Shaman Bar’s Pina Colada is made the right way, and it’s their best seller

Sometimes the classics are just what you want. “[A] Pina Colada made the right way!” says Shaman Bar’s James Gregory of the drink, which is credited to Ed Quatermass,

By Boothby Staff

/ 26 Oct 2026

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Gibney’s Emerald Tonic is a non-alc with serious technique

Here’s a non-alc drink that arrives by soda siphon. “This refreshing non-alcoholic drink combines green banana syrup and a house-made parsley water prepared using the sous-

By Boothby Staff

/ 26 Oct 2026

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Latteria’s Black Cat White Cat started as a happy accident in the cool room

This drink, from Adelaide favourite Latteria, is one that started as a happy accident in the cool room. “This is the evolution of a cocktail we had on the first

By Boothby Staff

/ 26 Oct 2026

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Honeydripper’s Eavesdrop is a highball made for a listening bar

“Based on a riff of the all-time bartender favourite (the guava Cruiser),” says the drink’s creator, Josh McElhinney, of Honeydripper. Eavesdrop, he says, was “designed for a listening

By Boothby Staff

/ 26 Oct 2026

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Honeydripper’s Stokyo is a non-alc highball for when you can’t decide

Here’s a non-alc highball for when you can’t decide. “It is effectively a marriage of a booze and juice and a whisky Highball, super approachable and an

By Boothby Staff

/ 26 Oct 2026

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Bar Bar’s Mango Sticky Rice is a drink we love

Here’s a tequila drink that takes its cue from dessert. The drink’s creator is Lachlan Harrison of Bar Bar, and it’s “inspired by two of Lachy’s

By Boothby Staff

/ 26 Oct 2026

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Savile Row’s Orchard Cut is a love letter to the whisky apple

This one is a love letter to the whisky apple. “The Whisky Apple is iconic for a reason. For many, it’s their first introduction to whisky; familiar, approachable and

By Boothby Staff

/ 26 Oct 2026

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Bar Miette’s Vin Jaune Martini is built for burger night

Here’s a Martini built for burger night. “[It is] a mainstay on our weekly burger night,” says the drink’s creator, Oliver Gill, of Bar Miette. “Plymouth Gin provides

By Boothby Staff

/ 26 Oct 2026

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Zareh’s Bonjus Sakran brings the nostalgia

Nostalgia is a powerful thing. “Nostalgia is a cheat code that crosses borders, seas and cultures,” says the drink’s creator, Matt Linklater. “Remember Sunny Boys? The triangle juice packs

By Boothby Staff

/ 26 Oct 2026

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The Côte Basque Martini is a dirty Martini without the brine

Here’s a dirty Martini without the brine. “For new inner-city restaurant Côte Basque, Lachlan was inspired by a dirty vodka Martini,” says Leanne Altmann, who entered the drink

By Boothby Staff

/ 26 Oct 2026

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Fua Manaia at Three Horses Bar is a cocktail made for sharing

This winning cocktail is all about the fruit. “Fua Manaia is my way of bringing a little piece of my Samoan heritage into a modern Australian cocktail,” says the drink’

By Boothby Staff

/ 26 Oct 2026

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Pendant Public Bar’s House Old Fash has a cognac heart

Here’s an Improved Old Fashioned with a cognac heart. “An Old Fashioned, just the way we like it,” says the drink’s creator, Luke Kelly. At Pendant Public Bar,

By Boothby Staff

/ 26 Oct 2026