“It’s like a traditional Paloma but with a riff on a fruity side and more gentle to drink taking apart the bitterness from classic grapefruits,” says Eduardo.
Sanchez Paloma
The talented comp-winning bartender, Tom Opie, moved this year from The Waratah in Sydney to the Canberra group behind the award-winning and hatted restaurant, Pilot.
“Raspberry and Miso is first
Beneath the award-winning Canberra restaurant, Onzieme, you’ll find its wine bar, 11e Cave. The wines on offer are great, of course, but it’s the short but sharp cocktail
The Negroni proves ever-popular, and this riff — a collaboration using Pepe Saya Butter, by the way — shows just what makes the drink so interesting.
“From Lana’s Spill The Tea
In Newtown, owner and bartender Swan Kanongataa is making some approachable, flavour-forward drinks — cocktails like this Pandan Express.
“I was playing around with making tepache and wanted to get little
This drink — one of the Boothby Top 50 Drinks of the Year in 2025 — comes from Melbourne bar Waxflower and its bar manager, Margot Michat.
Milk Punch
Ingredients:
200 g
This drink comes from Darren Leaney and Kitty Gardner at Caretaker’s Cottage in Melbourne.
As Leaney says, the drink is “inspired by The French Laundry’s iconic dessert Coffee
”Bright, aromatic, and effervescent, Campari & Passionfruit is a take on the classic Campari soda,” says its creator Oliver Gill, who worked up the recipe with fellow bartender Mikayla Adams.
