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Homage Cocktail Friday – Best of Australia

December 2nd, 2011 BY shawn • No Comments • Homage Cocktail Friday

Every now and then we like to look back on the bars we have done in the past and revisit them. All usual have one cocktail that stands out above all others and we hit them up again. The three bars we have done in Australia in the past are The Bowery, Eau di Vie [...]

Christmas Gift Idea #2 – Cocktail Kingdom

November 29th, 2011 BY shawn • No Comments • Uncategorized

Cocktail Kingdom incorporation with Mudd Puddle Books has been around for the last 5 – 10 years and has become the “it” spot to order everything from reproduction cocktail books to German gold plated bar tools. This is bar geeks Valhalla and here are some of our favorite things off the site for your Christmas [...]

Experimental Mixology – Dubious Twists

November 26th, 2011 BY shawn • No Comments • Experimental Mixology

While of most bartenders at any age are more inclined to immerse themselves in knowledge and tasting of whisky, rum or tequila, there is someone who just loves his fortified wines. Nate goes home at the end of the evening and knocks back a few Noilly Prat or Lillet Blanc, something that I wish to [...]

New Cocktail Menu starts today!

November 17th, 2011 BY shawn • No Comments • Spirits

The hardest thing about changing the cocktail menu every season especially with Nate being on the crew now is what do you get rid of, where do you trim the fat. When people ask what are our biggest sellers, it’s hard to give them a definitive answer because everything sells well depending on the night. [...]

Latest Spirited Acquistions

October 10th, 2011 BY shawn • No Comments • Mixology Monday

McLoughlin & Steele – Canadian Whisky, Okanagan Spirits, BC I have looked everywhere for reviews or tasting notes on this whisky and have come up with nothing, seems to have just appeared overnight and made headway into BCLB and LCBO in Ontario. But onto the tasting, I quite like this. It reminds me of what [...]

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NEWEST BARKEEP'S CREATION

Mayahuel Flame

2oz El Jimador Tequila

2/3 oz Ginger Honey Shrubb

1/2 oz Serrano Chilli & Sencha Amaro

25mL Fresh Grapefruit Juice

Shake and dirty strain over an ice globe. Garnish with a grapefruit peel. 

WEEKLY FEATURES

FINE WINE WEDNESDAY

Every week we delve into bin ends, hard to find vintages and rare styles to bring you something different by the glass. Brought to you by Trialto Wines.

LOCAL 22 & CASK AWAY

Thursday is for beer lovers. Local 22 showcases the best new local large formats coming out of our breweries whilst once a month, we pair with local brewmasters to create a speciality cask for our guests.

MONTHLY HOMAGE COCKTAIL FRIDAY

Our long running Homage Cocktail Friday pays tribute to the bars around the world we admire and respect. We recreate their lists for our guests, it’s like bar hopping around the world.

EXPERIMENTAL SATURDAY

Experimental Saturday is where the bartenders let their hair down, creating off the wall creations with a specific theme in mind.



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