Australian Gourmet Traveller - (11)November 2019 (1)

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eadingMelbournebarTheEverleighis sellinga

collectionof“antique”cocktailsmadeusingrare

oldspiritsthatwerebottleddecadesago.There’s

a MartinimadewithGordon’sginfromthe1950s;

a NegronifeaturingPlymouthginandCamparibottledin

the’70s;a BobbyBurnsmadewith 1980 AberlourSpeyside

singlemalt.Butyoudon’tneedtotraveltothebarinFitzroy’s

GertrudeStreettoenjoytheselimited-editioncocktails:you

canhopontoTheEverleigh’swebsiteandbuythembythe

single-servebottle,pre-mixedbytheexpertsandreadytodrink.

Welcometotherapidlyexpandingworldofhigh-quality

pre-batchedcocktails.Sincethemid-2010s,whenTheEverleigh

startedsellingits“FamousFour”cocktails– Martini,Negroni,

ManhattanandOldFashioned– in85mlbottles,other

Australianbrandshavefollowedsuit,showcasingthebestthat

thiscountry’sboomingmobofartisandistillerieshavetooffer.

NotlongafterthefirstEverleighcocktailshitthemarket,

Sydney-based craft-spirits distributor Nip of Courage started

Don’towna cocktailshaker?Fear

not– Australia’sbestsmallbarsand

boutiquedistillersaredoingthedirty

work for you, writesMAX ALLEN.

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