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Cocktails | Gin Cocktails
Cocktails | Gin Cocktails
The Writer's Gin & Tonic
The Gin & Tonic is a classic, simple and delicious drink, perfectly paired with a good book in your favourite reading spot.
Read MoreThe Writer's Gin Negroni
The Negroni is one of those magical beasts: a three-part, holy trinity of a drink, the whole so much greater than its parts. Those parts are equal measures – gin, sweet vermouth and Campari – and they become indivisible. The gin provides the backbone while the sweet vermouth and Campari play a marvelous tug-of-war on your palate.
Read MoreThe Writer's Gin Classic Dry Martini
A classic dry Martini, an indulgent sip crafted using The Writer's Gin. Made to be lost in, to linger in the mind and to craft a mood that stays with you as you read and write.
Read MoreSouthside Fizz
The true origin story of the Southside Fizz remains a subject of debate, with some claiming it was invented by the infamous South Side gang in Chicago while others argue that it was first concocted at the Southside Sportsmen Club in New York.
Read MoreFrench 75 Jug
This cocktail is chic, how could anything with both gin and champagne be anything but.
Read MoreHow To Enjoy Gin If You Don't Like Tonic
If you still think you don’t like gin I’m going to challenge you. That really means you don’t like flavour. There is so much variety in gin you either haven’t met the right gin, but the most likely suggestion is you don’t like tonic.
Read MoreStraight Dry Gin Clover Club
Straight Dry Gin was cold distilled to capture the brightest notes of the hero botanicals - lemon myrtle, reclaimed orange peel and pink peppercorn.
Read MoreClover Club
This classic cocktail has come in and out of fashion through the years, but it's a timeless combination of raspberries and gin.
Read MoreSea Salt Martini
Featuring our Sea Salt Gin, this cocktail is a savoury tribute to the perfect martini.
Read MoreBlue Gum Ramos
Shake long, hard, and enjoy this 120-year-old improbable combination that we promise tastes much better than its ingredient list implies
Read MoreSuper Sling
Sweet and citrusy, we assure you this cocktail is as much savoury as it is sublime.
Read MoreLemongrass Martini
A zesty take on a cocktail classic, let us lure you in to try a martini with a new, refreshing spin.
Read MoreLemon Scented Gum Gin White Lady
A bushel of floral, fruity fun - the White Lady is the perfect cocktail to showcase the tantalising tasting notes of our lemon scented gum harvest.
Read MoreA Dirty Martini
For those with an appreciation for saline, a Dirty Martini is a must have at the end of a long day.
Read More10 Summer Cocktails To Try In 2021
Make it your mission to tick these drinks off your list before the year is up. Gin, whisky, vodka and more - we've found a summer cocktail to suit every spirit.
Read MoreVesper Martini
Best known as James Bond’s drink of choice—shaken not stirred—the Vesper Martini brings together the usually forbidden combination of gin and vodka.
Read More20th Century
This cocktail was first published in 1937, named after a glamorous train that travelled between Chicago and New York.
Read More8 easy three-ingredient cocktails to try
Three ingredient cocktails are great, mainly because it takes a certain kind of energy and bank balance health to source all the ingredients to craft a good Zombie. If you can reach for a couple of bottles and whip up something delicious then you’ve saved time and money. Here are some of our favourite picks.
Read MoreA Guide to Drinking Our Neapolitan Set
It’s not every day you’re asked to do a Gelato Messina ice-cream pairing on the job, but believe me - it’s an absolute joy when it happens.
Read MoreStrawberry Margarita
Easily made at home and always a crowd-pleaser, this is definitely one for your next house party.
Read MoreMessina Vice
A twist on the classic Miami Vice, featuring all the beach holiday flavours of coconut cream, pomegranate, pineapple and of course our Strawberry & Pink Peppercorn Gin and Messina's Strawberry Sorbet.
Read MoreRed Snapper
Hot sauce and gin in a cocktail? The Red Snapper may not be as well known as its cousin the Bloody Mary, but it’s unbelievably good.
Read MoreWine and Gin Sour
This is a nifty drink if you have a little splash of red wine leftover from a few days ago. Not only is it a dream to look at but it's just as delicious on the palate. If you can get your hands on some rose tea you can garnish with a dusting of rose petals.
Read MoreHot Buttered Toddy
This drink is great to batch, make loads and stick it in a thermos for happy drinking with friends long into the evening.
Read MoreFour Warming Cocktails to Enjoy Over Winter
Join our Head of Hospitality Harriet Leigh as she takes you through a lesson on embracing a life of cosiness this winter and four new cocktails you can try at home.
Read MoreCocktails to master while you work from home
Whether you’re isolating alone, with housemates or a whole family unit, creating drinks and your own home bar experience can be a great way to cut a bit loose, soften the edges and make a great mess while you do your part to keep the country healthy.
Read MoreWattleseed Collins
We’ve teamed up with the good folk over at The Rabbit Hole Organic Tea Bar to bring you a Gin & Tea cocktail complete with our Signature Dry Gin and Wattleseed Breakfast Tea. Equal parts spirited and comforting.
Read MoreOrchard Cobbler
The ultimate thirst quencher, the Orchard Cobbler is a drink for every occasion. Pairing with an autumn meal or for a light drink on a balmy afternoon, we muddle harvest fruits to bring out our favourite notes in Harvest 2019 Poorman’s Orange Gin.
Read MoreMarmalade Negroni
A natural complement between the bitter orange peel of Gran Classico and the fruit-sweetness of Harvest 2019 Poorman’s Orange Gin makes this a light and refreshing take on the Negroni.
Read MoreBlossom Spritz
Inspired by the Bellini, the classic Venetian cocktail, this passionfruit twist is perfect for fizz lovers.
Read MoreHarvest 2019 Poorman’s Orange Gin & Tonic
Bringing brightness and zest Fentimans Pink Grapefruit Tonic lends itself perfectly to our citrus forward Harvest 2019 Poorman’s Orange Gin.
Read MoreWhat To Drink This Christmas
We’ve come up with some of our favourite tried-and-tested cocktail recipes to serve alongside some true-blue Aussie classic Christmas dishes.
Read MoreThe Seven Most-Clicked Cocktails of 2019
It’s not all signature serves behind the bar at Archie Rose. We’re quite the cocktail connoisseurs when you give us the chance. For our end of year wrap-up, we dived deep into stats to find the seven cocktails you couldn’t live without…
Read MoreSeven Spring Cocktail Recipes
We've collated some of our favourite cocktails to imbibe in the newly assertive sunshine. These drinks all have one thing in common: they're effervescent in one way, shape or form. These feisty little numbers are right up spring's alley.
Read MorePort & Pear
Tall and refreshing, Inside Gin plays with anise and pear to create the perfect drink for hot summer nights spent entertaining.
Read MoreSinging Lady
A triple citrus sour taking its cues from the classic White Lady, this cocktail explodes with the vibrancy of Inside Gin.
Read MoreSeagull Patrol
Outside Gin provides the perfect base for this soft and umami take on the classic Martini, inspired by the hard-working dogs patrolling the Opera House Forecourt, keeping the diner’s chips safe.
Read MoreTen classic drinks to make at home
Drinking at home is not a guilty activity. Fixing yourself a cocktail, when you do it well, is all about giving yourself the same love and care as you would a dear guest. Many people often save the good gin at home for when a friend comes over, but that’s a waste of life. Dearest reader, you are utterly worth it. Treat yourself.
Read MoreSmoked Negroni
An Archie Rose Smoked Gin Negroni is a thing of beauty. It always amazes me how much variation you get from a Negroni depending on the gin you use.
Read MoreSmoked French 75
Named for the gun with a kick, it's even better once the gun has been shot.
Read MoreHotel Georgia
The Hotel Georgia is a forgotten classic that should be often remembered. Gin, lemon, orgeat, orange blossom flower water and a grating of nutmeg.
Read MoreGin & Soda
This gin sings when lengthened. A touch of soda and a wedge of lemon and all of the herbal highlights and gutsy ironbark backbone are brought to the fore. It's great with tonic, but just as good with soda water.
Read MorePenicill-Gin
Inspired by the modern classic, the Penicillin (created by Australian Sam Ross), we've swapped the blended whisky for Signature Dry Gin and the smoky whisky for Smoked Gin. Gin, lemon, honey and ginger syrup, shaken hard with a float of Smoked Gin on top. It'll cure what ails you (if what ails you is a terrible case of thirst).
Read MorePomegranate Spritz
This drink is very easy to make. For lovers of rosé wine this is a great use of two-day old oxidised wine sitting in the fridge. Fruity yet dry it’s a perfect sundowner.
Read MoreDistiller's In the Spritz
This is one of the easiest Spritzes to make. It requires no prep and everything is available year round (though for a couple of months of the year you might find the cost of limes bring a tear to your eye). It’s also delicious and sure to impress.
Read MorePeach and Rhubarb Spritz
This drink is utterly divine. In this simplified version the fruit gives some buoyancy to the already joyful and bright Coast Gin. Enjoy the taste of summer.
Read MorePodcasting
This drink literally springs out of the glass abundant with fresh peas and Chartreuse. If you sit and count the botanicals in the drink brought to you by the Signature Dry Gin and Green Chartreuse combo you reach around the 150 mark. Herbaceous doesn't cover it.
Read MoreSamphire Spritz
This Spritz is all about freshness. Bush Gin is packed with herbaceous eucalypt flavour. Waxflower will shine through most other competing flavours and here the citric punch of yuzu and the fruit burst of a good Aussie riesling are no match for Archie Rose Summer Gin Project: Bush. Have a gnaw on the samphire garnish while you drink to add an extra punch of saline.
Read MoreCoast Peach Cobbler
Once upon a time this drink was the Espresso Martini of its time, and unlike the Espresso Martini it was for good reason. It's almost impossible to describe in words. But let's give it a go. The Sherry (yes you do like it, no it's not just for grandmothers) gives a nutty, vinous note, the Coast Gin, a salinity that tempers the sweetness and the peach the hit of summer you so desperately wanted.
Read MoreCoast & Coconut
Has gin and juice ever been so good? No. I guarantee if you buy a dozen coconuts, a machete (or Coco Jack if you want to keep your fingers) you will make more friends by the beach this summer with this drink than you know what to do with.
Read MorePre-Batched Cocktail Jugs You'll Actually Want to Serve this Party Season
If you want to spend your time enjoying your next BBQ without having to keep fixing your guests drink after drink, we recommend doing the hard work beforehand, and enlarging the serving size. These drinks all have just a handful of ingredients and they're all pretty easy to find, so you only need to visit your local supermarket and bottle shop once.
Read MoreBush Gin Cobbler
A cobbler is a classic cocktail designed to show off the nuance of a spirit. Here we pair a good slug of Bush Gin with a collection of herbs (whatever you have growing in your herb garden will do), some cucumber and citrus. Capped off with soda this is almost good for you.
Read MoreGreen Snapper
Our newest signature serve for Bush Gin is a riff on the old school Red Snapper. The Green Snapper is a green juice with a spicy backbone and bush base. You can alter the juice and spice ratio as you see fit. But here is how we do it in the bar.
Read MoreJimmy Pesto
My god this drink is good. It's hard to pinpoint why. It's like a savoury, grown-up Mojito. Whatever it reminds you of, what it is, is refreshing.
Read MoreThe Aviation
Ah the Aviation! Truly a great drink from the golden era of cocktails. Not only that, but it is notably the only cocktail our founder Will Edwards can make.
Read MoreCLOVER CLUB
The Clover Club is a really old drink that went out of fashion possibly because raspberries weren’t considered “manly” - a very silly reason not to enjoy it. The combination of gin, raspberries, lemon and frothy egg white make this a total crowd pleaser.
Read MoreCornersmith White Peach Spritz
The Queen of fruits is made sweet, sour and refreshing in this dill-spiked pink number.
Read MoreThe Negroni
Ah, the Negroni. If you haven’t had one, you must. You’ll probably hate it. What you must do in this scenario is give it a second chance, you won't regret it.
Read MoreShane Collins
Our take on the Tom Collins using Signature Dry Gin and lemon myrtle syrup. A delightful drink.
Read MoreGokouyo (a tattoo-friendly spring in Japan)
In Japan people with tattoos are not permitted to bathe publically, Gokouyo is a natural spring that does not frown upon body art. This drink raises a glass to tolerance.
Read MoreShiso Fine
This is a delicious, floral drink. Horisumi - Spring gin Old Fashioned with shiso syrup. The gin Old Fashioned is the drink of 2018. You heard it here first.
Read MoreArchie Rose x Horisumi - Spring & Fentiman’s Light Tonic
The sweet floral notes in our Horisumi - Spring gin are tempered with the dryness of this light tonic.
Read MoreWinter Dirty Martini
We're enjoying Horisumi - Winter’s star turn in a Dirty Martini. The gin calls for the merest hint of brine, but the olives bob away pleasingly in the already salty spirit.
Read MoreShodō (calligraphy)
This delicate, floral twist on a Martini substitutes vermouth for umeshu, a Japanese plum wine.
Read MoreHorisumi G&T
Obviously we can't overlook the king of mixed drinks. We’re loving a 1:2 G&T using the East Imperial Yuzu Tonic.
Read MoreThe Autumn Negroni
The earthy, spicy, forest floor notes in Horisumi Autumn make for a robust Negroni.
Read MoreAki (Autumn)
The Aki is so easy to fix for yourself at home, but gives you the luxurious feeling of spoiling yourself.
Read MoreKoyo (the red leaves of autumn)
A Cobbler is an age-old drink, with a mix of spirit, fruit and mixer. In this case we’ve pared it right back.
Read MorePick of the Bunch
Our not-so-modest twist on the classic highball, this fruity concoction will refresh, inspire and disappear without a trace.
Read MoreWaning Moon
Moody and smooth like a waning moon, this silky sip has zest in all the right places. Devised during our Bartender Series by Rachelle “Rocky” Hair.
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