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Field Notes · The Journal

Where we went, what we learned.

Expeditions, recipes and experiments. Some become a bottle. Most simply teach us something about the country.

On Expedition The field record
Expedition camp in the scrub Aerial over the arid country On Country during an expedition A gorge waterhole in arid country Sunset over the desert A ruin along the expedition route An emu crossing a red-dirt road Four-wheel-driving across the sand Walking out on expedition

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If you don't know already, here at Applewood we’re big into seasonality and native ingredients. It's not just the most sustainable way to...

Coral Club

60ml Coral Gin 30ml Lemon Juice 10ml raspberry Syrup 3 drops of wonderfoam Shake over ice and strain into a chilled Coupette glass and ga...

Cocktails

karkalla splice

60mL Karkalla gin20mL Fresh lime juice15mL Condensed milk2 Slices of banana with peel1/2 tsp lime marmalade5mL SugarLime SherbetHalf rim ...

Cocktails

french 75: explored

Words By Max Allison. Our feature cocktail for Alpine Gin is a riff on the French 75, which has always been an overlooked gin classic. W...

Cocktails

4 Excellent Gin & Tonics with our Limited Edition Gins

The warm weather is well and truly here, and it has us aching and salivating for a good Gin and Tonic. Even on our days off, we can't he...

Cocktails

3 cocktails with saltbush gin

Atriplex is a wonderfully hardy species, lauded for its survivability in the harsh climates of central Australia. As one humoured travel...

botanical profile: saltbush

Becoming one of the more known and widely available native ingredients, Saltbush has been instrumental as a species across all cultures t...

alpine gin; traversing the ranges

"Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments" Nathaniel Hawthorne We have always been inspired by the journey - the act of moving throug...

Natives

how to grow natives at home

Words By Samantha Payne. This article was written on unceded lands, I pay respects to the Gadigal, Bidjigal and Birra-Birragal People, a...

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