The Hanky Panky

One of the most simple cocktails, and it's one that you can make at the drop of a hat - The Hanky Panky. A wonderfully aromatic and herbaceous alternative to your average martini, made with...

Coral Gin: Capturing A Place in Spirit

It's been the goal of ours ever since we started Applewood, to celebrate the sites and soils of this great country through spirit with the use of native ingredients, that is where our passion lies...

The Coral Gin Fizz

When coming up with a cocktail for our brand new Coral Gin, the challenge first and foremost was to create a drink that would be perfect drunk at anytime of the year, by the ocean,...

How to Make a Great Martini 5 Ways

In our opinion, the most difficult and intimidating cocktail to make is a really good martini. There is absolutely no place to hide, no sugar to cover any bitterness, no citrus means no acid to...

5 Essentials for your Home Cocktail Bar

With everything that's going on outside it's time to hunker down in your cocktail den and put on some Netflix. But there might be one problem: what should you have in ready supply to make...

The Last Word

One of the Applewood Team's favourite cocktails for many good reasons. First: it's got Gin. Second: Super well balanced and therefore a pretty easy to remember recipe. Thirdly: It's plenty boozy for us for Friday...

botanical profile: karkalla

While we are no strangers to using native succulents, we haven't dipped our toes in to the realms of Karkalla over the years. We've been aware of it though, and been particularly fond of it. Much...

The Mango Bramble for Seaside Gin

The first cocktail recipe of our own creating just happens to be for a gin we crafted for one of Australia's great cocktail bars - Byrdi. Seaside, our second collaboration in our on going relationship, was...

The Army & Navy