EASY BREEZY SIPS (Cocktails Column

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Easy Breezy Sips

Whether it’s a martini sipped on a rooftop bar overlooking the city or refreshing gin and tonic at one of Perth’s laid back waterfront venues, Perth offers a world class drinking experience in a variety of settings. It’s no secret that the city’s year-round fine weather provides the perfect conditions to enjoy a tipple or two. Perth’s cocktail scene has matured into a diverse and interesting field for drink connoisseurs. If you know where to look, your palate will agree that Perth’s drink scene is having a moment. While the Pandemic has had a big impact on the hospitality industry globally, Perth’s success in maintaining something akin to normal life has meant that the hospitality scene has well and truly closed the gap on many other cities that were previously assumed to have the upper hand. I have the envious task of touring the best bars and restaurants in the State, training staff on the finer details of gin production and the art of cocktail making. My job involves keeping an ear to the ground for the freshest new trends and flavour pairings. So what do I recommend we should be filling our shakers with this summer, or where we should be considering when in search of fine drinks in the city? A favourite bar of mine at the moment is Bar Lafayette which I love because they take so much pride in their cocktails and have great attention to detail. You can sense the passion from the mixologists and it definitely translates into the drinks. As someone who has been in the industry for a while, you can tell when someone puts that little extra into what they do. The perfect alfresco hot spot to enjoy the city vibes after work. Gin is becoming the go-to for many Australians each summer, so here is a simple recipe for you to try.

PERTH 75

There’s a global cocktail trend right now of taking classic short drinks and reformulating them into highballs. It’s partly because of the rise in lower ABV drinking – but also the highball trend. From Martini’s to Manhattan’s we’re seeing them presented long instead of the traditional ‘straight up’. Here, I’ve taken the classic French 75 cocktail and turned it into a long spritz style drink. You still get the crisp effervescent kick of the classic, but in a slightly more easy going way. Perfect for an easy drinking sundowner during summer.

RECIPE

30ml Perth Gin 15ml Peach Liqueur 10ml Lemon Juice 90ml Prosecco 30ml Soda Water

METHOD

Build all in a Copa glass over ice, garnish with lemon wheel.

By Leroy Rawlings of Australian Distilling Co.