At-Home Mixing

Our guide to preparing high-quality drinks at home

Sydney’s bar scene is spilling over with options, but sometimes there’s nothing better than staying home and trying your hand at cocktail making. In partnership with Refresh Your Spirit, we asked bartenders and mixologists for their top tips and recipes to help freshen up at-home bartending.

Check out Refresh Your Spirit mixers at any of these venues:

Display a map

How to Make Bar-Quality Cocktails at Home

Food & DrinkIt’s possible. In partnership with Coca-Cola, we get the lowdown on how to prepare high quality drinks at home.

Cocktail and Food Pairing: The Perfect Storm and Charcuterie

Food & DrinkA rum-and-rye expert at Sydney cocktail bar Kittyhawk says this cocktail deserves spicy, fresh side dishes to match its character. In partnership with Coca-Cola, Harry Saunders explains.

Recipe: A Tangy G&T Ice Block

Food & DrinkBookmark this now for summer: a frozen twist on the gin and tonic. In partnership with Coca-Cola, senior venue manager Josh Solano unveils an icy and bittersweet G&T.

The Key to a Perfect Spring Cocktail

Food & DrinkThe Springtime Spritz has it all.

A Truly Transcontinental Cocktail

Food & DrinkThis green mixer will surprise you.

A Mocktail That Will Convert the Masses

Food & DrinkThe key: sparkling apple juice.

Recipe: A Fruity G&T

Food & DrinkWant to wake up your gin and tonic with some fresh fruit? In partnership with Coca-Cola, Sydney senior venue manager Josh Solano envisions a G&T that balances gin’s spicy profile with a fruity kick.

Recipe: How to Pimp Your G&T With Herbs

Food & DrinkAs makers of gin and vermouth expand their use of botanicals, it’s time to update the humble gin and tonic. In partnership with Coca-Cola, we ask an expert to show us how.

Recipe: How to Turn Your G&T Hot and Spicy

Food & DrinkWarm up your gin and tonic with a surprise kick. In partnership with Coca-Cola, we learn a spicy but sophisticated spin on the classic cocktail.

A Gin Cocktail of Strawberry and Sage

Food & DrinkA winning mix of sweet and savoury.

A Cranberry Twist on the Old Moscow Mule

Food & DrinkA fruity twist on an old favourite.

Recipe: Gurdys Delicious Simplicity

Food & DrinkA spicy cocktail made with Japanese shiso leaves.

A (Very) Sassy Sarsaparilla

Food & DrinkA cocktail designed to celebrate the spicy dark soda.

The Season of the Pearajito

Food & DrinkA darker, fruit-led take on the classic Mojito.

A Gin Cocktail Called ‘Grow a Pear’

Food & DrinkA drink worthy of reimagining the classic gin and tonic.

Four Cocktails for Pleasant Weather

Food & DrinkSeasons can – and should – dictate what’s in your glass as much as available ingredients. We highlight four ideal drinks for when the sun is out.

Four Cocktails for Unruly Weather

Food & DrinkEven when the weather turns stormy, there’s an appropriate match to be made in your glass. We look at four cocktails perfectly suited to the inclement.

Gin and Soda vs. Gin and Tonic

Food & DrinkAccording to one expert at the coalface, drinkers are looking beyond tonic as a standard gin mixer. Bartender Jenna Hemsworth tells us exactly why.