Serves of the state
Find your spirit — back your favourite
Serves of the State is about finding drinks that embody the unique distilling and cocktail culture of Victoria. It pairs some of the state’s most talented distillers with leading bars to create bespoke cocktail menus. For three weeks this winter, fifteen venues will shake, stir, and serve three uniquely Victorian cocktails each — showcasing the creativity, flavour and craft behind locally distilled spirits. Taste your way through the serves, and help crown Victoria’s Serve of the State.
Images by Amy Hemmings.
Serves of the Winter ‘26
Passionfruit & Lemon Myrtle Gimlet
Teddy And The Fox Bellarine Gin, lime, passionfruit and lemon myrtle syrup
Fantabulous
Daylesford Spirit Blueberry Gin, advocaat, Illawarra plum & lemon myrtle syrup, lemon, lemonade
Dom's Echuca Distillery Diablo
Echuca Distillery Gold Agave Spirit, cassis, raspberry tea syrup and fresh lime juice
Midnight Mocha
Infusa Distillery Cappuccino Liqueur, rye whiskey, sweet vermouth, spiced orange, chocolate bitters, mochi
Coffee & Fig Highball
That Spirited Lot Godfather Coffee Vodka, oloroso sherry, fig, citrus & soda water
Blackthorn Royale
Recollection Spirits Sour Cherry Nalyvka, Irish whiskey, orange and cherry bitters with sparkling wine
Mornington Distillery Martini
Mornington Peninsula Spirits Send For Kelp Gin, white flower vermouth and purple basil brine
Apple Cart Elixer
Melbourne Moonshine Apple Pie Shine, yellow chartreuse, dry madeira, lemon juice, celery bitters, wonderfoam and grapefruit soda
Dragon Hime Gimlet
Herbit Blue Dragon Gin, monk fruit & jasmine tea oleo, house fermented lemon
Quiet Corner Distillery Billionaire
Quiet Corner Distillery Absinthe, and bourbon, housemade grenadine, lemon juice and sugar syrup
The Pinny Martini
Melbourne Gin Co. Single Shot Gin, dry vermouth, sherry and dry orange liqueur
All-Father
In Good Spirits Butterscotch Whisky, bourbon, dry vermouth, amaretto, Angostura Bitters
Callipo Sour
Island Spirits Amore Limoncello, yuzu liqueur, lemon and sugar
Golden wattle
Apollo Bay Distillery Ocean Gin, orange, honey, wattle seed infusion and vanilla
Brooklyn In The Summer
Here’s Looking At You Kid Yam Daisy Gin, coconut & lemongrass syrup, lemon and aloe vera juice
Antipodes Gin Highball
Antipodes Gin Co Organic Gin, apricot liqueur, marigold soda, absinthe
Interspectacular
Macedon Distillery Mastiha, vermouth, lemon juice, blackberry & kuzea syrup, infused mascarpone cream
Sesame Sippin'
Backwoods Single Malt Whisky, honey, ginger, mirin, lemon juice, spiced bitters, sesame oil
None Of Your Beeswax
Shaws Distillery Red Wheat Vodka, yuzushu, sherry, beeswax
The Pinny Spritz
Boatrocker Citrus Aperitivo Liqueur, white chocolate washed whiskey, prosecco and soda
The Priest & The Beast
High Country Black Sheep Premium Hooch, D.O.M benedictine, pear & brown sugar syrup and Peychauds bitters
Chief's Son Highball
Chief’s Son FORGE Single Malt Whisky, pineapple cordial, passionfruit liqueur and fig leaf soda
Ichigo Shiso Bramble
Envy Navy Strength Gin, strawberry kabosju oleo, yuzu lime soda, sake filled ice, Envy Distilling Shiraz gin float
Chambray
Bass & Flinders Noble Stranger Australian Brandy, cinnamon, lemon and strawberry
Elderfashioned
Grainery Lane Elderflower Gin & London Dry Gin elderflower liqueur and orange bitters
Seven Spice Chai Espresso Martini
Hillmartin Distillery Seven Spice Chai Gin, coffee liqueur, cold brew espresso and vanilla sugar syrup
Go Figure
Saintlier Distillery Burnt Fig Gin, aperitivo, fernet branca and orange bitters
Instupituous
Penni Ave 16th Beach Sea Celery & Saltbush Vodka, aperitif, lime, watermelon & pineapple sage cordial, orange bitters
East 87 Hold Up
FELLOW Vanilla & Cream Vodka, aperol, lime, pineapple, passionfruit
Army & Navy
Patient Wolf Pink Lake Gin, rhubarb amaro, alpine strawberry and grapefruit cordial
Luna City Pop Highball
Puss & Mew Navy Strength Gin, lychee & roselle tea, grapefruit soda
The Third Date
Tano Spirits Jagari Shochu Black Koji, yuzushu, triple sec, hot honey, lemon, mint
The Blind Tiger
Pietro Gallus Estate Liquore all’Arancia Grainery Lane Dry Gin, creme de cacao liqueur, white vermouth and orange zest
Waggle Dance
Mates Gin Distillery Sweet Surrender Gin, Licor 43, yellow chartreuse, honey syrup and lemon
Strawberry Valentino
Bellicose Pink Gin, sherry, riesling and strawberry oleo
Box Cutter Spritz
JimmyRum Navy, elderflower liqueur, sherry, apple cordial, verjus and soda
Blushing Duck
Bathtub Angry Duck Gin, Lillet Rosé, lemon, triple sec, grapefruit and rosella
The Last Slice
Molly Rose Brewing Cacao Husk Pastis, scotch whisky, miso paste, banana, raspberry, milk punch
Pine & Vetiver Martini
Holcombe Distilling Spirit Sisters Gin, vetiver, pine resin, alpine bitters, dry vermouth
Beach Goth
Starward Two Fold, amaro, banana liqueur, lemon, pineapple, creme de cacao blanc
Apple Of My Rye
Kinglake Distillery Breakfast Rye Cask Single Malt, Suze, blanco vermouth and honeyed apple cordial
Laneway Confidential
Grada 01 Specialty Coffee Liqueur Grainery Lane Aged Rum, vanilla syrup, espresso and cream float
Purple Dragon
Little Lon Miss Yoko Lychee Gin, dragon fruit, mint & lemongrass cordial and lime
Bush Point
Bancroft Bay Mosquito Point Blanco Agave Spirit, verjus, agave syrup and bush salt & pepper blend and lime
Wombat Shakerato
The Gospel Solera Rye, apple cider, yuzu, angostura bitters and fresh lime juice
The Pinny Martini
Melbourne Gin Co. Single Shot Gin, dry vermouth, sherry and dry orange liqueur
Brooklyn In The Summer
Here’s Looking At You Kid Yam Daisy Gin, coconut & lemongrass syrup, lemon and aloe vera juice
The Blind Tiger
Pietro Gallus Estate Liquore all’Arancia Grainery Lane Dry Gin, creme de cacao liqueur, white vermouth and orange zest
Pine & Vetiver Martini
Holcombe Distilling Spirit Sisters Gin, vetiver, pine resin, alpine bitters, dry vermouth
Purple Dragon
Little Lon Miss Yoko Lychee Gin, dragon fruit, mint & lemongrass cordial and lime
Interspectacular
Macedon Distillery Mastiha, vermouth, lemon juice, blackberry & kuzea syrup, infused mascarpone cream
The Last Slice
Molly Rose Brewing Cacao Husk Pastis, scotch whisky, miso paste, banana, raspberry, milk punch
Callipo Sour
Island Spirits Amore Limoncello, yuzu liqueur, lemon and sugar
Box Cutter Spritz
JimmyRum Navy, elderflower liqueur, sherry, apple cordial, verjus and soda