Warm Melbourne cocktails to try this winter at Arbory, QT Melbourne, Riverland
This Melbourne bar is selling spiked hot Milo, adding an adult twist to your favourite childhood drink. Here are the best warm cocktails to try across the city this winter.
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Cold weather calls for hot drinks, and if you’re out on the town that shouldn’t exclude boozy beverages.
Bypass the traditional mulled wine and try these quirky warm cocktails at Melbourne bars this winter.
HOT GIN AND TONIC
The Winter Village, Federation Square
This warm version of the classic cocktail is made from Sipsmith’s London dry gin, tonic and sugar sryup.
DON’T MOCHA ME
Bomba Rooftop
103 Lonsdale St, city
Bomba takes on the Spanish carajillo — a blend of hot coffee and brandy. It’s made with Mr Black coffee liquor, Hennessy cognac, espresso, wattleseed, cacao and vanilla, served with a housemade churro.
HOT MILO COCKTAIL
Riverland Bar
1-9 Federation Wharf, city
Your favourite childhood beverage has been given an adult makeover, served warm and spiked with Havana Club 7-year-old rum, maple syrup, whipped cream and marshmallows.
HOT APPLE PIE
Riverland Bar
1-9 Federation Wharf, Melbourne.
The warming winter dessert comes in cocktail form. It’s made with Jack Daniels Tennessee Fire, apple, vanilla and cinnamon.
STEAMING & BLUSHING
Bomba Rooftop
103 Lonsdale St, Melbourne.
The floral, punch-style cocktail is made from Tanqueray Rangpur gin, white chocolate liqueur and anisette with a rose, grapefruit and hibiscus tea. The cocktail is served with a Turkish Delight piece.
POIRE & PLENTY
Jasper’s, 14 Goldie Place, city
Spice up your night with a Poire and Plenty. It’s served cool, but a nip of all spice-flavoured Pimento Dram and Jack Daniels rye added to the pear-infused liquor should warm you from within. Plus it’s torched to create a brown sugar
brulee top.
BEE’S HOT KNEES
Winter Garden at Federation Square
Cnr Flinders St and Swanston St, city
This is a hot take on the prohibition-era cocktail the Bee’s Knees, made from gin, lemon and honey syrup. Until August 26.
MATCHA MAC
Arbory, 1 Flinders Walk, city
The matcha trend has extended to warm cocktails. Arbory’s creation is made with Mac macadamia liqueur, matcha, white chocolate syrup, milk and shaved white chocolate.
BLAZING GLOGG
Mjolner, 106 Hardware St, city
This Speakeasy Group bar lures crowds with its famed Blazing Glogg. Not only impressive in sight and smell, the hot spiked tea made from Martell VS cognac, a cranberry-infused port and a little flame is delicious to drink. It’s served with a “house spice” tea bag.
MULLED DUTCH GIN
Little Lon
17 Casselden Place, city
Little Lon serves up a mulled gin, made with their own Dutchy Thomas, served warm with cloudy apple juice, cinnamon and almonds. Available all winter and at the European Night Market this Friday night
MULLED NEGRONI BRULÉ
Brunetti
Various Melbourne locations
This is a mulled red wine with cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, brown sugar, orange essence and bitters.
THE FIVE
The Prince Hotel
2 Acland St, St Kilda
St Kilda’s The Prince Hotel is serving warming winter drinks of a different kind. While the cocktail isn’t mulled, it’s packed with spices that’ll hug your insides. Think Tequila, Domaine De Canton, Lemon, Ginger and Red wine.
THE BLAZER
QT Melbourne
133 Russell St, Melbourne
This is a different kind of hot drink served out of a tea cup. The Blazer is made from Baron Samedi Spiced Rum, dark crème de cacao, housemade rhubarb and shiraz syrup, angostura bitters, with a dehydrated rhubarb crisp on the side. Have a group? There’s a teapot available.
THE SIX
The Prince Hotel
2 Acland St, St Kilda
Enjoy the warming flavours of gin, orange, lime, fresh ginger, turmeric, cinnamon and chilli.
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Brunetti
Various Melbourne locations
Negorni and chocolate makes a perfect flavour pairing. Try this concoction with red Vermouth, Crème De Cacao, Gin, Campari and chocolate around the rim of the glass.
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