Issue #005Chilled Down

On a quick trip to New York recently, Archie Rose founder Will Edwards visited two distilleries leading the craft distilling pack. Here are his highlights.

Creating art for a bottle label is a little different to tattooing a body. Here’s how Kian Forreal approached the challenge.

For a job that involves a lot of alcohol, our day starts surprisingly early. It’s a character-building experience routinely interrogating high-proof distillate before many people have had their second cup of coffee for the morning, but the Archie Rose team and myself view alcohol slightly differently to many others.

Our collaboration with the Sydney Writers’ Festival has got us thinking about our favourite boozy books.

The Hokkaido honours both the drink and the inspiration behind Horisumi - Winter Gin. It was created by Archie Rose's own Hayley Laurendet.

The Azayaka is a strong, smokey, satisfying cocktail made by Benny Marshall, our exuberant gin blending teacher

We're enjoying Horisumi - Winter’s star turn in a Dirty Martini. The gin calls for the merest hint of brine, but the olives bob away pleasingly in the already salty spirit.