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Lagavulin 16YO Single Malt
Lagavulin distillery - Islay - Scotland Known widely in the whisky community by a single statement: The King. A dram of this amber liquid...

The Scoffers
Sep 3, 20211 min read


3 Ravens Juicy IPA
Juicy IPA, NEIPA (New England IPA), Hazy IPA and East Coast IPAs are synonyms of themselves and they utterly delight me. This style is...

Beer Scoffer
Sep 3, 20211 min read


Did someone say Pav?
The iconic Australian dessert has found a new hoe in Alphington on Melbourne's inner north east. OK New Zealand - we hear you. Like...

The Scoffers
Sep 3, 20212 min read


Moondarra Studebaker 2019 Pinot Noir
When you want to impress a date, there are many ways to do so. I chose to seduce with a bottle of Neil Prentice's Moondarra 2019 Pinot...

The Scoffers
Sep 3, 20212 min read


Jason Lui - General Manager of Flower Drum Restaurant
Jason Lui is the General Manager of Melbourne's iconic Flower Drum restaurant. The venue has held pride of place in Chinatown for almost...
Pete Dillon
Sep 3, 20214 min read


Henry Jones Art Hotel, Hobart
There is something very unhotel about the Henry Jones Art Hotel in Hobart and it is what I love most about it. For someone who worked...

Sleepy Scoffers
Sep 3, 20212 min read


Skip to my Lucy Liu
From the first day they flung open the doors and invited us down the brightly lit neon red hallway from the cobblestones of Melbourne's...

The Scoffers
Sep 3, 20212 min read


Jimmy Rum Small Batched Oaked Rum.
Hand on heart, I don't get rum. I'm not a rum drinker thanks to an over exuberant indulgence at a B&S ball in my late teens. Drinking...

The Scoffers
Sep 3, 20212 min read


Mövenpick Hotel Melbourne
You'd wonder about the logic of opening a hotel in the middle of a global pandemic, when travel is off the cards for so many, borders are...

Sleepy Scoffers
Sep 3, 20212 min read


It's a bird, it's a plane. No, its North Bird
From the team who gave Perth both Ezra Pound and The Bird, comes North Bird. It joins the growing trend of wine stores doubling as eating...

The Scoffers
Sep 2, 20211 min read


Koerner 2020 Grace Riesling
I have a confession to make and it's all about mancrushing on the Koerner brothers, Damon and Jono. They are happy, smiley and have a...

The Scoffers
Sep 2, 20212 min read


Broadcast Wine 2020 Pinot Noir
I love having things other people want or don't know about. It never surprises me when I find something I think is really new, and have...

The Scoffers
Sep 2, 20212 min read


La Petit Mort Qvevri 2020 Saperavi
La Petit Mort means the little dead, and is a side project of the better know Granite Belt operation Bent Road in ballandean in...

The Scoffers
Sep 1, 20212 min read


The Forty Spotted Gin(bar)
Every city needs a good gin bar. Melbourne boasts a number of them, including the iconic Gin Palace Brisbane has a slew of them, with...

The Scoffers
Sep 1, 20211 min read


Forty Spotted Gin
Yes, okay. We know, we are a bunch of gin soaks. While we love to drink wine,and vodka and whisky and all the other manna from the boozy...

The Scoffers
Sep 1, 20212 min read


Harvey's Hot Sandwiches are, well... hot!
Sydneysiders will tell you a drive to Parramatta is a long way to go for a sandwich, but as those who have made the journey or are lucky...

The Scoffers
Sep 1, 20212 min read


Stradbroke Island Beach Hotel
A mix of apartments, studios and hotel rooms, the Stradbroke Island Hotel is part of a complex combining pub, restaurant, apartments,...

Sleepy Scoffers
Sep 1, 20212 min read


Get your piggy on at Porcine
The Scoffers, well most of us, are partial to a bit of pig. Bacon, prosciutto, pork chops or good English cumberland sausages - if it...

The Scoffers
Sep 1, 20212 min read


Old Youngs Handcrafted Spirits.
This Scoffer is not a fan of flavoured spirits - more a traditional, drink straight from the bottle kind of drinker, me! But now and...

The Scoffers
Sep 1, 20212 min read


Straight to the Source - Limited edition bag.
Times are tough in the hospitality sector across the country. And for those growers, artisans and makers who produce for restaurants,...

The Scoffers
Sep 1, 20211 min read
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