Nine Melbourne Bars Now Delivering Cocktails and Wine Straight to Your Doorstep
Order quarantinis to make lockdown a little more bearable.
Nine Melbourne Bars Now Delivering Cocktails and Wine Straight to Your Doorstep
Order quarantinis to make lockdown a little more bearable.
Melbourne is in the midst of another extended snap lockdown, and frankly, it sucks. We know that cocktails and wine don't hold all the answers, but they can make that time spent stuck at home a little more bearable, at least.
Whether you're after bottles of vino, tinnies or freshly shaken cocktails, a number of Melbourne bars are ensuring you don't go thirsty while holed up in your house. Plus, by ordering from these guys, you'll be supporting small, local businesses and giving something back to the city's recovering hospitality scene.
So, here are nine of the best boozy delivery deals around town to hit up instead of simply restocking your liquor cabinet.
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This CBD cocktail haven is now bringing wattleseed negronis and fennel pollen sazeracs to your door, with 100-millilitre serves available for $20 and half-litres for $85. All of its bottled cocktails are inspired by native and seasonal ingredients. Other options include a bee pollen old fashioned, a lamington creation made with cocoa butter, and a paperbark martini with passionfruit vinegar and smoked Mount Zero olive oil. You can even nab one of everything with the Byrds of a Feather party pack.
How? Order online for delivery or pick up.
Images: Kate Shanasy.
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A mainstay in Melbourne’s small bar scene, Bar Americano knows how to shake up a mean drink. Usually, you’d nab a spot at the ten-seat bar, but these are not usual times. Instead, while its doors are shut, Bar Americano is offering daily delivery on a range of its bottled cocktails. On the menu you’ll find an americano (of course), a manhattan-inspired concoction, the bar’s house amaro, an old fashioned and a negroni — a go-to in these times. Both 200 and 500-millilitre serves are available for most. You can check out the full Hometender menu here.
How? Order online.
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As always, The Everleigh is delivering freshly shaken and batched cocktails to your door. The usual gang is all here — a negroni, a manhattan, an old fashioned and a martini — as well as a caffeinated concoction called the Coffee House. Try a bunch at once, with the Famous Four Set ($69), stocked with one of each of the headliners, or your own mix-and-match preference. A range of newer spritzed cocktails is also on offer, featuring the likes of a French 75, the tequila-infused Palomita and a fizzy americano number. Order a single-serve bottle ($13), or nab yourself a four-pack ($44). Shipping is available to most locations across Australia and, as a special lockdown treat, there’s currently 20 percent off storewide.
How? Order online or pick up from the bar. Get in before 2pm on Friday and Saturday for same-day delivery.
Image: Gareth Sobey
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With the Bar Liberty team behind this Carlton pizza joint, you can bet it’s offering up a great booze delivery deal at the moment. Aside from the pizza — which is delicious — Capitano is slinging a selection of bottled cocktails for pick up and delivery. If you like a stiff drink, you can get an olive oil martini. If you’re looking for a dessert in drink form, there’s the Tiramisu Milk Punch. Or, go for the 750-millilitre orange blossom bellini ($80). The full food and drink menu is here.
How? Order online for pick up or delivery (Carlton, Carlton North, Clifton Hill, Collingwood, East Melbourne, Fitzroy and Fitzroy North only).
Image: Kate Shanasy
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This Port Melbourne distillery has released a new line of dapper, bottled whisky cocktails, putting a local spin on three classic sips. Choose from the coffee old fashioned crafted on Mr Black and house-made orange bitters, or a big, bold whisky-infused negroni. Or perhaps the award-winning new-world twist on the traditional old fashioned cocktail, starring single-malt whisky that’s been aged in red wine barrels. Each drink comes by the half-litre bottle ($49), which pours out about 10 serves. Best of all, these beauties are shipping Australia-wide.
How? Order online for delivery.
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Known for championing small producers and boutique labels, The Moon is no stranger to the finer things in life — and now it’s bringing them to your house. To make this happen, the moody Collingwood wine bar has teamed up with its sister venues Milton Wine, Toorak Cellars and The Alps. So, you can expect to find plenty of top-notch drops on the menu. Whether you’re after a household party pack of natural wines, an easy-drinking pinot grigio or just a big ol’ 1.5-litre bottle of red, you’ll find it here. Best of all, it’s offering free same-day delivery within the Melbourne metro area — if you order at least two bottles and get in before 2pm.
How? Order online here by 2pm for same-day delivery. Plus, buy six or more bottles and score 10 percent off, with the code “BOTTLES”.
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Renowned Fitzroy cocktail bar Black Pearl is helping level-up your at-home drinking situation, with its tidy selection of Couch Cocktails. Now available to enjoy in the comfort of home, you’ll find a range of signature batched sips, as well as a handful of canned and bottled cocktails from other Aussie mates. There’s the Tortuga — a riff on a martinez featuring all local products — plus a negroni, a hot toddy and a rye manhattan made with Marionette curacao. Most are available as 200-millilitre serves, with various garnishes available to add at the checkout.
How? Order online.
Image: Tash Sorensen
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If anything’s going to get you through yet another lockdown, surely it’s a giant, one-litre bag of negroni, right? Well, you’ll find this boozy offering among the expansive range of goodies now available online from Footscray bar Mr West. The $99 ‘bagnum’ — think, fancy goon bag — comes filled with 16–20 serves of negroni in a neat fridge pack, complete with tap for easy access. There’s also an espresso martini edition if you prefer your cocktails to be caffeinated. And as always, Mr West’s online store also features an impressive selection of craft beer, wine and spirits.
How? Order online.
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If one or two cocktails simply won’t cut it, you can stock up in bulk thanks to this Richmond wine bar. The Ugly Duckling is slinging multi-serve packs of its batched cocktail creations, available now for home delivery via Providoor. There are seven different sets to choose from, including a lineup of classics, a lavender gin spritz kit, and a pack dedicated to shaken cocktails that includes an elderflower southside and a jalapeno margarita.
How? Order online.
Top image: Gareth Sobey
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