PS40 Is Sydney's New Cocktail Bar Run on All-Natural, Local Soda

We'll take a gin and tonic, sans the sugary soda, please. A brand new Sydney cocktail bar can help you out, using all-natural, locally-made soda and ditching the usual crap. PS40 will open in Sydney's CBD in April as the newest bar concept by the creators of PS Soda, an all-natural soda line.

PS Soda and its upcoming bar are the brainchild of an all-star, internationally-renowned crew. From Sydney hospitality goalkickers Thor Bergquist (ex-Experimental Cocktail Club (ECC) and Der Raum) and Michael Chiem (ex-Sokyo, Bulletin Place and the Star's Black by Ezard) to creative director Livia Lima (ex-Maud), this team knows what they're doing.

PS40 will focus around the trio's new soft drink line, an unusual approach stemming from Bergquist and Chiem's gastronomic backgrounds — think core flavours like wattle cola, bush tonic and smoked lemonade. All PS Soda will be made and bottled in-house and used for the line of signature cocktails available at PS40.  We're most excited to try the 'Batanga!', which combines the Wattle Cola with green coffee bean infused tequila.

All PS sodas are of the preservative-free kind, which are not words you generally associate with soda pop. The ingredients themselves are sourced from local, native produce and made with community input at that; Archie Rose Distillery helped to develop the tonic that would complement their gin and LP's Quality Meats' Luke Powell helped create the lemonade.

The local love doesn't stop there, with the wine list curated by Lo-Fi Wines and taps from Sydney brewers Wayward and Young Henry's. Yep, it's an all-Sydney affair at PS40.

The space is promised to hold true to its warehouse interior with large open windows, concrete walls and high ceilings, designed with a modern and bright fitout.

If you're keen to try PS Soda before the bar opens, you can find the sodas behind the bar at Bennelong, The Old Clare Hotel, Firedoor and Archie Rose.

PS40 will open in early April at 40 King Street, Sydney. Open Monday – Saturday, 4pm - midnight (closed Sundays).