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Group-friendly and low-alcohol: Home Grown is a different kind of bottled cocktail
Emma Breheny Home Grown s Creamy Soda Highball, Ginger and Mango Spritz, and Strawberry and River Mint Spritz.
A group of Melbourne s most talented drinks wizards is bottling the Australian spirits boom with Home Grown, a range of large-format batched cocktails made entirely with local products.
Home Grown s current line-up stars Ned Whisky, Okar s Island bitter, Grainshaker vodka and Anther gin across two spritzes and a whisky highball that s reminiscent of cream soda.
The idea came from Worksmith s Michael Bascetta (also a co-owner of Bar Liberty and Capitano) and Roscoe Power, who wanted to offer the quality found in Australia s small-serve batched drinks but on a larger scale. Collaborating with Seb Reaburn (Anther Gin, Topshelf Spirits) and Fancy Free s Ryan Noreiks, they created the first release of Home Grown.
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