LYRE'S AMERICAN MALT & COLA
By Lyre's Spirit Co on
Ingredients
45mL Lyre's American Malt
120mL premium bottled cola
Method
Add all ingredients to glass, fill with ice, stir
Glass
Highball
Seven tips for using the back-to-school mindset to help you stick to your goals
By Trudy Meehan on
Even if it’s been many years since you were last in school, you might still associate this time of year with that “back-to-school” mindset – that feeling of a page turning, a new phase beginning and the chance to start anew and reinvent yourself.
While you won’t find any research on the “back-to-school mindset” itself, this feeling is very similar to what science calls the “fresh start effect”. This is a boost in motivation for change that comes with a shift from one time in your life to another – called a temporal landmark. The beginning of a new school year, birthdays, anniversaries and even Monday mornings are all temporal landmarks.
Temporal landmarks support our belief that we can reinvent ourselves, acting as a threshold to a new...
12 ways to finally achieve your most elusive goals
By Peter A. Heslin, Lauren A. Keating, Ute-Christine Klehe on
It’s that time of year to muse on what you hope to accomplish over the next 12 months.
The best advice when making resolutions is to set goals that are “SMART” – specific, measurable, achievable, relevant (to you) and time-bound.
Once you’ve set your goals, what can help you achieve them? Based on our research, we’ve distilled 12 goal-enablers. These cover four broad principles you can use to keep yourself on track.
You don’t have to do all 12. Just focusing on the most relevant three to five can make a big difference.
Set relevant supporting goals
An outcome goal isn’t enough. Set clear supporting goals that equip you to attain that outcome.
1. Behavioural goals stipulate the actions required to reach your outcome goal. If you want to...
How putting purpose into your New Year’s resolutions can bring meaning and results
By Benjamin Houltberg & Arianna Uhalde on
People worldwide make New Year’s resolutions every year in an attempt to improve their lives. Common resolutions are to exercise more, eat healthier, save money, lose weight and reduce stress.
Yet, 80% of people agree that most people won’t stick to their resolutions. This pessimism is somewhat justified. Only 4% of people report following through on all of the resolutions they personally set.
We have spent years studying motivation, emotion regulation and behaviour in family relationships, athletic performance and health information processing in the marketplace. Now at USC’s Performance Science Institute, we help people attain and sustain high performance in all aspects of their lives.
Based on our research, we propose a potential...
Lyre's Watermelon Chili Margarita
By Lyre's Spirit Co on
Ingredients
• 60mL Lyre's Agave Blanco Spirit
• 60mL watermelon juice
• 15mL premium agave syrup
• 15mL lime juice
• 2 thin slices jalapeño round OR 1/2 bird's eye chilli
Method
Briefly shake all ingredients with ice. Strain into glass over block ice.
Glass
Chilli Salt* Rimmed Rocks
*CHILLI SALT, 1 part Kosher salt, 1 part chilli flakes combine
Garnish
Thin watermelon wedge
For more recipes like this, head to lyres.com.au
Lyre's Old Fashioned
By Lyre's Spirit Co on
Ingredients
• 60mL Lyre's American Malt
• 5mL white sugar syrup (1:1)
• 2 dashes aromatic bitters
Method
Stir briefly over fresh cubed ice
Glass
Old fashioned
Garnish
Orange peel
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Lyre's Salted Caramel Espresso Martini
By Lyre's Spirit Co on
Ingredients
• 15mL Lyre's Spiced Cane Spirit
• 45mL Lyre's Coffee Originale
• 45mL premium cold drip or fresh espresso
• 15mL premium salted caramel syrup
Method
Dry shake, 1/2 fill shaker with ice, shake hard briefly, fine strain into glass.
Glass
Cocktail coupette
Garnish
3 caramel popcorn float
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Strawberry & Basil Fizz
By The Mindful Mocktail on
This combination of strawberry and basil refreshing and healthy, plus it tastes great.
Ingredients
3 strawberries, chopped
4-6 basil leaves (depending on your taste preference)
Juice of half a lime
1 tsp sweetener of choice
Sparkling water or kombucha
Method
- Add strawberries, basil, lime and sweetener (if using) to a glass.
- Muddle together for about 1 minute. If you don’t have a muddler, use a wooden spoon or similar - anything that will ‘smoosh’ all the ingredients together!
- Top with sparkling water or kombucha and stir.
- Add ice and garnish and Enjoy!
For more recipes like this, follow @themindfulmocktail on Instagram
We’re getting really good at making alcohol-free beer and wine. Here’s how it’s done!
By David Bean and Andrew Greenhill on
Non-alcoholic drinks have been on the market for decades, but for a long time their range was limited and, in most cases, the flavours were inferior to their alcoholic counterparts.
Now online retailers (some of which specialise in non-alcoholic drinks) are stocking up to 100 different low- or no-alcohol beers and a similar number of non-alcoholic wines – with the majority produced in Australia.
What’s behind the big boom in this side of the industry? And where might it go from here?
It all starts with fermentation
Alcoholic beverages are produced via microbes, most commonly yeasts, which convert sugars to ethanol (alcohol) in the process of fermentation.
In addition to producing ethanol, fermentation also leads to other desirable flavour...