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Having a Dry July has great health benefits. We've brought together a collection of articles that could help you with your Dry July.

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


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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!




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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...

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Lyre's Negroni

By Lyre's Spirit Co on

Ingredients (serves 1)

  • 30mL Lyre's Dry London Spirit
  • 30mL Lyre's Aperitif Rosso
  • 30mL Lyre's Italian Orange

Method

    1. Stir briefly over fresh, cubed ice.
    2. Serve in an old fashioned glass and garnish with an orange slice. 


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Lyre's Mojito

By Lyre's Spirit Co on

Ingredients (serves 1)

  • 75mL Lyre's White Cane Spirit
  • 30mL lime juice
  • 15mL white sugar syrup (1:)
  • 8-10 mint leaves
  • 30mL premium bottled soda water

Method

    1. Add all ingredients into glass and fill with fresh, cubed ice.
    2. Add soda water and stir.
    3. Pour into a Highball glass.
    4. Garnish with a lime wedge and plump mint sprig. 



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Lyre's Espresso Martini

By Lyre's Spirit Co on

Ingredients (serves 1)

  • 45mL Lyre's Coffee Originale 
  • 15mL Lyre's White Cane Spirit
  • 45mL premium cold drip or fresh espresso
  • 10mL premium vanilla syrup (not vanilla essence)

Method

    1. Dry shake all ingredients to mix. 
    2. 1/2 fill shaker with ice, shake hard briefly.
    3. Fine strain into a coupette and garnish with a coffee bean float.


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Easy Guava Mocktails With Lemon

By The Mindful Mocktail on

Ingredients (serves 2)

  • 3 tablespoons guava nectar
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 6-8 mint leaves
  • 1 cup of your favourite sparking kombucha

Method

  1. Place guava nectar and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker or mason jar.
  2. Clap the mint together in your hands and add to the mixture. Press gently a couple of times with a muddler.
  3. Add some ice and shake ingredients together until combined.
  4. Fill a glass with ice and pour guava mixture in. 
  5. Top with kombucha. 



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