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Celebrating 16 years of Whisky & Alement
We’re turning 16, and we’re throwing the kind of party that celebrates everything we love about whisky—the approachable, the exceptional, and the community. Featuring five exceptional whiskies, roaming canapés (like Kelso’s famous chicken paradise buns and mystery jellies), plus a room full who people who genuinely love whisky! Sixteen years ago, Australian whisky culture was just finding its feet, and […]
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Burns Night 2026
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SHOP: 12 whiskies we poured on repeat in 2025!
As a whisky bar owner, the stakes are high when we’re attending a Christmas party. Everyone looks expectantly at the bottle in our hands when we walk through the door. This year, Jules and I have pulled together a list of quaffable favourites under $200, selected to please the Christmas crowds. These are some of Melbourne’s top whiskies of 2025, as […]
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Christmas hams & Sherried Drams
To celebrate the festive season, we’ve partnered up with the king of sherry maturation – The GlenDronach distillery – to bring you a flavour packed combo pairing a platter of three hams, loaded with all the festive trimmings and three sherry-bombs from The Glendronach distillery. We’ll be pouring 12 year old, 18 year old and Ode […]
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Oktoberfest feature menu
We’ll be celebrating every day in October – or until stocks run out!
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Meet the team: Ana Mitchell
We were extremely fortunate that in April, the talented Geelong star Ana Mitchell was making her move to Melbourne – just as we were looking for a new team member! She may have been behind the bar for a few months now, but we thought it the perfect time to get to know Ana a […]
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Meet the team: Kayla Reid
We’re delighted to have welcomed Kayla to the team last month as the creative head of cocktails. We asked Kayla a few questions so we can get to know her a little better. Take the time to read our Q&A below, or simply pop in and say hello when she’s behind the bar on Tuesdays, […]
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SMWS X Leah Dunnigan Cocktail Party
AUSTRALIA’S #1 BARTENDER AT W&A! We’re delighted to partner again with the Scotch Malt Whisky Society Australian branch to bring you 2025 Australia’s top bartender of the year, Leah Dunnigan for a one-off cocktail pop-up and party! Leah will create four unique cocktails, each hero-ing a different cask strength SMWS whisky, plus we’ll be offering a break-even rare […]
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Pint of Origin 2025: Boilermaker Hub
The masters of “Refreshing lager” and “Relaxing times”, Japan is known for its love of both beer and whisky. For Pint of Origin 2025, Whisky & Alement are matching up Japanese indie brewers and Japanese whisky to make some amazing boilermakers. We’ll also pitch these against Aussie boilermaker pairings, featuring breweries like Sobremesa, Slow Lane, Range and Mountain […]
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April: $15 Boilermaker Comp
Whisky and Alement has long pioneered the Boilermaker beer and whisky pairing in Melbourne, with the local boilermaker a prized Melburnian favourite. Since 2013 we’ve served up over 25,000 locals but it’s time to SHAKE THINGS UP! This April we’re dividing the great local boilermaker into two, Northside and Southside. Both $15 and available all hours, […]