Nosferatu Distillery Bar+ Cafe

Rory Smith started in film before pivoting, in 2018, to something more permanent: gin. His Bowen Hills distillery produces a small, odd range — Dead Dry, Blood Orange, Pavlova, a sticky fig number called Nocturro — each reverse-engineered with a specific food course in mind. The resulting "Ginner Party" framework, from ceviche aperitif through to rye whiskey old fashioned, is either inspired or faintly absurd. Possibly both.