Mr. Consistent just made it dead easy to whip up 3 of the most complex, legendary cocktails

Don’t get us wrong, we love making cocktails. We love the mixing, the shaking, the sourcing of all the ingredients. Big fans. HUGE. But, as much as we love it, sometimes we just want the damn cocktail now. It’s kind of like baking a cake from scratch (which we can do, btw, Mum). Sure, we can sift flour, measure chocolate, and remember to buy baking powder, but, boy does that cheeky Betty Crocker cake mix stare at you from the baked goods aisle after a long day. And that tub of icing? Forget about it. 

The same goes for our wonderful Mr. Consistent. They make brilliant products from ultra fresh ingredients, already mixed and ready to go (just add spirit). We were lucky enough to do a collab with them earlier this year and it was such a success, it sold out. So now, they’re back with another wonderful Dan Murphy’s exclusive – the ‘Legends’ series, just for us (and also you). “We love our core cocktails, but we wanted to stretch ourselves a bit more,” explains all-round legend and Mr. Consistent’s Product Director Mikey Sebire. “We wanted to take our customers on that journey a bit further, and I think we’ve struck a really good balance of familiarity and novel with this range.” 

So, what are the lucky cocktails our main man Mr. Consistent has settled on? “I think we largely wanted to make cocktails that we ourselves would be excited to drink,” explains Mikey. “There have been a number of legends through time that have been immortalised with a drink of their namesake, but these three were the ones we're drinking most at the moment. We’ve been guided by the cocktail first and the legend second. All three of these cocktails are exceptional expressions of what a cocktail should be. They're fun, they're well-balanced and extremely drinkable and they don't take themselves too seriously.”

So, drum roll please (*bangs hands on desk*), our three lucky and delicious exclusives are the Hemingway Daiquiri (yes named for that Hemingway), the Charlie Chaplin and Donn Beach’s Zombie. That’s one gin and two rum cocktails, and each bottle makes 10 serves. 

“For me, rum is the spirit that’s closest to my heart, but I don’t think it’s always been portrayed in the best light in the Australian market,” says Mikey. “So I love the thought that we could play a role in opening the world of rum up to drinkers who may have historically ignored it.” Mikey’s predicting a summer of rum – specifically tiki-style cocktails, which makes sense as the team are also releasing a Piña Colada and a Mai Tai mixer, but more on that at a later date. This is all about the big three. 

While the original recipes are far from simple, Mr. Consistent makes it actually convenient to whip up some of the trickiest cocktails. “Some of them in their original incarnations rely on multiple spirits or spirits that don't necessarily exist in your average liquor cabinet,” says Mikey.  “Our challenge is to create a drink that can be made to a bartender standard, still only using one spirit that is easily found and readily available.” We’re listening.

Find all three of these exclusive new mixers in-store and online, alongside the rest of Mr Consistent’s brilliant range.