THE STORY BEHIND THE COCKTAIL NAME

Barran translates to ‘the black crow’ in the Yuibera people’s language and is my way of creating a toast for my personal hero, Hazel Work. A woman very passionate about our land and the nature that thrives on it. She was my nana, and I feel very privileged to have her guidance growing up. I’ve used ingredients to invoke nostalgia of life with her, from the mulberry tree in our yard, smoked vanilla syrup to represent cane fires in the winter and finally, Nana’s spirit of choice being Jim Beam, I wanted to use my favourite of the Jim Beam range in the Rye and added clarified apple juice to honour its signature “Jim Beam Rye and Apple”.

This is my toast. This is ‘The Barran’.