Sebastian Reaburn is going to New Orleans! Every year Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans hosts one of the worlds largest cocktail events. Four days of seminars, tastings, forums, dinners, workshops and all things cocktail related.

Having won the coveted Best Cocktail List in the World at last years event, Sebastian is heading over there to cover the event for all of us enjoying the beautiful Melbourne winter.

So, to keep the lazy devil working while over there, the 1806 team have insisted that Seb send back regular reports, photos, links and news about the trip.

For all of you out there who want to keep in touch with the newest global cocktail trends, and follow Seb's trans-American cocktail road trip that takes him from Miami, to San Juan, New Orleans, and New York. He will be keeping us all up to speed on the best bars, best drinks, best drinkers and of course any new products, check out - Seb's New Orlean's Blog for daily updates!

1806 is the year that the word cocktail was first defined in print, and the bar, 169 Exhibition St Melbourne, is about all things cocktails, especially the history of the amazing creations we sip every day.

1806 houses a collection of vintage cocktail shakers, equipment and of course our award Winning cocktail list. The cocktail list is as historically correct as possible and follows a time-line over the last two hundered years, capturing the essence of each decade and what people were drinking. The bar has a drink for everyone. Whether it is an original Bittered Sling, the chosen drink of sophisticated business-men in 1806, or from 1916 a Martini, we make our`s with your choice of vodka or gin, with a dash of bitters, and a slightly larger than normal dash of vermouth.

Come in and taste what your great, great, great, great, great, great grand-parents might have drunk! One of our signature cocktail`s is the Clover Club.