if you want to try something tasty, here's what your friendly Melbourne bartenders recommend at the moment. Whisky, whiskey Nine out of ten bartenders claim to go weak at the knees for a gal who takes her whisky (better yet, American rye whiskey) neat with a craft beer chaser. And while we're not encouraging you to drink your way into bartenders' pants, we can confirm that this is a great way to enjoy both types of booze. Beer Great things are happening for Melbourne and craft beer right now, so put your big brand bottles down: there's a whole world of awesome you're missing out on. Any bar worth its salt is pretty well stocked with interesting gear from local brewers like Southern Bay, Red Hill, and Hargreaves Hill. Beer cocktails are worth a look too. Get a Shaky Pete's Ginger Brew at the Beaufort -- a fresh mix of gin, lemon, house steeped ginger syrup topped with a beer float. Mixed drinks Bars are stocking seriously good spirits at the moment, and a lot of them are making their own mixers from ginger beer to fresh juices, which makes a simple twosome a pretty good idea. Good ice, fresh grapefruit soda and a great tequila with a salt rim is pretty much your perfect Paloma -- pride of Mexico. Tequila Speaking of tequila, hot off the Mexican bandwagon, we've learnt that this liquor is actually a great drink that's had a bad rap. Try some complex aged (anejo) numbers