If you've been hunting for the best Bloody Mary on the Gold Coast, your search ends at Mermaid Beach. At Six-Tricks Distilling Co., we've built our version of this classic around one principle: every single ingredient has to earn its place in the glass.
The result is a Bloody Mary that regulars drive across the coast for. One that visitors stumble upon — and come back for on their next trip. A drink that looks like a meal, tastes like a revelation, and starts with a spirit we made ourselves.
It Starts with Our Own Vodka
Most bars reach for whatever's on the back shelf. We pour Six-Tricks Premium Vodka — distilled right here on the Gold Coast by our co-founder Chris Macklin, who spent years in a private distillery, late nights and all, honing his craft before we ever opened our doors. That difference matters. A cleaner, smoother vodka means every other ingredient cuts through with clarity rather than getting muddied by harsh spirit.
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We call it Everything But The Kitchen Sink — and it earns the name. Six-Tricks Premium Vodka and tomato juice are just the start. Fresh lemon juice brightens it. Our house-fermented chilli adds a rounded, complex heat that builds rather than just burns — the kind you only get from fermentation, not a bottle. Fino Sherry brings a dry, nutty salinity that ties the whole drink together. Pickled jalapeño, Tobasco, and Frank's RedHot layer up the heat from three different angles. Olive brine, Worcestershire, and Maggi Seasoning stack the savoury depth. Celery keeps it fresh. And the whole thing is served with bocconcini, olives, and a Tajín rim that means every sip is slightly different depending on how much of the glass you catch.
That's not a cocktail. That's a whole experience.
Why the Fino Sherry Changes Everything
Most Bloody Mary recipes stop at vodka and sauce. The Fino Sherry is our secret weapon — a dry, briny addition that makes the drink taste somehow both lighter and more complex than anything you'd expect. It's the kind of ingredient you'd never notice if it were missing, but once you've had it, going back feels like settling.
Built in a Working Distillery
Six-Tricks isn't a bar that happens to have good cocktails. It's a working craft distillery in Mermaid Beach where the drinks are built with the same obsessive attention to detail that goes into the spirits themselves. When you're drinking our Bloody Mary, you're drinking something made by the same hands that made the vodka in it.
That's a short list of places on the Gold Coast where that's true.
Come Try It
We're at Mermaid Beach, Gold Coast. Come in, see the distillery, and order the one with everything but the kitchen sink.
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