The Artisan Drinks Company

A drinks entrepreneur and artist walked into a Sydney bar and met an award winning gin bar owner...no joke, that’s exactly how the Artisan adventure started.

Whilst the business idea wasn’t quite drawn on the back of a beer mat, by the end of the discussion, and a few G&Ts later, the three had made the decision to do something about the lack of innovation in the mixer drinks category - by creating a new type of mixer which combined the “artisan” skills of an artist and a mixologist.

The unorthodox beginnings of Artisan Drinks provide a strong clue to the type of business the three founders wanted to create. Steve Cooper, Alan Walsh and Mikey Enright – respectively the drinks entrepreneur, the artist and the award-winning bar owner in Sydney (did we mention it was only recently voted world’s best gin bar?) – all had one thing in common, a desire to do things differently. This led to the Artisan ethos of “Why blend in when you can stand out…”