22 Sep // Milkshake, boys, yard, strawberries

In the immortal words of George and Paul and John and Ringo, it’s been a long, cold, lonely Winter. But just as the Beatles (and Belle and Sebastian here) famously sang, here comes the sun, hopefully, and along with it my just about favourite thing about the warmer months: summer fruit. We’ve already got some new season Aussie strawberries teasing us in the supermarket, and I for one am excited.

Keeping with the theme, the clever people at Lewis Road have added strawberry to their repertoire of excellently creamy ice creams and milks. It’s a true strawberry flavour, and the ice cream in particular is a strawberries-and-cream delight. They asked me to come up with a cocktail using their new goodies, which is basically my dream job.

I played around with the idea of a hard shake - a boozy milkshake with fresh strawberries added to the milk and the ice cream for a triple strawberry dose and plenty of flavour. I did the shoot in my backyard, and whilst this milkshake has thus far brought no boys to it, the sun is coming and I’m remaining optimistic.