Women in Australian gin
Today is International Women’s Day, and in the current wave of attention that our distilling industry is receiving globally, I wanted to shine a light on the women creating some…
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Saint Felix Distillery
Saint Felix Distillery is located in Mordialloc, in the south eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It’s part of the popular Urban Ground complex which houses a cafe and bar, and at…
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Australian Distilled Spirits Awards
Being asked to judge gins for competitions is an honour, and not something I take lightly. I began my judging career with the Australian Distilled Spirits Awards back in 2016…
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2021 American Distilling Institute Craft Spirits Awards
Back in 2007, the American Distilling Institute revolutionised spirits competitions with the creation of the Judging of Craft Spirits. Before this spirits competitions simply gave out scores or medals. To…
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Spirits Business: Gin Masters 2021 Results
More good news this week, as the Spirits Business Gin Masters 2021 medal winners were announced. After the superb results from the IWSC, Australian Gin Distillers have excelled again, receiving…
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Naught Distillery
After COVID hit their plans to open last year, the Naught gin founders finally welcomed everyone to their distillery and bar on Thursday night. I joined them for the opening,…
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IWSC Results 2021 ~ Australian Gin Medal Winners
The results of this years International Wine and Spirits Competition (IWSC) 2021 have been revealed! This year, there were over 1000 gins entered, with the Contemporary gin category showing the…
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Garden Grown Gin
When Garden Grown Gin launched in 2015 it was called Distillery Botanica Gin, a joint venture between Philip Moore at Distillery Botanica and Frank Bethel and Will Miles, at Grown…
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SAN FRANCISCO WORLD SPIRITS COMPETITION AUSTRALIAN GIN RESULTS 2021
The medal winners of the coveted San Francisco World Spirits Competition have been announced and Australian gins have achieved great results, with 9 Double golds awarded to; Never Never Distilling…
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Mary Astor Cocktail
I’m a huge fan of Bar Liberty in Melbourne and it was there that I first came across Pennyweight Wines Sherry (they actually make a unique blend for the restaurant).…
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Ginvestigation 2021 Survey Results
You may remember a month or so ago, I asked you to complete a short survey for me. I’ve analysed the 1070 responses, and here are the results. It’s been…
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