The Gin Queen, Author at The Gin Queen

American Distilling Insitute 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

Posted on July 5, 2021July 5, 2021
The Gin Queen

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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Distilleries

Naught Distillery

Posted on July 4, 2021August 16, 2021
The Gin Queen

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

Posted on July 1, 2021July 5, 2021
The Gin Queen

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

Posted on May 23, 2021May 24, 2021
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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

Posted on May 6, 2021May 9, 2021
The Gin Queen

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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Cocktails

Mary Astor Cocktail

Posted on April 5, 2021April 5, 2021
The Gin Queen

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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Ginformation

Ginvestigation 2021 Survey Results

Posted on March 31, 2021April 1, 2021
The Gin Queen

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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Distillers

Women in Australian gin

Posted on March 7, 2021March 7, 2021
The Gin Queen

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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World Gin Awards 2021

Posted on March 1, 2021March 2, 2021
The Gin Queen

Last week the winners of the World Gin Awards 2021 were announced. These awards are special to me as I was honoured to win Gin Communicator of the Year in…

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