Upfront, let me say that when the team at Thirty Six Short from South Australia reached out to me recently to have a look at their new single malts I was delighted. I’ve recently started a new series on my social channels that amplify a difference spirit in a short format a release or two
Well as Tom Cruise said in Top Gun Maverick, “it’s been a minute Mav” when hopping into an old fighter jet. I suppose you may have been wondering what I’ve been doing these past months and been somewhat quiet time on the website. Sorry about that, I’ll explain. I started out with good intentions with
Pretty much each week a new distillery or two pops up around Australia, and I’ve been tracking their evolution for well over a decade now, and keep my list up to date each month, so currently there are something like 543 gin distillers now and they keep coming. I did a poll on my Instagram
It’s probably safe to say that one doesn’t got to Italy in one’s mind when you think of gin. Lovely cars, Negronis, aperitivo time, la dolce vita, Stanley Tucci, and all those wonderful things. But Italy has been in the gin business for well over 100 years, and there now a new wave of gin
There are exciting spirits being crafted on Queensland’s central coast north of Brisbane, from places like Caloundra up to Noosa, and in the beautiful hinterland several new distilleries have emerged recently. For a State that has been renowned for it’s rum forever, there is a new generation of self-taught distillers who are taking their inspiration
With the current gin boom showing no sign of slowing down with close to 500 gin producers in the country now, only about 60 or more are created by Australian women according to the Women of Australian Distillers website. ]So it takes a certain amount of bravery and self-belief to dive into the sea of
If the various pandemic lockdowns has showed us something, it was the power of enforced creativity. Folks with plenty of smarts, energy and time on their hands, plus a little bit of economic necessity have came up with all sorts of things we never knew we needed, until we did. So some months back, during
Well, despite being interesting times, there is no sign that the Australian spirits industry shows any sign of decline. If anything, they’ve had a boom thanks to so many folks being in lockdown for so long and cocktail hour is starting a little earlier than usual. 😉 I’ve a bunch of new releases to review
Not only are we living in the what I think is the Golden Age of Gin, it’s never been a better time to get it so easily. Happy days indeed. Parallel to the rise of so many distillers around the world, not least here in Australia, has seen the emergence of specialist online shops and
Parallel to the emergence of hundreds of spirit brands in the recent years in Australia has been the introduction of ingredients to complement them. These might be bitters, vermouth, or tonic waters. In the case of the latter, there are two styles available on the market, the well known clear, carbonated style where you simply
Looking to create a unique Australian expression of gin, the team at the Headlands Distilling Company have pushed the Australian craft distilling envelop with these releases. In a previous review I looked at their excellent Vodka ( read about it here) and I took my time to get acquainted with their Boobialla Australian Native Gin, Daalgaal
Welcome to 2020 friends. I mentioned last year in my plans the intention to create a YouTube channel to complement what’s on the website and featured on my other social media channels. I work hard to ensure you get different content across each of them, and so I’m delighted to announce that the Martini Whisperer
Welcome to the new year! If you follow me on my Instagram or Facebook page you would have seen my daily posts during December of a different Aussie gin that was featured in the Gintonica Advent Calendar Disclosure- I’m engaged by the nice folk at Gintonica to do this service. Tough work, but someone has
It’s been another big year for Australian craft gin. At the time of writing I’ve some 260 gin makers listed on my website, with many more to come in 2020. So to wrap the 2019 reviewing year, it’s a look at this small batch release from Tasmania from a new small distillery. Sandy Gray Gin
I’ve long been a fan of the gins from France. For many of us, that country, so famous for so many gorgeous things to eat and drink, isn’t the first place you associate with gin. However, let me introduce to some of my favourites that deserve your attention. If you consider their long expertise in
This must be how Vikings should drink gin if they lived today! Bareksten has an amazing appearance, from the dark mysterious bottle, the marketing, the complex and powerful gin and not the least, the man behind it, Stig Bareksten. Stig easily appears as the image of a Norwegian Viking, bearded, mysterious, and somewhat dangerous. But
In sports they talk about backing yourself. So how’s this for a confident play….. Choose the most competitive spirits category to create a new product in, aim to create something unique and of the highest quality, and do THAT independently without the backing of any big corporate players in the largest market in the world.
Updated 16 November Upcoming Reviews + Articles a look at some of the new wave Australian craft rum a review of the Lawrenny range of craft spirits some Danish craft gins Tokyo Gin festival Pt 2 what’s the deal with influencers and spirits brands? Plus these are new on the website: a new list of
As you know, I collaborated with Gintonica last year to debut the very successful Australian Gin Advent Calendar which sold out its 1000 sets! It was picked up my media around the world to rave reviews for its quality and value. Here’s a sample from the UK! It came with 24 x 50ml individually labelled
They say time flies when you’re having fun….but really, where did 2017 go? Before I let you into the know about some of the big plans for 2018 let me say a heartfelt thank you for your interest and support this year. Long before my facebook and instagram adventures it was the readers here on
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