This here gin girl has heard about a new trend hitting the spirits scene. Southern Moonshine range of unaged American-style moonshines are handmade in small batches, right here in South Africa. “As with craft beer and gin, we believe moonshine could be the next big...
A new beginning with Prominent Paints
Prominent Paints sent me a paint voucher earlier this year. My mom retired recently. Before she was always anxious about weekends being too short to do everything she planned. Now she worries that there's not enough years left for her to complete the things on her...
Get off your trolley for a drinks cart
My gin obsession has lead to a new obsession. Getting a drinks cart. I was surprised by the options out there (although the first bunch of Google results will direct you to Gumtree - not quite what I had in mind). These are some of the wonderful local finds I stumbled...
Precious citrus: ClemenGold Gin
ClemenGold Gin is made from the delicious ClemenGold fruit - a mandarin cultivar grown locally and harvested from mid-June to mid-August. This classic Cape Dry style gin is distilled with nine botanicals, including sundried ClemenGold and orange peels, cinnamon,...
Bloedlemoen Gin: The Crimson King* of citrus
Bloedlemoen Gin is another local craft gin distilled by the wonderful people at Hope on Hopkins. This citrus, spicy sweet gin includes botanicals juniper, blood orange, angelica root, liquorice root, cassia, nutmeg, cardamom, Grains of Paradise, coriander and...
Gift idea: The Gin Box December: Gold, Frankincense, Myrrh
The Gin Box. Of all the subscription boxes, this is one the I think I like best. I have yet to buy one myself, but it's going to happen soon. A South African first, each month, second month, or third month - depending on your subscription - you receive an exclusive...
Chameleon gin: Trouvaille Blossom and Hops
Trouvaille Blossom and Hops gin is unlike any other gin (yes, I know this is true of every gin, but hear me out). I actually had the delightful opportunity to try this at the recent Johannesburg launch of The Gin Box. The thing that truly stood out for me, is the fact...
Rewind: Inverroche Gin
This is an excerpt from a blog post I did in 2016 after visiting the Inverroche Gin distillery. In case you aren’t aware of what Inverroche is, it is a gin brand that has been making headlines all over the world, because they incorporate fynbos from the area into...
Experience the African spice route with Musgrave Gin
For me, Musgrave Gin, was the first pink gin on my radar. But before that, there was Musgrave 11 - referring to the number of signature botanicals infused into this spirits. These flavours include top notes of aromatic cardamom, African ginger (Whitei Mondei) and...