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Welcome to our Autumn 2023 Newsletter It's our pleasure to share some highlights from the past few months and to offer our readers a 20% discount for purchases of 700 ml bottles from our online store. Just use the code AUTUMN23 here. We look forward to seeing you soon at our Distillery Door which is open Fri-Sat-Sun 12 - 5:30 pm at Tenancy 3, Building 3, 1 Dairy Rd You can also join us at the Adelaide Gin Festival 16-18th June, or the Canberra International Gin Festival 30th June-1st July, or the Sydney Gin Festival 21-23rd July.
Congratulations to the artful Brandon Martignago who placed in the top three at the Australian Coupe contest run by our friends at Dulcies Kings Cross. Brandon’s winning cocktail using Big River Dry Gin was 'On the Rocks', created by Ben McCarthy from Canberra's High Jinks Bar on Edinburgh Ave in Civic. |
After many requests, Big River has taken the plunge this year and is making a Shiraz Gin. Shiraz grapes have been sourced from Wallaroo Wines, near Hall ACT, a vineyard that Clyde used to manage in his wine days. A late and cool year gave the grapes plenty of time to build a distinctive flavour profile that integrates perfectly with a specifically designed gin base featuring lemon peel and juniper from Hungary and Macedonia. Our planned release date is in the second half of 2023.
Josh has been visiting venues all across Australia travelling with our valued distribution partners at Mezzanine The Fine Wine Specialist and Red + White. If you are in Townsville next, visit Jam Corner & Bridgewater Restaurant and sample some of their cocktails made with Big River gin (pictured above). Check out our stockists page to see if we're stocked near you.
We're not big on spirits competitions as we'd rather our customers assess the quality directly, so we only enter the very best shows - including the London Spirits Competition. Out of the 695 gin entries from around the world, our Mandarin Gin was placed in the top twenty of all spirits and was the second highest rated gin from Australia. A welcome affirmation of what our customers have told us – that Big River Mandarin Gin is remarkable.
You can order it here and don’t forget to use your code AUTUMN23 for 20% off until Friday 30th June.