At the Melbourne Royal Australia Distilled Spirit Awards, our Troppo Yuzu gin took at the trophy for best Australian Contemporary Gin. I such an honour & it’s still sinking in for us. If you told us 5 years ago we would win a trophy at ADSA, it would have been in the ambitions, but definitely not something that was just going to happen.
As soon as Yuzu came off the still, I knew we had something really special, and honestly the thanks needs to go to a mate Joe Dunham from Simon George and Sons, dropped me around a ctn of Yuzu, from Mountain Yuzu in Victoria to play with.
I had not intentions of distilling them, my head was straight aways a cocktails syrup for tequila cocktails, but as soon as I smelt the aroma from the oils of these Yuzu, I didn’t really have a choice, I had to distill them. We were absolutely led by the produce which we are really proud of. Work with great produce and the rest will follow.
A massive thank you to the Melbourne Royal team for hosting the Australian Distilled Spirit Awards and to all the judges who dedicate their time to see the industry grow and develop.
For a small little side hustle (very early mornings are had weekly) micro distillery, working out of @snapper.rocks, we have been recognised with some pretty awesome awards, both nationally and internationally, but this one is absolutely right up there.
Time for a beverage we think.
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