Cape Town - The time has come for South Africans to celebrate our booming local gin distilleries.
Following hot on the heels of the exploding local craft beer industry are the makers of small batch, artisanal gin.
An inaugural Gin & Tonic festival is to be held in Cape Town on January 30 in the new Mason’s Press Building in Woodstock, showcasing between eight to nine micro South African distilleries and some household international producers.
A few to expect on the day will be New Harbour Distillery, Hope on Hopkins, Musgrave, Jorgensen’s, Triple Three Estate Distillery as well as the much anticipated launch of the new Bloedlemoen Gin.
According to a press release, Vincent Parisis, a passionate gin-loving Belgian entrepreneur and founder of www.ginsoline.be will be sharing his knowledge..
Gin lovers can also look forward to artisanal food that can be expertly paired with various G&T cocktails, as well as the opportunity to learn from various expert ginsmiths and mixologists about what goes into making their G&T cocktail unique, and learning a bit more about their “Gin Story”.
A G&T Festival would be nothing without the tonic technicians, so festival enthusiasts can also look forward to quality hand crafted tonics to complement their favourite gins.
All ticketholders will be presented with a beautifully spacious balloon glass at the festival - the best way to appreciate the crafted drinks, and yours to take home as a great festival memento.
G&T lovers in the Johannesburg area and surrounds will be excited to know that plans are already in place for the second phase of the G&T festival to take place at a venue and date which will soon be announced.
First phase tickets are sold out but gin lovers will be pleased to know that special edition tickets will be released in early January 2016 for the Cape Town launch.
Website: http://ginandtonicfestival.co.za/
IOL, adapted from a press release.