BYOB – Bring your own botanical! If you have something special, feel free to bring along something you’ve grown in the garden, or a favourite spice from your travels Everyone else around you is drinking Scotch, but you’re still not a fan, or when you just discovered your Scottish heritage. 10. Stinger Heat your barbecue or grill. When nice and hot place the lobsters, cut side down, on the grill for no more than two minutes. After two minutes turn the lobsters over so they are shell side down, and place the lemon halves cut side down on the grill. It’s hard to forget the incredible Manly Gin that we sent our members as their August 2019 Gin of the Month, and Vanessa Wilton is one of the people responsible for that remarkable impact it had on everyone here at Craft Gin Club HQ and all of our members! Tours of the distillery are an extraordinary way to learn about craft distillation and artisan spirits. The whole experience will give you the chance to see where our Gins/Botanical Vodka and Liqueur are made and understand exactly what goes into crafting what’s in your glass.

The Boilermaker is a no-nonsense drink that’s available anywhere. You don’t need any fancy Mixologist degrees to pull this one off. As long as there’s beer and whiskey or rum, you can get it down you and then move onto something else. The Manly Spirits Distillery Gin School with its 15 miniature stills came in handy as the laboratory used to figure out the best combination of distilled and infused tropical fruits, marine elements and traditional Aussie dry gin notes that worked to make this ‘Gin-a-Colada’.” The remarkable team at Manly Spirits Co. create ‘The Beaches’ Gin using twelve key botanicals selected using a rigorous testing process involving their fifteen miniature stills.

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Using a funnel, pour that mix into your aging bottle and add an oak stave. Let sit for four to six days.

The teal blue label shows a surfers and beach goers swimming among the sea life often found on the Northern Beaches of Australia. Other stories tell of a bartender in 1860s Manhattan area creating it. Whoever you attribute it to, it’s one hell of a drink.If you've ever wondered how hard it is to make gin, here's your chance to road-test your skills as a distiller. Guests to the gin school will take a tour of gin's long and fraught history, learn both how Manly Spirits makes its gin and what it takes to produce a well-balanced and harmonious palate before using this newly-acquired knowledge to make their own bottle of gin.