Great Ocean Road Gin AIREYS INLET
Back in November 2017 with her family in tow, owner Ann Houlihan decided to make a sea change from Melbourne to Anglesea, so that her kids could grow up in this special place and Ann could develop her own business making premium craft gin. Great Ocean Road Gin is her expression, her love of quality craft gin and a nostalgic nod to her favourite place in the world... the Great Ocean Road. In August 2018 the first gin ‘Guvvos’ was released. The gin was affectionately named Guvvos after a popular local surf beach where her daughter loves to surf. It is a beautiful and rugged stretch of coastline, great for dog walking and kelp foraging. Their featured cocktail is the Aireys 75. ABOUT THE GIN Guvvos Gin is a modern take on a classic London dry style – its citrus forward, with a hint of salt. There are 24 botanicals in this gin, many of these are unique to the Great Ocean Road region including – coast daisy, salt bush, hop wattle, pigface, kelp, eucalypts, and local honey. All of these ingredients make this gin truly unique to its location. Guvvos is a clean, bright, and luscious citrus gin with savoury ocean notes. It has crisp clean juniper, is well balanced, with a lovely hint of honey on the back palate. Details on the French 75 Created in Paris in 1915 at The New York Bar – later the famous Harry’s New York Bar, it is said that Scottish bartender Harry MacElhone took inspiration for the name from the French 75mm light field gun. This portable canon was much seen in the news of the time and was a symbol of hope thanks to its important role in World War I. Harry thought that the combination of cocktail ingredients packed such a punch that drinking it felt like being shelled with the powerful weapon.*
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