ONCE IN A LIFETIME

…And you may find yourself with a beautiful Gin, in a beautiful bottle and a beautiful label

And you may ask yourself,”Well, how did I get here?”

Fair question.

About six months after the closure of my beloved bar The Owl House, in very late 2019, Julian

Noble and I registered Noble Craft Distillery Pty Ltd. You know…just in time…

Between license applications and figuring out which equipment to purchase, lockdown time was

spent studying online with the Institute of Brewing & Distilling UK. And between lockdowns,

spending time in Riverbourne Distillery, with Martin Pye, distilling Whisky and badgering him with

questions.

….And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large machine…and you may ask yourself,

“How do I work this?”…Water dissolving and water removing

Like many who set to make Whisky in craft distilleries in Australia and around the world, it’s not

uncommon to enter the market first with a Gin. Making Whisky properly, it takes time, as aging is

an inherit part. But Gin, oh Gin, Gin is “easy” it’s ready for market in couple of months…

Letting the days go by, the equipment arrived and the Gin making journey started.

Between reading books, listening to podcasts, hiring a Gin Guru as a mentor, Thank you Marcel

Thompson of Still Magic, distilling a “library” of scents and flavors I managed to come up with a

recipe for Noble Craft Gin but more importantly I truly fell in love with the art of making Gin and

the scientific art of distilling in general.

Talking Heads – Once in a lifetime