A podcast for lovers of wine, beer, liquor (incl. whisky, whiskey, bourbon, gin, vodka, tequila etc) and cocktails, Drinks Adventures hosts wine makers, brewing and distilling experts, sommeliers, bartenders & more.
What is the difference between gin and flavoured vodka? That should be an easy question to answer.
But some of the drinks industry's older heads have voiced concern that gin without juniper berries, or lacking in juniper character, is on the rise.
Among them is Hayman's Gin, which recently launched the Call Time On Fake Gin campaign.
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Says the distiller: "Recently we have started to see some producers marketing gins that have little or no evident connection to juniper. While botanical innovation and experimentation has long been linked to gin’s success, we believe that a small number of producers are today creating spirits that have strayed too far from what makes gin 'gin'."
Sipsmith Gin co-founder Fairfax Hall is another distiller who has taken up the fight against gin without juniper.
Drinks Adventures caught up with Fairfax for a chat about all things gin in Sydney earlier this year.
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