Gin-uary EVENT FEATURE
Returning for a seventh year, Tasmanian gin festival Gin-uary is back and promising a broader range of tipples for all palettes. Set to unfold on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th of January at Princes Wharf 1, on Hobart’s Waterfront, Gin-uary shapes to again be a popular way for patrons to celebrate the end of January. “Gin-uary was created to celebrate Tasmania’s booming gin industry,” says Festival Director, Nicole Fisher says. “We are celebrated across Australia and the world but now we are seeing so many exciting spirits being created that you might just fall in love with something unexpected. “Gin-uary is a crucial event for the Tasmanian spirits industry. Gin-uary gives Tasmanian distillers national exposure and offers local and interstate consumers the opportunity to sample a huge variety of well- known, as well as brand new and exclusive, Tasmanian gins and other spirits. There’ll once again be new launches, limited releases and this year the range will be so broad that you’re guaranteed to discover a new gem.”
distillery I’m excited by the exposure and the new huge audience I’ll be able to reach. I’m just really looking forward to people tasting my gin,” she said. Festival attendees will engage with and learn from distillers, creating social and emotional connections to the product and with the faces behind them. Gin-uary is designed to provide an enlightening experience which showcases the passion and the spirit of the distilleries.
Edwina Cummings from Gardners Bay Distillery will be attending her first Gin-uary Hobart. “As a new
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