World Gin Day

Yesterday, June 13th, was World Gin Day. I only stumbled across later in the evening so I waited until today to post about it.

The UK is well known for its gin. Less well known but an up and comer is South Africa. They are especially getting known for their craft distilled gins. From my recent trip to South Africa, I brought these two home with me. This brings to seven the different gins I’ve brought home from there.

Bloedlemoen (pronounced ‘Blue’d Le Moon’) adds blood orange to the traditional juniper and other botanicals. It is distilled in Cape Town, South Africa. According to their website, it is the world’s first blood orange gin.

Six Dogs Blue comes from the Six Dogs Distillery. They are located on a farm in De Wet, Western Cape which is northwest of Cape Town. The blue color comes from the blue pea flower. When mixed with tonic water, your drink turns a light pink. Six Dogs makes a number of unique gins including Six Dogs Karoo which uses botanicals such as wild lavender and the Karoo thorn flower which they grow on their own farm.

To all the gin lovers out there, I wish them a happy but belated World Gin Day.