Tasmania’s off-beat gin boom

The Guardian — Sheep’s whey and wakame: Tasmania’s off-beat gin boom.

Tasmanian distillers are winning awards for an innovative, sustainable approach using food waste and local botanicals.

Distiller Ryan Hartshorn first started distilling vodka as a way to use the waste product from his family’s Grandvewe Cheesery. After mastering the technique to produce sheep’s whey vodka, Hartshorn turned his attention to gin.

“I want everything I release to be of a standard where you can drink it neat or as a martini,” says Hartshorn. “For the gin, I use an Australian flower and an Australian sweetgrass that no one else is using. That makes it light and delicate.”

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