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TROPIC • EVENTS

Spirited day
in the sun

CRAFT SPIRITS
A group of local distillers is The festival is the brainchild of
banding together to launch the Hemingway’s Brewery’s co-founder Tony
region’s first Festival of Spirits. Fyfe and GM Roman Haslinger, who
together are aiming to shine the spotlight
on the region’s craft gin, rum and spirit
A day celebrating the region’s best tipples producers and their recent successes.
is booked in this June, as a group of
local distilleries combine to bring us the
inaugural Festival of Spirits.
A union of world award-winning and
emerging distillers – Wolf Lane, Distil The festival’s about
on the Hill, Mt Uncle Distillery, Narrow celebrating the people who
Tracks Distilling, Wild River Mountain
Distillery and Devils Thumb – is hosting are innovating, creating
the event on Saturday 11 June, in the and making this region
seaside location of Hemingway’s Brewery
on Cairns Wharf. taste great
Roman Haslinger
Hemingway’s Brewery

The Festival of Spirits is also set to
coincide with World Gin Day and will
conjure a colourful, carnival atmosphere
inspired by New Orleans’ iconic Mardi WORLD’S TOP GONG
Gras. A lively dash of Mexico’s Day of the One of the region’s newer distilleries
Dead will also form part of the festivities. has reached global heights in the
“Think roaming musicians and artists, world of craft gin. Devils Thumb has
jugglers, tarot card readers, trumpets, taken out top in the World Gin Awards
and face-paint setting the scene while 2022 for its signature 58.8% ABV
jerked meats and Caribbean-style dishes Navy Strength. “The Navy Strength
will be the perfect foil to enjoying Gin draws on the sensory aromas
a delicious array of artisanal spirits,” and citrus flavours of traditional
Ms Haslinger said. botanicals like angelica, navel oranges
“Along with a no-compromise and local bush lemons,” head distiller
appreciation for quality and enviable and co-founder, Mark Norman, said.
access to an exotic and abundant range “Ingredients from our rainforest
of botanicals and natural ingredients, and reef landscape are also featured,
our local distillers have seized an notably native red finger limes and a
opportunity and are successfully touch of Great Barrier Reef seawater.
standing out from the crowd with a “Add in pure water sourced from the
cache of national and global awards.” oldest rainforest in the world and
The Festival of Spirits is a free and this gin has a special character – it’s a
family-friendly event. harmony of many elements that make
it truly unique.”

FESTIVAL OF SPIRITS
WHEN Saturday 11 June MORE: tropicnow.com.au
WHERE Hemingway's Cairns

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