Nov
Limited-edition Black Label gin brings a festive twist to the distiller’s award-winning range of spirits.
Wildbrumby, the Snowy Mountains Distillery, has released a limited-edition Black Label gin which has been crafted just for Christmas.
The Black Label has been created from the traditional botanicals and organically home-grown raspberries used in its Rubus Patch gin.
To this award-winning spirit, we’ve added twists of festive fruit, elderflower and citrus notes to recreate the sublime spirit of Christmas.
These have been carefully balanced with juniper and native botanicals, such as the mountain pepper berry that grows wild in the Snowy Mountains.
“The subtle addition of traditional Christmas fruit to our award-winning Rubus Patch is a celebration of the things we love best as we spend time with friends and family,” says Wildbrumby founder, Brad Spalding.
“Add pristine Snowy Mountains water and organic citrus fruit from the family orchard, and you have a gin that truly embodies the spirit of an Australian Christmas.”
The Black Label gin will be available until Christmas, or until stock runs out. Each bottle is elegantly packaged and includes a festive cocktail recipe card (details below).
Price: $95 (700ML)
Availability: Wildbrumby distillery door and online store
Holy Hoity Toity Cocktail
A refreshing and delightful twist on the classic gin and tonic with subtle notes of elderflower and festive fruit overlay this Black Label limited-edition gin.
How to create it:
• 30ml Gin
• a handful of fresh raspberries
• cucumber and lemon, thinly sliced
• soda with a splash of lemonade or elderflower tonic
Method: Steep raspberries in gin for at least an hour before serving, and then top up with either soda and a splash of lemonade — or add a festive twist with elderflower tonic.
Serve with sliced lemon and cucumber in a high ball or long-stemmed glass, over ice.
Oct
Saturday 29th October and Sunday 30th October 2018
Wildbrumby has a massive weekend of music over Oktoberfest long weekend with a foot stomping Oom-pah-pah band playing on Saturday 29th and the fabulous Hip Replacements rocking their bluesy tunes on Sunday 30th.
There’ll be German beer on tap, and schnapps aplenty, so dust off your lederhosen or dirndl, grab a blanket, and join all the slap-dancing fun!
Jul
July 7 until 22nd July
The Wildbrumby Beanie Festival has begun!
Thank you to all our knitters for the stunning bunch of beanies now on sale at the distillery to help raise funds for charity.
The Beanie Festival runs until July 22, with 20% of proceeds for the Leukaemia Foundation, and the rest for the beanie’s creator.
We’re also dishing out daily prizes for visitors sporting their own amazing beanies, so grab your best woollen headgear and come join in the fun.
Apr
What a brilliant day we had with Catriona and the Getaway team when they visited the Snowies! If you missed the show, you can catch it here…
Apr
Wildbrumby wins gold medal at Australian Distilled Spirits Awards.
Wildbrumby Distillery has been awarded ‘Gold’ for its Peach Nectar schnapps in the Schnapps Liqueur category at the Australian Distilled Spirits Awards.
Wildbrumby has been in the spirits business for well over a decade. It was one of the first craft distilleries established in Australia, and introduced schnapps – that quintessential tipple from the European Alps – to Australian snow sport enthusiasts.
Distiller Brad Spalding has developed many varieties of schnapps which have proven extremely popular among visitors to the Snowy region. Peach Nectar Schnapps is one of its classic range and has a rich succulent flavour.
Run by the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria, the Australian Distilled Spirits Award is the only national awards program recognising excellence in Australian distilled spirits and liqueurs.
“We are honoured that one of our classic schnapps products has received a gold medal in this prestigious category,” says Wildbrumby founder, Brad Spalding.
“Schnapps is not a traditionally Australian spirit, but we have developed a unique twist on European schnapps, that is especially tailored to local palates.”
This latest award follows recent successes with its Classic, Rubus Patch and Stallion gin, which have all claimed ‘Gold’ at international spirits competitions in Melbourne and Asia.
The distillery was also named as a leading food and drink innovator in 2017 for its schnapps range in the book Celebrating Australian Food and Agribusiness Innovations, which showcased 50 stand-out products across the entire Australian food value chain.
Wildbrumby was chosen for its focus on product experience and the personalisation of its ever-growing range of contemporary Australian spirits.
Dec
Wildbrumby chalks up new victory with latest gin release.
Wildbrumby Distillery has been awarded ‘Gold’ for its Stallion navy strength gin at the Asia International Spirits Competition last week.
This follows similar successes with its Classic and Rubus Patch gins which have each claimed ‘Gold’ at the Melbourne International Spirits Competition.
The Asia International Spirits Competition brings a major international spirits event to the region, and features trade-only judges. Close to 100 entries were submitted from 15 countries around the world.
Wildbrumby is best known for introducing schnapps to the Snowy Mountains, but over the past few years, the distillery has been undergoing something of a ‘gin revolution’.
Stallion is a high spirited (57%) navy-strength gin, and a smooth and spicy addition to the expanding range of wildbrumby gin, says Wildbrumby founder, Brad Spalding.
Developed for gin connoisseurs in search of a strong, flavourful spirit, it blends juniper and native mountain pepper with black tea, ginger and orchard-grown citrus to create an exceptionally well balanced contemporary spirit.
“Subtle notes of cassia coalesce with more dominant juniper and citrus picked from the family orchard to deliver a punchy pallet of flavours,” says Wildbrumby distiller Sebastian Drüge.
“A smooth, viscous ‘oiliness’ rounds out the spicy spirit, further enhanced by the purity, alkalinity and mineral trace elements of the natural alpine spring water used in the distilling process.”