The Spirit
Hot Winter Gin — our small-format seasonal. Warming spices, ginger, and all the botanicals that make sense when you''re cold and it''s dark outside. Popular with cyclists. Obvious reasons.
What You'll Need — serves 1
Cold serve (summer):
- 40 ml Hot Winter Gin
- 150 ml premium ginger beer
- 15 ml fresh lemon juice
- 10 ml honey
- Fresh thyme, lemon wedge
- Ice — highball glass full
Warm serve (winter — the correct one):
- 40 ml Hot Winter Gin
- 150 ml ginger beer, gently warmed (not boiled)
- 15 ml fresh lemon juice
- 10 ml honey
- Fresh thyme, lemon wedge
Glass: Highball (cold) or warmed ceramic mug (winter)
Instructions
Cold serve:
- Fill a highball glass with ice.
- Add gin, lemon juice and honey. Stir to combine.
- Top with cold ginger beer.
- Garnish with a thyme sprig and lemon wedge.
Warm serve:
- Warm a mug with hot water, then discard.
- Gently warm the ginger beer and honey together in a small pot over low heat. Don''t boil.
- Add gin and lemon juice to the mug.
- Pour the warm ginger beer over.
- Float a thyme sprig on top. Let it sit for a minute before drinking.
The Story
Hot Winter Gin was developed specifically for cold-weather drinking and our cycling community — the club that comes up to Beechworth and Wooragee on weekends. The warming botanicals in the gin (ginger, cinnamon, star anise) mean this works equally well hot or cold, but the winter serve is the one worth making in July when the King Valley frosts are setting in.
> The warm version with a good book is one of life''s legitimate pleasures.
