Husk Distillers
This organic, small batch, Australian craft gin resulted from distiller Paul Messenger’s experimentations with an exotic flowering legume from Thailand known as the ‘Butterfly Pea’ (Clitoria ternatea) in 2012.
Inspired by its colour changing properties, Messenger spent the next three years creating a recipe that would harmonise a range of botanicals, including the native Australian bush tucker, with the singular flower.
Settling on balanced recipe of 12 botanicals, Ink Gin is placed in a hand-beaten copper pot still at the Husk Plantation Distillery, where it is combined with 100% Australian grain spirit and water from the volcanic rocks of the caldera that originally fell as rain.
Elderflower, lemon and just a hint of juniper. Perhaps some almond nuttiness too...
Peppercorn and cardamom give it a spicy opening, with rounded notes of orange balancing it all out.
Liquorice, thyme and continued citrus sweetness.
Absolutely love the magical colour changing and it tastes great too!
Delicious and the blue pea is lovely
Seeing friends reaction to the colour changing is quality!
Learning about science and nature while drinking a delicious gin is great!
Absolutely DELICIOUS gin.
