Community & Business
8 December, 2022
Small town distillers win big
KURANDA gin distillery, Distil on the Hill, is hitting all the right taste buds this year, taking home silver and bronze medals in the Tasting Australia awards, Australian Gin awards and the Melbourne Royal Distilled Spirits awards.
Since winning a double gold at the San Francisco Gin awards, Neddy and Christian Bedwell have been bringing in more and more accolades.
Both their Jindilli and Mandarin gins scored a silver in the 2022 Tasting Australia spirit awards in the contemporary category where they went up against 328 other entries from across the country.
At the Australian Gin Awards, the Bedwell’s Mandarin gin took home a silver whilst the Jindilli took home a bronze.
At their most recent awards, the Melbourne Royal Distilled awards, the Mandarin once again bought home silver whilst the Jinidilli received bronze.
The small distillery has also made appearances at popular Cairns night clubs including Dirty Laundry and XS.
Neddy was beyond excited to see her small village distillery in the Kuranda hills bring in several awards and make a name for itself.
With the gin’s popularity continuing to rise, the distillery will be moving into a new home hope-fully in the next 12 months to keep up with demand.
“We are really happy to see people loving our gins and it has been really exciting (winning awards),” Neddy said.
“Now that Christian has finished up full-time work at the mines, we can both focus on our gins and expand into our new space.
“We are working on a new savoury gin now which has pipi shells, apples and thyme.”
