MEDIA RELEASE – FOSSEY’S DISTILLERY WINS NINE MEDALS

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Media Release - Fossey's Distillery wins NINE MEDALS

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On Friday October 1st The Australian Gin Awards released the results of their 2021 competition with Mildura’s very own Fossey’s Distillery bringing home 9 medals, including two GOLD MEDALS for their Navel Strength Gin and Navel Strength Gin Barrel Aged in Chardonnay.

Owner of Fossey’s Distillery Steve Timmis is absolutely thrilled with this year’s results.

“It’s amazing that this competition was able to go ahead at all this year. With ongoing border and lockdown issues and product coming in from all around Australia, and back out again to judges who had to do their tastings and scoring remotely this year, it was quite the effort.”

The Australian Gin Awards once again saw distilleries from all across the nation enter their products in the biggest Gin awards competition in Australia.

“The Australian Spirits industry is a fantastic thing to be apart of. Every year the industry grows, evolves and gets stronger in product development, quality and of course personality. We’re all mates in the distilling field, and it’s one of the most positive and supportive industries to be a part of. There’s a lot of big players in Australia with world renowned products so to go up against them in a competition such as this is always a bit daunting.”

During the Victorian lockdowns of 2020, Fossey’s Distillery undertook a “Covid Project” developing a Barrel Aged Gin Collection by taking a range of their Gin’s and aging them for various lengths of time in different types of barrel’s.

“This was a fantastic project for our distilling team to undertake during the lockdowns last year. It was something fun to do amongst all that was going on at the time, and to walk away with awards for 3 of these in particular has been truly rewarding.”

“We always talk about our Navel Strength Gin being our pride and joy,” continued Steve “so there was no question about including it in our Barrel Aged Gin collection. We let the Gin rest on an ex Chardonnay Barrel from the Barossa Valley and what we were left with is what we describe as a ‘little glass of sunshine’. We also teamed up with local winery Chalmer’s Estate and aged our Original Gin on their Aglianico Rose´ barrel. This is also one of our favourites too and we loved collaborating with the Chalmers crew, so we were absolutely stoked to receive a bronze medal for this one.”

In addition to the two Gold medals for their Navel Strength Gin’s, Fossey’s Distillery also took home Silver Medals for their Original Gin Barrel Aged on Redgum Rum, Shiraz Gin Barrel Aged on Shiraz and Shiraz Gin, plus Bronze Medals being awarded for the Original Gin Elixir, Original Gin Barrel Aged on Aglianico Rose, Frontignac and Kaffir Leaf Gin’s as well.

Fossey’s Distillery like all hospitality and tourism venues, has been at the mercy of ongoing Covid lockdowns and restrictions for the last 18 months and have one very simple message for everyone out there.

“Buy local, and buy direct.” says Steve.

“It doesn’t have to be from us, but locally whether that be in your own town or within Australia, we are all so spoilt for choice when it comes to high quality products. And buy direct. If you can order from a restaurant directly or from a producer or makers website rather than a third party platform, trust us, it will make their day.”

Fossey’s Distillery is now open again for patrons from 2pm every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 110 Eighth Street Mildura, or purchases can be made directly from their website with shipping Australia wide.  

END RELEASE

Media Contact: Cherie Gowers 0438512336 cherie@fosseysgin.com.au

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Fossey’s Distillery is proud to present Whisky, Wine & Fire.
Enjoy a discovery of premium world whiskies and a 6 course degustation dinner as Fossey’s Distillery celebrates World Whisky Day.
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THE FINER DETAILS

Where: Fossey’s Distillery Laneway
When: Saturday May 15th 2021
Time: 6pm

Easter Sunday at Fossey’s

Open every single day over the Easter weekend, bring friends, family and your fabulous selves and enjoy all of your Fossey’s
favourites from Thursday til Monday over Easter.
There’ll be live music EVERY DAY
Easter cocktails EVERY DAY
Delicious food EVERY DAY
Open from 12pm EVERY DAY

And live gin distillation, you guessed it, EVERY DAY!!!
Easter Sunday live music will be Iwan & Andrea!

To book your table call 03 5022 8290

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Steve Timmis Head Distiller at Fossey's gin in the Distillery at Mildura

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The Sunraysia Farmers Market is on this Saturday 20th February from 8am to noon! 

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FOSSEY’S GIN BAUBLES

Our fabulously unique Fossey’s baubles are BACK this year! Enjoy decorating your tree this year with our Original, Desert Lime, Shiraz & Christmas Pudding Gin. These little gems really are the best!

FOSSEY’S CHRISTMAS PUDDING GIN IS HERE! 

But is just about to sell out. So please don’t miss out because the next time you will be able to get your hands on this glorious drop will be in December 2021! Stock up whilst stock lasts or you just may kick yourself.

Gin Jam

A gorgeous ginny gift for the anyone who loves deliciousness on toast (we prefer fruit toast) or wow your fam by using it as a glaze for your Christmas ham or pop it on your cheese platter for something divinely delish! You can relax indulging in this truly delectable delight as there is no alcohol added. Citrusy, botanicaly, ginny and jammy, this versatile creation makes a sensational Christmas gift!

Build Your Own Tasting Pack

Looking for something really special & unique for the gin lover in your life?

Fossey’s Barrel Aged Gin Collection boasts a fabulous range of carefully crafted Gin’s that have been resting in a variety of different barrels giving us an incredible selection that is as diverse in flavour as it is in colour.

Making it even more special, you are able to select which 3 you would like to create a special Barrel Aged Gin Tasting that’s personalised to your loved one!
 
Fossey’s RedGum Rum

A flavour unlike anything you have ever experienced before, our Redgum Rum is the epitome of an Australian rum with a unique Fossey’s twist.

The perfect Christmas gift for any Rum lover!

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Help your friends & fam keep their celebratory Christmas drinks cool this summer with one of our fabulous Fossey’s stubby holders.

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It would be hard to go wrong with any Gin from this range and what could be a better Christmas gift to give than a Fossey’s Barrel Aged Gin?

To find out more about each drop simply click the link here for individual tasting notes.

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Fossey’s – The Original Ginporium

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Oh how I miss it. Fossey’s – The Original Ginporium.

What a great place to hang out on a Friday night or any night for that matter, with friends at any time of the year. It’s a blessing to have such a treasure in my local town of Mildura. 

What makes Fossey’s Ginporium so amazing? 

Well to answer that I quote Darryl Kerrigan from the legendary Australian movie “The Castle” where he says “it’s just the vibe of the place” but it really is much more too.

If you don’t know the origins of the Ginporium, please allow me to enlighten you. It’s a ginteresting tale and one I think you will definitely enjoy. 

Fossey’s is family owned and operated. Fossey’s is the epitome of a boutique Distillery. 

Embracing family history, sensational local produce and exceptional story telling though the art of Gin & Whisky Swilling and Distilling, Fossey’s has truly embraced the Australian Gin, Vodka and Whisky culture. 

Fossey’s Ginporium is in one of Mildura’s most iconic and historical buildings, The Setts. It is home to Mildura’s first and only Gin Garden and Gin & Whisky Bar.

The unique back story to creating Fossey’s Ginporium:

Well the Fossey name was married into the family in the early 1900’s and as was tradition then, it was given as the middle name to the first-born son John Fossey, known to everyone as “Foss”.

A name that stood out, those who have it as their own have been of creative mind. Of pioneering spirit. Those with the name are usually proudly misunderstood!

The Fossey’s have lived by principles and ideologies that have been passed down through generations and become known as “Fosseylosophies” which we have based our Fossey’s Ginporium business principles on.

Foss’s Grandmother (who he never met) raised 6 children alone, while running a pub in Ludlow, United Kingdom. Coincidentally, this is the same area as our Fossey’s Gin Juniper berries come from.

One of her sons, Albert, migrated to Australia and married Elsie Vera. Elsie was small in stature but big in spirit nothing would faze her. She bought up 4 children (one of them Foss) in Koorlong before there were established roads and power. Elsie was always one who rolled up her sleeves and got on with the job. Growing up in the sticks, Foss thought the best things he had ever seen were running water and knives with a serrated edge.

Were these the things to ginspire big ideas and Fosseylosophies? 

Who knows? 

His execution of big ideas could be somewhat erratic at times and misguided at best, but Foss was truly an original entrepreneur.

Pioneering land (well outside Mildura) which wasn’t being used for anything else, Foss went on to create something that is still an icon of Mildura today – Timmis Speedway.

Foss and his young family farmed a property in Mourquong. Growing fresh fruit still to this day, this particular block is where our Fossey’s Original Gin Elixir bergamot oranges and tangelos are grown.

Father to our Master Ginnovator, Steve Timmis, who embodies the pioneering spirit and big ideas like his dad. Only perhaps with a slightly straighter forward strategy to implementation, the fundamentals of Fosseylosophies live on when developing something truly unique.

Ginterestingly, speaking of creating something truly unique, Foss’s great grandad Vere Quaile who was a blacksmith living in the Bacchus Marsh area, along with his son Edward, were the ones to create Ned Kelly’s armour.

So why create gin?

Well creating gin encompasses everything Fossey’s want to represent.
First class second to none products. Creative interpretation everything. Good fun, good times, good friends, good drink. Fossey’s has huge ideas conceived in a small space with crazy deadlines.


And then of course, there is family. We believe nothing is more important than family.

Fossey’s ginporium is a lasting legacy for Izzy May and Zeb Fossey (5th generation Mildura-ians). These two little ones have “fossmerized” grandfather – Steve Timmis, nana – Eddie Timmis and their mum – Cherie, into doing what they do best to create and bring to Mildura something never seen or done before.

That’s it. The tale of how Fossey’s Ginporium came into fruition. And thank the gin gods for that.

Cheers,

Narelle

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