HSW Gin Week
See out winter by sipping gin by the river at Howard Smith Wharves — there's a gin garden, a mandarin gin launch and plenty of gin cocktail specials.
Overview
Is your favourite spirit distilled from juniper berries, plus other botanicals? Does it go ridiculously well with tonic? Then you'll want to be sipping riverside until Sunday, August 27. Howard Smith Wharves is celebrating gin with ample drinks at a festival it's calling HSW Gin Week — and, clearly, there's no prizes for guessing what everyone will be knocking back.
There are a few aspects to this end-of-winter festival. First up, the riverside precinct's venues — including Mr Percival's, Felons Brewing Co and Felons Barrel Hall, Ciao Papi, Stanley, Yoko, Greca and Fiume — are all serving up cocktails heroing gin in a variety of ways. Some are going traditional, while others are embracing local drops or varieties with distinctive flavours. If you're keen to taste them all, you've got yourself a gin trail.
Fancy hanging out in a gin garden? Head along from 4pm on Friday and 12pm on Saturday and Sunday for sips in leafy surroundings thanks to Fever-Tree, Hendrick's and Archie Rose. Whichever day you choose, live music will also soundtrack your afternoon and evening.
And, at Stanley on Sunday, August 27, Ambleside Distillers is also launching its Mandarin Gin Batch 4 on the side deck bar from 12pm. To line your stomach, Louis Tikaram, the restaurant's head chef, is doing a curated menu of snacks designed to go perfectly with the new drop.
