{"id":215783,"date":"2022-03-16T22:07:29","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T20:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/?p=215783"},"modified":"2022-03-17T08:09:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T06:09:32","slug":"unique-new-proudly-sa-cape-st-blaize-launched-in-mossel-bay-named-after-lighthouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/unique-new-proudly-sa-cape-st-blaize-launched-in-mossel-bay-named-after-lighthouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Unique New Proudly SA Cape St Blaize Gin launched in Mossel Bay, named after lighthouse!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"Utopia Cape Town is one of the first restaurants to stock the brand new Cape St Blaize range of gins, distilled in its artisanal distillery in Mossel Bay.<\/p>\n

I attended a tasting at Utopia, led by Leroy Maritz of the three gin variants.<\/p>\n

What makes the gin unique is the beautiful handcrafted hand labelled porcelain ceramic bottles, which have been specially made by Mossel Bay locals. The brand home is a historic building which dates back to 1786\/7.<\/p>\n

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Utopia offers a new Tasting of the three gins, at R150, and sells the Cape St Blaize gins at R46 \"\"per shot. They can be requested at the table when dining at Utopia.<\/p>\n

The three handcrafted gin variants are the following:<\/p>\n

#. Classic: its botanicals are juniper, lime, citrus, and star anise.<\/p>\n

#. Floristic: \u00a0botanicals of Rose geranium, and rose petals.<\/p>\n

#. \u00a0Oceanic: This was like a sipping whisky, delicious on the rocks. Botanicals of orange rind and ginger, distilled with ocean water.<\/p>\n

While Leroy was not specific about all the details of the \"\"hand-foraged botanicals from coastal areas, mountain plateaus, forests, and semi-arid deserts, we were shown some of them, including Buchu, red berries, juniper berries, and cinnamon rind.<\/p>\n

In the tasting Leroy added Fever Tree Tonic to the\"\" gins.<\/p>\n

The Cape Saint Blaize lighthouse is 20,5 meters high, and was completed in 1864, derived from a Portuguese name given to Mossel Bay by Bartolomeo Dias in 1488. The Saint is known as a protector of wild animals and healer of throat ailments.<\/p>\n

Utopia Cape Town is a Communications Client.<\/p>\n

Cape Saint Blaize Gin, 1 Market Street, Mossel Bay. Tel 044 691 1885. www.capesaintblaize.co.za Instagram : @capesaintblaizedistillery<\/h3>\n

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