Alcoholic Beverages

12/17/2018 4:22:48 PM

We worked with our favourite gin
The Botanist
on a unique pop up concept
THE FORAGER. Over the course of the year a limited number of pop up evening events took place in unconventional
secret urban spaces in Cape Town and Johannesburg. Each event was an intimate hosting just 40 guests
who enjoyed unique gin serves and a selection of food experiences inspired by the local environment. In the lead up to each event at THE FORAGER
three of Cape Town and Johannesburg’s finest bartenders attended bespoke foraging experiences led by local foraging experts
Roushanna Gray and Professor Ben-Erik van Wyk. During veld
forest and sea forages in Cape Town
and highveld
lowveld and bushveld forage experiences in Johannesburg
the bartenders personally hand foraged indigenous and seasonal ingredients to create a unique serve of The Botanist Gin with a local twist. Then
on each night at THE FORAGER
the bartenders competed in a challenge to craft the most interesting foraged serves using The Botanist Gin and their own locally hand foraged botanicals. These were presented to guests who will then cast their vote for the cocktail they felt was the most inspired. At the end of THE FORAGER series
the bartender with the most votes and highest score won an all-expense paid trip to the home of The Botanist Gin in Islay to experience first-hand the philosophy behind The Botanist and foraging in the Hebrides.