We all know the feeling. The first sip of a G&T after a gruelling day at work. There’s no better feeling is there? Well, there is, potentially. That G&T could be made of Seven Seasons’ highly popular green ant gin.
There’s a real trend, at the moment, to incorporate green ants into artisan products. There’s green ant chutney and green ant jam. And, of course, there’s the Woodside Cheeses’ popular green ant cheese which, in 2019, was awarded the silver trophy at the 2019 Brazil’s Cheese World Contest.
Green ants have been used traditionally by Aboriginals for thousands of years and we’re only just cottoning on.
Whilst it’s phenomenal that so many SA companies are embracing this knowledge, Seven Seasons Spirits has levelled up the game. Because, you see, founder Daniel Motlop is Indigenous, and its his close, personal relationship with the land that informs his products.
Seven Seasons Spirits use authentic, Australian native ingredients that have been used for centuries. Each ingredient is harvested in-house to ensure sustainability and to support local communities. And this history is incorporated into fresh, flavourful spirits.
For Seven Seasons Spirits founder Daniel Motlop, the differences in the flavour and quality of native Australian ingredients, wild harvested from different locations across Larrakia Country in the Northern Territory’s Top End, is undeniable.
“For 60,000 years, the Larrakia people have lived by the lores of the land and the seven seasons,” he says. “Nature is our clock, the stars are our calendar, and changes in the winds, plants and animals tell us the new season has arrived.
“To this day, we use the seven seasons to tell us when each native ingredient is ready for harvest. The ingredients we use for our four spirits – green ants, bush apples, native yams and bush honey – are collected by Aboriginal harvesters to ensure sustainability and support for local communities.”
See? There’s a reason Seven Seasons Spirits are so mouth-watering spirits.
To show this connection and the parallels to Country, sustainable harvesting and the bush-to-bottle story, Seven Seasons Spirits joined forces with Dave Apanah from Pendulum Productions to create a master video and series of eight vignettes.
Featuring Motlop and his harvesting team in the Top End, the beautiful productions will be released periodically on Seven Seasons Spirits’ YouTube and social media channels, with each one focused on a certain product and its journey from the bush to bottle.
“The aim of the videos is to showcase what it takes to get Seven Seasons Spirits into consumers’ glasses, the fascinating story behind each product, and how far we travel to source the best and most authentic Australian native ingredients that are then blended with new world flavours,” says Seven Seasons’ General Manager Sandra North.
“We hope to encapsulate the importance of both Country and craft and how the most skilled harvesters and distillers have managed to successfully bring these two elements together. This is Seven Seasons Spirits.”
It’s not just the Green Ant Gin, either. They also do a mouthwatering Native Yam Vodka, Bush Apple Gin and Bush Honey & Wattleseed Coffee Liqueur.
Seven Seasons Spirits are offering Glam Adelaide readers 20% off online offerings by entering the code GLAM20 on checkout. That equates to $20 off their popular spirits. Cheers!
For more information, and to view the new video, click here.
