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IN FOCUS: Brewing craft beer and spirits in Singapore - a toast to business success? With more small breweries and distilleries setting up shop to supply the market with locally-made beer and gin, CNA explores why they are doing so and what it takes for them to succeed.
(Top) Compendium and Niang Brewery (Bottom) Singapore Distillery and Off Day Beer Company
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Proudly Singaporean gin flavours include Coconut Pandan, Singapore Sling and Lime Garden variants, and now a smooth vodka joins the lineup.
From an idea in founder Ashwin Sekaran’s mind three years ago, to reality today. Singapore Distillery is the latest brand in locally made craft spirits that’s quietly but surely changing our palates for the better.
The 27-year-old head distiller and general manager of Singapore Distillery was inspired by a trip to London’s distilleries, where he discovered that Asian herbs, spices and fruits were precious ingredients used in gin making. After training up his distilling skills, he’s since custom designed his own copper still in Ang Mo Kio and has made hundreds of test batches for each gin in order to get the best balance of flavours from his six debut gins.