ANIMUS DISTILLERY Spirits with Soul. Since establishing their cocktail lounge and distillery door along Kyneton’s historic Piper Street in 2017, the team at Animus Distillery have continued to thrive in the wake of extraordinary challenges. Well known in the region for its relaxed sophistication and welcoming atmosphere, Animus serves up world class cocktails, crafted by experts with the aim of guaranteeing enjoyment each and every time. Bold experimentation has always been at the core of Animus’ ethos and an exciting expansion has allowed them to further explore new expressions of gin, whisky and liqueurs. Due to their expanding product range – which now includes three signature products (available year-round), along with three limited edition and seasonal products on rotation – the team made the decision to relocate their distillery to a second site on the outskirts of Kyneton. While not open to the public, the new site allows Animus to increase production and grow their team from their four founders to 15 staff, most of whom live locally in the Macedon Ranges
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area. This growth has brought new opportunities for the team, not least of which was promoting young gun gin distiller Sarah Wallace to the role of Head Distiller earlier this year. Animus’ latest ‘Barrel Aged Gin’ will be released this winter. According to Luke Jacques, chief brand ambassador and co-founder at Animus, the new gin is a result of a collaboration with the team at Kyneton based Musk Lane Wine, “We are thrilled to share our latest barrel aged gin, which has been created using freshly disgorged moscato giallo barrels that have been refilled with our unique Macedon dry gin,” says Luke. “The comparatively high alcohol content of our gin extracts the toasty coconut notes from the oak. This balances with the beautiful flavors on the Moscato Giallo wine - which, thanks to the winemaking wizardry of Brendan Lane and his team, are resetting the rules of this complex wine.”
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1/89A Piper Street, Kyneton 03 5403 2431 animusdistillery.com @animusdistillery
