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LOBODOS BRANDY
All cider makers secretly or not so secretly really want to make Apple Brandy. Apple Brandy is most well known as Calvados - the French name for the region that well known examples come from in Normandy, Northern France.
We make some Lobodos, our Australian interpretation of this delicious drink.It takes a while, best matured in oak barrels for at least 3 years. The result is a complex full flavoured apple brandy (although we prefer the name lobodos), with rich nutty and caramel notes supporting the apple base line.
So while we were waiting we started occasional releases of a clear apple spirit - LOBO Apfel, a simpler younger eau de vie, made in a more central European dry Schnapps style. This has had a pause but in late 2024 will be making a comeback as part of our Small Batch range of limited bottlings.
Look out for it!
LOBO APFEL
And then we decided to make a gin...
LOBO DJINN
Part of our gin comes from the orchard, we use the aromatic yellow skin of Quinces that Michael grows, and after a period of maceration we distill these with the other more traditional botanicals, headlined by Juniper, and the result is delicious, and slightly different, in a delightful way.
We called our Gin - LOBO Djinn - djinn being the origin of the word genie, meaning something along the lines of an animal spirit.
Sort of a pun on a spirit in a bottle, if you look through the star on the front of the label, the spirit lives inside.
LOBO Quince Liqueur Gin
Our second Gin, the LOBO Quince Liqueur gin. An eye catching mahogany colour, this gin is best described as “quince paste meets gin”, definitely sweeter and obvious quince flavour, but with a persistent gin character.
It is delicious served many ways, straight or with ice. Soda lets the quince show through or a tonic enhances the gin notes in great harmony.
The balance is deceptively smooth
Scroll down to check out a couple of very special cocktail recipes made using our range of LOBO apple spirits.
