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A mum-of-two from Gorey has just turned a dream into reality by launching her own range of premium gins.
Overcoming the challenges of family life, Brexit and the pandemic, Sarah Gaudion has launched Sea Level gin, made entirely in a small distillery in a shed at her Gorey home.
As far as she’s aware, Sarah is the first female in Jersey to create a commercial-scale gin, which is produced exclusively in the island.
It is something which brings her a great source of pride.
Sarah is an accountant by trade who moved to the island to join PwC after university. She always wanted to own and run a distillery, but the dream was delayed for a variety of reasons, not least the birth of her two daughters.
“Covid then arrived but rather than delay any further, I decided to back myself, put myself on another distilling course and launch the business,” she said.
Pictured: Sarah's London Dry gin contains hibiscus and lime.
Sarah produced her first batch last month. She makes a London Dry gin, with hibiscus and lime; a Pink gin, made from grapefruit and raspberries, with no added sugar; and an Old Tom, made with orange and yuzu.
She makes hand-crafted 35-bottle batches in a small distillery, which is in her Gorey Village garden.
Sarah has put a lot of emphasis on using local produce and making her gin ecologically friendly.
She uses Jersey berries, lavender and rose petals, the juniper and coriander are organic, her distillery is a closed water system, the bottles are made using recycled PCR glass, which contains 60% less glass than normal bottles, and one per cent of sales go to ocean-based charities Healing Waves and Blue Marine Foundation.
Sea Level gin is on sale at the Gorey Wine Cellar, the Moorings Hotel and Restaurant, and Rosedale Stores in Gorey Village.
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