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.