Deep South Distillery

30/08/2025

Congratulations to Ginfuse on winning multiple medals in American Distilling Institute Awards. Each of the three signature gins we developed exclusively for them won medals, with the delicious Sunset Naartjie Gin winning Gold, Best in Class International Gin, and Best in Class Signature Botanical Gin (Naartjie 😋!)

A little bird told us the gins have won other medals too....

So sorry - currently only available in USA from https://ginfuse.com/

Not for sale to persons under the age of 18. Please enjoy our delicious spirits responsibly.

24/07/2025

So pleased that at last our award-winning Bitters is now available exclusively at selected Checkers Liquorshops country-wide.

Our delicious Aromatic or Orange Bitters will add extra zing to your favourite cocktails - a must for every home bar - and priced competitively to warm up your winter. Our favourites: an Old Fashioned, Dark'n Stormy, a Vodka Sour or even a Rock Shandy if you are on the wagon.

A friendly, intimate craft distillery making artisanal, award-winning gins, rums and vodkas. Offering tours, tastings, sales and cocktails.

24/12/2024

Wishing all our wonderful friendly customers, partners and friends a safe, happy and relaxing Festive Season, Thank you for your support and encouragement during 2024. Wherever you are, whatever you are doing, we send you warm wishes for a joyful holiday season from all of us at .

We hope you get a chance to join us in spirit, raise a glass, and make your world a nicer place, one sip at a time!

❤️

Gin and Spirits Tastings We are open throughout the festive season for our famous tastings and tours. Enjoy our traditional Gin Tasting Experience or

14/09/2024

Broaden your horizons with our smooth, smoky delicious cask-aged Amber Rum.

Created as a sipping rum, rum connoisseurs will enjoy this award-winning spirit straight up like a good whiskey or brandy, where bold aromas flavours of vanilla, caramel, hints of subtle banana and fruit brandy and a classic smoky finish provide a sumptuous smooth delicious drink.

Amber Rum also makes sublime cocktails: our favourite is the Rum Old Fashioned but it will also delight your tastebuds in dark rum cocktails like the Cuba Libre with Coca-Cola , the Dark and Stormy with spicy ginger beer or a festive Brass Monkey with orange juice.

This versatile and delicious rum has a growing following amongst locals in the Deep South, and is available in selected stores, at the distillery or on our online shop at www.deepsouthdistillery.co.za/shop/

Visit www.deepsouthdistillery.co.za/cocktail-recipes/ to explore our favourite cocktail recipes!

No sales to persons under 18. Please enjoy our beautiful spirits responsibly.

02/09/2024

While we are well known for our gins, we do produce a range of other award-winning spirits. We are exceptionally proud to present to you our beautiful award-winning Premium Vodka.

Paying tribute to the legend of Adamastor, the wild angry Titan imprisoned by the gods at the Cape of Storms, we have tamed a rough wild spirit through a triple distillation process and cold filtering and bottled it for your enjoyment.

Enjoy neat as a smooth warming vodka shot, or splash out with any of your favourite vodka cocktails. Makes a sublime Moscow Mule, a smooth, elegant Vodka Martini, a tangy Vodka Sour.

Be warned though: once you try it, you can never go back ……

Available in selected stores, at the distillery or from our online shop. No sales to persons under 18. Please enjoy our beautiful spirits responsibly.

16/08/2024

Introducing our very special range of small-batch spirits – working title 'Oddbins'.

When we develop and make spirits for clients, or experiment with new and unique recipes to add to our repertoire, we sometimes end up with a little left over that is simply too delicious to discard. Since we needed to clear space, we decided to release a selection of the best and most interesting spirits as 'Oddbins' expressions.

In ultra small batches ranging from 12 to 120 bottles only, some may not be available again for a long long time when these sell out, or at least until we can clear space in our catalogue. 

One thing is for sure: they are all delicious, interesting and some are quite rare and unique. They make exceptional gifts as well!

Currently available are:
- Chocolate Gin Infusion: the most complex and unique spirit we have ever made. Max 2 per customer.
- Spiced Arrack – coconut spirit from South East Asia, infused with sweet spices; awesome with ginger-flavoured mixer
- Pink Mandarin Gin: an export gin infused with sweet naartjie and a pink floral blush
- African Dawn Gin: a classic blue export gin, infused with blueberries
- Cask-aged Potstill Brandy: oh sorry, that is already sold out!
- Jackass Spiced Rum: a sneak preview of our newest and most delicious rum recipe yet.

Local customers can taste and buy at the distillery, but (sorry) these are not available on our online shop. Call or email us though, and we will make a plan for you!

Alcohol is not for sale to persons under the age of 18. Use spirits responsibly.

02/08/2024

Our Green Absinthe wins its first medal!

We are so pleased to announce that our Absinthe won a Gold Medal at the International Spirits Challenge this year in its first competition.

Absinthe is a classic herbal spirit with a pronounced aniseed flavour. For many years it was actually (undeservedly) banned in many countries and developed a bit of a naughty reputation, but it is now enjoyed globally.

Our recipe substitutes local botanicals for many traditional ones (most notably African Wormwood) for a beautifully herbal aperitif with a hint of citrus and mint that pays tribute to amazing flora.

Enjoy neat, or celebrate its origins by following the Absinthe Ritual, or experiment with some of the recipes on our web site. 

Available at the distillery or from our online shop. Our small batches sell out fast!

Facts and recipes at https://www.deepsouthdistillery.co.za/our-spirits/green-absinthe/

Spirits may not be sold to persons under the age of 18. Use spirits responsibly.



28/07/2024

We are so pleased to announce that our Orange Bitters won a Gold Medal at the International Spirits Challenge this year.

Orange Bitters is a must have in many cocktails, and when we couldn’t find it easily in shops, we developed our own. We are so proud that it has won a medal in its first competition.

Our favourite cocktail for this Bitters is a Rum Old Fashioned, which we make using our award-winning Amber Rum – deliciously warming for those cold winter evenings! Or if you are adventurous, try it in our Co**se Reviver #2 cocktail.
We also use orange bitters a lot in cooking, to give intense citrus flavours to creams, butters, sauces and dressings. Add a splash to the icing on your next batch of cupcakes or carrot cake. Don’t be shy when you use bitters – 5 or 6 healthy dashes is what you are after.

Available at the distillery or from our online shop. Check out facts and recipes at https://www.deepsouthdistillery.co.za/our-spirits/orange-bitters/

Spirits may not be sold to persons under the age of 18. Use spirits responsibly.



25/07/2024

So proud and so humble to be one of the Craft Spirit finalists in the Kfm Best of the Cape Awards. All down to the kindness and love from our many wonderful customers who quietly nominated us. Thank you - you special people make our efforts all worth while!

If you would like to take us a step further, then please vote for us at https://bestofthecape.primediaplus.com/vote.html You can just scroll to the Craft Spirits section if you want, or you can have some fun voting in the other categories as well - and enjoy one of our tasty spirits while you do so.

Congratulations to all the other finalists, and a big shout out to Kfm 94.5 for focussing on all the amazing things this province has to offer!

15/06/2024

We are so pleased to announce that our Aromatic Bitters won a Gold Medal at the Intercontinental Spirits Challenge this year.

We began developing our Bitters a year ago when the local price of that-other-famous-bitters got so expensive, and we are thrilled with the performance of our delicious Aromatic Bitters in its first competition.

In a handy-sized 100ml bottle, the Bitters is great in the many cocktails that use an aromatic bitters, like a G&T or the Gin Sour shown here. It also makes a delicious non-alcoholic Rock Shandy – a cocktail invented right here in South Africa.

We also use our bitters in cooking to add piquant sweet flavours to sauces, gravies, icing on cakes, creams and dressings. Don’t be shy when you use bitters – splash it on as though you are a celebrity chef!

Available at the distillery or in our online shop. Check out facts and recipes at https://www.deepsouthdistillery.co.za/our-spirits/aromatic-bitters/

Spirits may not be sold to persons under the age of 18. Use spirits responsibly.



25/05/2024

An amazing private party at Deep South Distillery tonight to showcase and launch the delectable trophy-winning Enyi Gold Rum made right here in the distillery. Lots of rum lovers, awesome atmosphere, delicious hand-made rum cocktails. Fantastic event. Well done Enyi Team!

25/05/2024