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OR a spirit that’s been around for more than 400 years, gin continues to be surprisingly misunderstood. Most people don’t know, for example, that it’s really just neutral spirit (aka vodka), with a bunch of botanicals infused in it to make it interesting.

Luckily, help is at hand. Master distiller Nic Janeke, who established New Harbour Distillery this year (the third craft outfit to emerge in Cape Town’s gritty Woodstock-Salt River industria)