Lee Etherington is doing something rather miraculous. He’s got a farm outside Sydney, Australia, and he grows all sorts of Australian botanicals as well as finger limes. If you’ve never seen a finger lime, they look like chilis or little pickles, but break one open and, instead of the long strings of pulp, you’ll find little round balls. Pop some in your mouth and you’ll taste lime.
It’s pretty bizarre.
It’s so Australian.
Finger limes are native to Australia, but Lee has a farm that perfected their cultivation. He grows 7 varieties in various flavors and colors and has spent years working out a way to make a gin full of little floating finger lime caviar.
Make a G&T, and it’s got magical little balls floating in the drink. Bite one and get a flash of gin and lime.
It’s fantastic.
And Lee grows the limes and makes the gin.
He also makes the same gin in Christmas tree ornaments, called Gingle Bells.
Brilliant.
Lee is one of those guys who sees the holes in the universe and invents things to fill those holes. And he’s got the skills to figure out how to do all this stuff.
A rare set of traits.
Come with me in the video to see the distillery, and then we go out to his farm in the amazing Blue Mountains overlooking Sydney and the harbor. It’s a beautiful place, and the farm is breathtaking.
This was a real treat getting to see the whole operation and to get to know Lee.
