Sustainable foraging
Two of Manly Spirits botanicals are foraged from the ocean and its surrounds, giving the gin and other spirits and liqueurs a unique identity, inspired by the Northern Beaches idyllic coastline. However, when foraging the team ensure they don't disrupt the balance of the ecosystem by taking too much.
Their sea lettuce, which is the only seaweed that can be foraged legally in Australia, grows on the rock shelf, and luckily grows in abundance. The beach cast kelp is another story however, and the team only forage that which has washed up on the beach after storms, never taking it directly from the ocean.
Sourcing from sustainable growers
Manly Spirit's Australian native botanicals are sourced from Indigenous growers and local farmers around Australia.
Raspberry gin jam and vanilla cakes
The leftover raspberries, used to infuse the Lilly Pilly Pink gin for colour, are then strained and donated to a local baker to be made in Raspberry Gin Jam. Plenty of the delicious botanical gin flavour remains making this a gorgeous and unusual by-product.
Similarly, local baker, Kiki from Luscious Kiki Cakes, takes the gin-soaked vanilla pods from the Amber Spiced gin cascara and vanilla infusion and makes chai tea, amber Ssiced cakes and more.
Spent grain into cattle feed
Spent barley from Manly Spirits Single Malt whisky is given to local Aussie farmers for their cows and chickens to enjoy. The spent grain has such high-protein content that the chickens often produce much larger eggs thanks to its nutrients.
Lemons into juice
As only the lemon peels are needed for Manly Spirit's Zesty Limoncello production, the rest of the lemon is used by a local juicing company to make fresh lemon juice.
Removing bubble wrap
Each order from Manly Spirits shipped uses only one cardboard box per parcel with diecut support dividers. It passes the 'drop test' without any plastic involved.
Upcycled glasses & candles
Manly Spirit cut down empty bottles to be reused as candles and glassware, perfect for cocktails or a G&T.
Refill program with juno the recycle fish
Manly Spirits encourage people to bring their used bottles back to the distillery to be refilled by Juno, their large custom made Recycle Fish sculpture, saving $10 every refill.
