who we are
Rooted in Passion
My name is Gugulethu Masuku and i come from a long line of people who knew exactly what to do with sugarcane - grow it ,harvest it and apperently eventually drink it.As a fourth generation sugarcane farmeer from Heatonville Empangeni i grew up understanding the land in a way that only someone who has spent childhood hiding between cane stals truly can. What i did not grow up expecting was to accidently invent a gin ...yes accidently It started with gauva jam but ended with something consinderably more interesting in my farm kitchen. Somewhere between good intentions and a spactacular miscalculation ,this gin was born. Proof that the best things in life are often just well disguised mistakes. Unlike grain based gins that dominate the market mine is made by the sugarcane crop.The same juice that runs through four generations of my familys hands. Its not rum , cane spirit or vodka , its a gin with the soul of the cane still in it.
Gugulethu Masuku
Owner / founder
Our Process
GIN AGRICOLE
Step -01
EXTRACTION
The first start of this gin is the selection of sugarcane to use. It takes 12 moths for the maturity of sugarcane after which it is checked for any defects then it is crushed to extract the juice from the crop. We use a certain type of variety to create this gin which is high in sucrose and takes 12 months to full maturity.
step-02
Fermentation
Our fermentaion process involves a natural metabolic process where microorganisms—primarily bacteria and yeast—convert carbohydrates (sugars/starches) into acids, alcohols, or gases in the absence of oxygen
step-03
Distillation
A purification technique that separates components in a liquid mixture by utilizing their different boiling points through selective boiling and condensation.




