Sommeliers Choice Awards 2024 Winners
Deluxe Distillery
Category: Distillery
Country: Belgium
Date:08/01/2016
They are known as "the Bonnie and Clyde of the Belgian spirits industry", but rest assured: the only thing Sophie Gheysens and Thomas Baert will point at you, is a glass of their beloved Blind Tiger gin. The reference to the colorful couple of bank robbers hails from the first spirit they put out on the blossoming Belgian gin market: the first iteration of Bonnie & Clyde, which was released at only 500 units in 2014, and has since attained a mystical status as one of the most-wanted spirits in the country. Following that promising start, Thomas and Sophie have looked expectations in the eye - and surpassed them. After the initial Bonnie & Clyde, they released three Blind Tiger gins (Piper Cubeba, Imperial Secrets & Liquid gold), a Mary White vodka, and a second batch of Bonnie & Clyde.