From CapeTown ETC – 18 April 2024
On Saturday, 6 April, Capetonians clinched the Guinness World Record for hosting the world’s largest gin-tasting event. The event was hosted by Two Gingers Premium Craft Gin and had 423 participants.
Guinness World Records adjudicator Mbali Nkosi initiated the record attempt at 12:50pm while musicians including Sunset Sweatshop and Sons of Selassie entertained the crowd.
The main rule: all participants had to taste their gin at exactly the same time.
‘No mean feat when you have over 400 people laughing, cheering, sipping and swirling,’ says accredited spirits judge Cathy Marston, a local independent witness and steward who assisted Nkosi.
The City’s standing is now tied with Bar Plata in Aarhus, Denmark, which also achieved a gin-tasting event with 423 participants.
