Papa Salt Grapefruit Gin Spritz / 250mL

Papa Salt Grapefruit Gin Spritz is a ready-to-drink gin spritz from New South Wales, built around bright pink grapefruit and a dry, savoury gin base. At 250mL it is a single serve designed to be pulled from the esky and drunk cold, without needing a bar cart or a recipe.

The first thing you get is grapefruit — zest and pith rather than sweet juice — sitting over a soft juniper hum and a faint coastal saltiness. Underneath there is citrus peel, a touch of white flower and something faintly herbal that keeps the fruit from turning candied.

The palate is light and gently spritzy, with fine bubbles carrying the grapefruit through to a clean, dry finish. Sweetness is restrained, so the bitterness of the grapefruit skin does the work of a proper aperitif, and the whole thing stays crisp rather than syrupy. It is refreshing in the way a well-made spritz should be, with nothing sticky left behind.

Serve very cold straight from the can, or pour over ice into a wine glass with a wedge of pink grapefruit. Good with oysters, prawns, salt and pepper squid, olives and salted almonds, or just a long afternoon in the sun. Drink now — this is made for freshness, not cellaring.