Boutique craft dream

Paper Lantern Distillery

www.drinkpaperlantern.com

A SINGAPORE-based distillery producing made-in-Singapore spirits with local flavours? Locavore tipplers rejoice, that pipe dream may not be as distant as you think.

Next month, American couple Richard and Simin Kayhan Ames will debut a range of spirits from Paper Lantern, a boutique craft brand that produces premium luxury liquors and liqueurs for sale throughout South-east Asia.

In their portfolio are three flavours for now: a gin spiced with Sichuan pepper, a passionfruit vodka and a Mandarin liqueur. The Mandarin liqueur has a fresh fruity flavour on the nose, an attractive amber hue and a robust sweetness while the gin is slightly savoury on the entry that peters out to leave a subtle, tongue-numbing finish. The passionfruit vodka - inspired by Mrs Ames's favourite cocktail at bespoke watering hole Bar Stories - is sweet, perfum…