Introducing the Archie Rose Sensory Team
Name: David Fisher
Title: Senior Spirits Blender
Years in blend team: 4 years
Main role before Archie Rose: Bar & Restaurant Owner/Engineer
Favourite Archie Rose product to blend: Bone Dry Gin
Favourite Archie Rose product to drink: Maidenii Nocturne Cask Rye Malt Whisky
Favourite music to listen to whilst blending: Ambient Noise (currently on a little mashup of forest walk and rain)
What is the weirdest smell you've come across? Surströmming (Swedish fermented fish)
What would you be if you weren't a blender? Bored
Name: Silvia Segato
Title: Spirits Blender
Years in blend team: 2 and half years
Main role before Archie Rose: Distiller
Favourite Archie Rose product to blend: Rye Whisky
Favourite Archie Rose product to drink: Bone Dry Gin
Favourite music to listen to whilst blending: Punk or Jazz
What is the weirdest smell you've come across? Indole
What would you be if you weren't a blender? I can't choose... A Wildlife Conservationist or a Riot Grrrl! Maybe both!
Name: Ev Liong
Title: Spirits Blender
Years in blend team: 2.6 years
Main role before Archie Rose: Mother, Wine and Spirits Buyer at District Bottle Store
Favourite Archie Rose product to blend: Tailored Gins
Favourite Archie Rose product to drink: Opened at the moment are Bone Dry Gin and Triple Molasses Rum
Favourite music to listen to whilst blending: Mood depending; instrumentals and beats ranging from hybrid Electronica/Hip-Hop to nature tracks
What is the weirdest smell you've come across? The scent of the Rafflesia Arnoldii flower in East Malaysia
What would you be if you weren't a blender? Jeweller, Linguist/Translator
Name: Jed Arthur
Title: Spirits Blender
Years in blend team: 2 Years years
Main role before Archie Rose: Brief stint working in a pub, before that I was studying music
Favourite Archie Rose product to blend: Rye Malt Whisky
Favourite Archie Rose product to drink: Single Paddock Whisky (Harvest 2018)
Favourite music to listen to whilst blending: Jazz, Hip Hop and Music Theatre
What is the weirdest smell you've come across: In a spirit, Play-Doh.
What would you be if you weren't a blender: Music Teacher
