Perfect Pair: Kangaroo Island Spirits First Harvest Juniper Gin X ‘it’s Nice To Be Alive’ By Ball Park Music

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TASTING NOTES

Kangaroo Island Spirits First Harvest Juniper Gin: Coastal, cool and Australian to its core. The delightfully refreshing gin created by Kangaroo Island Spirits, Australia’s first dedicated gin distillery is deeply rooted in the region and its earthy, nostalgic tastes. Crafted from juniper berries planted on their grounds in 2006, the gin is guided by its botanical roots, with notes of native thyme, citrus, lemongrass and pepper. Made for enjoying the finer things, having a giggle with friends and staring at the coastal views of South Australia we all so often forget to enjoy, this gin is the drink to have in hand.

SLEEVE NOTES

Ball Park Music’s ‘It’s Nice To Be Alive’: The leading single for Ball Park Music’s debut studio album Happiness and Surrounding Suburbs is a crowd favourite. Charting number 49 on Triple J’s 2025 Hottest 100 of Australian songs, this song is marked in history as a soundtrack to Australian life. Melodically it’s serotonin-dipped and filled with sunshiny hooks, while lyrically expressing honest contentment in the experience of being human. It’s a love song for life; capturing a snapshot of freedom, like the feeling of running into an open field with your favourite people. “Don’t stress, that’s dumb, I’m here and it’s nice to be alive”.

THEY’RE PERFECTLY PAIRED BECAUSE...

Together, they remind you to slow down, look around, and raise a glass to the joy’s life has to offer. Both Kangaroo Island Spirits First Harvest Juniper Gin and Ball Park Music’s ‘It’s Nice To Be Alive’ are bright, effervescent and wholeheartedly Australian. Crafted solely from the distillery’s own botanicals, First Harvest Juniper Gin proudly nestles itself under the title of ‘Australian and proud’, meeting Ball Park Music and shaking hands. Hitting play on ‘It’s Nice To Be Alive’, pouring a glass of First Harvest Juniper Gin over ice and taking pause to appreciate how lucky we are to be alive is the road to true happiness.