Perfect Pair: Little Juniper Distilling Little Cello Limoncello X ‘Scar’ by Missy Higgins
Tumblers and turntables at the ready…
TASTING NOTES
Little Juniper Distilling Little Cello Limoncello: As decorated as it is delicious. Little Juniper Distilling’s tangy taste of summer in a bottle sits tall and proud, taking home gold in the 2024 Australian Distilled Spirits Awards and 2024 Tasting Australia Spirit Awards and winning Best in Class at the 2024 Tasting Australia Spirit Awards. It’s versatile, crafted as an after-dinner digestif, but regularly enjoyed chilled on summery days, or in cocktails, adding a spritzy tang. Grown in the Adelaide Hills and made from handpicked lemons harvested at their peak ripeness, Little Juniper Distilling crafts a limoncello that is as sweetly delicate as it is zesty and acidic.
SLEEVE NOTES
Missy Higgins ‘Scar’: The breakthrough single for Australia’s most beloved singer-songwriter, is a raw, vulnerable yet upbeat pop folk piano track. Thematically, it dives into Missy Higgins’ experiences of being a young, impressionable artist in the music industry, and how past collaborators have tried to mould her sound. As deeply introspective and poetic as it is catchy and iconic, in Australia, it’d be hard to come by a room playing this song that doesn’t end in a group sing-along. It’s the kind of song that lingers long after it ends – a reminder to not change what is uniquely you for anyone but yourself.
THEY’RE PERFECTLY PAIRED BECAUSE...
They embrace the fact that life comes with moments of sweetness and sourness. Missy Higgins’ ‘Scar’ is a summery sounding track, with fluttery piano and a bright, upbeat tone, but lyrically expresses a dark discontent with her trusted influences encouraging to change herself. It’s a sour theme, wrapped up with a sweet melodic bow – expertly balancing sweetness and sourness – much like Little Juniper Distilling's Little Cello Limoncello. “A triangle trying to squeeze through a circle / He tried to cut me so I’d fit”, not only tells the story of Higgins’ industry life, but also the process of making limoncello. Meant to be.
