
trouvaille
noun | /tru:vai/
a valuable discovery, a lucky find
Our story
What started out as a hobby has turned into a passion. They say every brewer wants to grow up to be a distiller and this has certainly proved true with the creation of our craft gin, Blossom & Hops.
Years of home brewing in Cape Town’s Southern Suburbs gave Trouvaille’s Blossom & Hops creator Tim James a special appreciation of the hops flower, a botanical that featured in century-old Genever recipes and the forefather of modern gin as we know it. When he started dabbling with a pot still he set out to re-introduce hops into the mainstream gin palate in the style of a hand crafted london dry gin. With the help of his partner Teresa, this has been achieved with the advent of Blossom & Hops craft gin.
Hops is traditionally a flavouring and stabilising agent in the production of beer but Tim realised that due to its versatility and massively diverse flavour profiles it would work wonderfully in gin, and so it proved. Countless experimental infusions later; a lucky find – a pairing that celebrates the earthiness of hops and the charm of lime blossom. A match made in heaven and a craft gin which is unique but unmistakably delicious. You will just keep coming back for more.


Blossom & Hops Gin
Blossom & Hops craft gin starts life as a neutral spirit in which our hardy botanicals are steeped overnight to extract as much flavour as possible. The infused spirit is then distilled with our more delicate botanicals suspended within the vapour trail. The entire pot distillation process is meticulously monitored by expert hands that guide the cuts during distillation. In a separate process a single botanical is distilled in order to retain it’s unique flavour profile and the final distillates are blended prior to bottling for that perfect bottle of craft gin.
Blossom & Hops is recognisable on the palate as a London dry gin. A juniper-forward gin that celebrates both the earthiness of hops and the charm of lime blossom (Tilia Cordata or Lindebloesem). Our aromatic hop is sourced from the Outeniqua Mountains in the Garden Route, and holds citrus flavours that balance the tea leaf notes of the lime blossom. The result; a smooth and delicate craft gin that is unmistakably gin.
Blossom & Hops is small batch distilled by our friends at Hope Distillery in Salt River, Cape Town.
Perfect pairings
Blossom & Hops gin celebrates the earthiness of hops and the charm of lime blossom. Lovely on its own over ice and perfect as a tonic cocktail with pairings of fresh citrus, rosemary, cucumber, green olives, mint, thyme or pear and peppercorn. Blossom & Hops is extremely versatile, great in a negroni and incredible in a dirty martini. The dash of brine makes all the difference.
Fresh Citrus
Pair with a wedge or zest of either grapefruit, lemon or lime. Fitch and Leeds brings out the blossom notes, both on the nose and on the palate. Add a sprig of mint for the perfect gin cocktail.
Rosemary
If you enjoy the earthy hops in our gin, Rosemary and Olive with Goldberg and Sons tonic is your choice of tipple. A lovely refreshing summer cocktail with a softened finish.

Cucumber
A modern classic in gin pairings, cucumber just keeps you wanting to come back for more. Barker a Quin tonic is a perfect pairing accentuating the hops notes within the gin.
Stockists
Our stockists are ever growing. Please check back regularly but if you don’t find us in your local craft gin stockist please ask them to stock us! We love to be available to everybody.
Retail and Online
ONLINE
WESTERN CAPE
Cape Town
Hope on Hopkins Distillery, Salt River, Cape Town
Bar Keeper Liquor Store, Cape Town City Centre
Kloof Nek Blue Bottle Liquors, Tamboerskloof
Norman Goodfellows, Three Anchor Bay
Norman Goodfellows, Gardens
Roeland Liquors, Gardens
Tops on Kloof, Gardens
Wine at the Mill, Woodstock
Wine Concepts on Kloof, Gardens
Woodstock Liquors, Woodstock
Northern Suburbs
Bar Keeper Liquor Store, Belville
Biggest Little Beer Shop, Bellville
Protea Hoogte Tops, Protea Hoogte
Urban Wines, Durbanville
Welgedacht Tops, Van Riebeeckshof
Southern Suburbs and Peninsula
Caroline’s Fine Wine Cellar Tokai, Tokai
Liquor City Claremont, Claremont
Rosmead Tops, Kenilworth
Western Seaboard
Liquor City Milnerton, Tableview
Winelands
Bottlelary Hills Wine Centre, Stellenbosch
Siegies on Huguenot, Franschhoek
Outside Cape Metro
Johanneson Craft Liquor Merchants, Graaff-Reinet
EASTERN CAPE
Blue Bottle St Francis, St Francis Bay
Fig Tree Tops, Walmer, Port Elizabeth
Linton Grange Spar, Linton Grange, Port Elizabeth
Pick n Pay Grahamstown, Grahamstown
St Francis Tops, St Francis Bay
Sunridge Tops, Sunridge Park, Port Elizabeth
Retail and Online
GAUTENG
Johannesburg
Craighall Blue Bottle, Craighall Park
Dry Dock Liquors, Parkhurst
Liquor City Jan Smuts, Craighall Park
Monty’s Boutique Liquor, Parktown North
Norman Goodfellows Illovo, Illovo
Wine & Liquor Craighall, Craighall Park
Sandton and North
Boulevard Cellars, Rivonia
Bryan Park Liquor, Bryanston
Liquor City Lonehill, Lonehill
Loco Liq Blairgowrie, Blairgowrie
East Rand
Liquor City Glen Marais, Glenmarais
Liquor City Stoneridge, Greenstone
Liquor City Sunward Park, Sunward Park
South and Vanderbijlpark
Liquor City Vanderbijlpark, Vanderbijlpark
Midrand and Pretoria
Glenfair Tops, Lynnwood Manor
Liquor City Gateway, Centurion
Loco Liq Crowthorne, Crowthorne
Midstream Tops, Midstream Estate
The Good Oaks, Lynnwood Manor
West Rand
Overland Cottage Cellar, Roodepoort
Robert Broom Tops, Noordheuwel
KWAZULU NATAL
Ballito Lifestyle Centre Tops, Ballito
Hillcrest Tops, Hillcrest
NORTH WEST, LIMPOPO, MPUMALANGA AND FREE STATE
Liquor City Hartebeespoort, Hartebeespoort
Riverside Tops At the Grove, Nelspruit
Ultra Liquors Bethlehem, Bethlehem
Gin Bars and Restaurants
WESTERN CAPE
Life Grand Cafe, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town
Peddlars and Co, Constantia, Cape Town
Sansibar, Asara Wine Estate, Stellenbosch
Steam Restaurant, Stellenbosch Central, Stellenbosch
The Botanical Bar, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town
The Gin Bar, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town
Urban Wines, Durbanville, Cape Town
Vredenheim Wine Estate Gin Bar, Stellenbosch
EASTERN CAPE
Bridge Street Brewery, Brickmakers Kloof, Port Elizabeth
Richmond Hill Brewing Co., South End, Port Elizabeth
Quaysyde, Sea Vista, St Francis Bay
Rat and Parrot, Grahamstown
The Yellow Door, Walmer, Port Elizabeth
GAUTENG
Bottega Cafe, Parkhurst, Johannesburg
Carbon Bistro, Brooklyn, Pretoria
Rodizio, Fourways
The Codfather, Morningside, Johannesburg
Tonic, Linden
KWAZULU NATAL
Europa Gin Bar, Umhlanga Rocks, Durban
Two Acres, Assagay, Hillcrest
International Stockists
INTABA-Weine – Germany
Cape Gin – Switzerland/EU
Distributors
Woodstock Liquors- National
Captains Distributors – Gauteng
Get in touch
If you would like to stock our gin, find out where we are stocked, or let us know what you think of Blossom & Hops gin, please reach out.
Tel: 021 685 4247
Cel: 083 447 4115
Email: info@trouvaillespirits.com