A working production distillery in Salt River, we’re open for bottle sales, distillery visits, and private events in our StrangeLove Cocktail Lounge. Also now pouring in the City Bowl at Hope Provisions Store.
Hope was founded in 2014 by Lucy Beard and Leigh Lisk in a Salt River warehouse, Cape Town’s first licensed craft distillery.
What started as a singular focus on gin has grown into a full portfolio of modern African spirits, each distilled and bottled on site by our team. Over a decade later, that same hands-on approach drives everything we do and our Hope Provisions Store in the City Bowl marks the next chapter.
Our range spans gin, vodka, agave spirit and rhum agricole, each distilled and bottled on site in Salt River. We also design and distil gins for other brands as well as leading hotels and restaurants.
Gin sits at the heart of what we do, with three flagship expressions joined by a growing selection of collaborative and family releases. The opening of our Hope Provisions Store has led to our latest release: a bottled cocktail range, available in-store and online.
FIRST LICENSED
Hope becomes the first distillery licensed by the City of Cape Town, setting up in a Salt River warehouse.
RANGE EXPANDS
Mediterranean Gin and the Lucy’s Limited Release series join the range. Vodka and agave production begins.
MAD MARY ARRIVES
Our copper hybrid column still, Mad Mary, joins the distillery, expanding capacity and versatility.
HOPE PROVISIONS STORE OPENS
Hope Provisions Store opens at Longkloof Precinct, Gardens: the brand’s City Bowl home for tastings, cocktails and retail.
Our Salt River distillery is where every spirit begins. Open for bottle sales and visits, and home to the StrangeLove Cocktail Lounge, a private events space for up to 65 guests.
Our neighbourhood cocktail bar and tasting room in the City Bowl, for tastings, classic cocktails and bottle sales. Walk-ins always welcome.
The full Hope range of gins, spirits and cocktails, delivered across South Africa.
