Balfour Gin

balfour gin is distilled in the rolling hills of the gold city, with a deep-rooted heritage in the eastern cape. a celebrated history that runs from the 16th century, closely intertwined with the great prophet ntsikana, and fierce colonial resistance. arising from the battle of cihoshe on the great fish river, where the ford of cihoshe divides the salt from the fresh water at the mouth of the great fish river. this inspiration revives the spirit of king gando we-ntshaba, the heir of king ngconde of the xhosa kingdom, our forefather, a valiant and true fighter who refused coercion, betrayed by his own blood, made a royal castaway and settled by the kwayi river, now known as the great kei river was named in his honour. when european settlers arrived in the xhosa kingdom, they incorrectly referred to this river as kei river rather than kwayi river, the river of the amakwayi clan. the balfour gin is born from the chronicles of noyi, an early xhosa convert to christianity, a founder of t