Gorilla Spirits Co (drinks to help endangered great apes)
Gorilla Spirits Co offers boozy spirits and liqueurs with a difference. As a portion of profits go to a charity that helps endangered gorillas, one of our closest relatives.
Due to quinine, avoid tonic water for certain medical conditions (liver failure, blood thinners, antibiotics and anti-depressants). Also check medication inserts, before consuming grapefruit or rhubarb drinks.
Unless chopped up, corks are too dense to compost (and choking hazards, if left around). So recycle them at your local off license, or send off in bulk to Recorked.
The range includes:
- Blackback Mountain Strength Vodka!
- Karisimbi Golden Rum
- Karisimbi Spiced Rum
- Karisimbi White Rum
- Maraba Coffee Liqueur
- Maraba Salted Hazelnut Liqueur
- Silverback Clementine Bergamot Gin
- Silverback Wild Strawberry Gin
- White Rum
Tips to Help Save Endangered Gorillas
Wild gorillas live in central Africa (eastern and western gorillas don’t see each other, as there is a big rainforest between them).
They move in ‘troops’ of up to 30 gorillas, which is led by the dominant silverback male, a few females and the children. They are critically endangered, due to loss of habitat and poaching.
Mostly herbivores (they will sometimes eat insects and snails), the silverback is around 10 times stronger than a human man, but mostly is gentle. He will only attack if he feels at risk, or is trying to protect his family.
One of the most clever of all animals, gorillas can make bamboo ladders to help babies reach trees. And even make cutlery from twigs, to eat insects!
