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No Limit To Imagination

KIMBERLY Storey pauses for a second … “I’d say imagination, creativity and unconventional flavour combinations that somehow work together.”

She was explaining the philosophy behind the young but highly successful Newy Distillery, the family business that has grown in three short years from a backyard shed in Newcastle to a thriving business spread across two adjoining warehouses.

The fact she and husband Luke have managed to do it with the not inconsiderable time burden of having three small children – Abbie 3, Layla 18 months, and Harvey “almost 11 weeks” – makes it downright remarkable.

“We have a close family and a good support

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