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Australian Gin
AUSTRALIAN GINS
The Australian gin category continues to excel both locally and overseas, as established and new gin aficionados experiment with the vast array of locally produced gins. The craft distilling boom is in full swing with well over 100 Australian gins now available from the four corners of Australia. Many of the gins feature Australian botanicals that add layers of delicious flavours from the bush in harmony with some of the traditional botanical ingredients like juniper berries, orris root, coriander seed and orange peel. Here we feature a selection of Australian gins that you should keep an eye out for if you haven’t discovered them already.
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Manly Feels
MANLY SPIRITS CO. AUSTRALIAN DRY GIN
The Manly Spirits Co. Australian Dry Gin is distilled, bottled and labelled by hand before being sent out into the world from their artisan distillery on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. Crafted using a blend of sustainably foraged marine botanicals, Australian native and more traditional gin botanicals balanced neatly with the highest quality Australian grain spirit. These include sea lettuce, pepper leaf, anise myrtle, finger lime, orange peel, giving it a bright, fresh citrus nose, balanced with gentle peppery notes on the palate to deliver a rounded, lingering finish.
MANLY FEELS
INGREDIENTS: 45ml Manly Spirits Australian Dry Gin 15ml Manly Spirits Limoncello 10ml Fresh lime juice 45ml Pink grapefruit juice 15ml Egg white 1 x Pinch of sea salt
METHOD: Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker and add a scoop of ice. Shake well and fine strain into a double old-fashioned glass over a large cube of ice
GARNISH: Slice of finger lime
GLASSWARE: Double old fashioned
NEVER NEVER DISTILLING CO. FANCY FRUIT CUP
Two of Australia’s most exciting young beverage producers, Adelaide’s Never Never Distilling Co. and Melbourne’s Marionette Liqueur have joined forces to produce a contemporary version of the much-enjoyed fruit cup that celebrates the Australian summer.
The Fancy Fruit Cup combines Never Never’s award-winning Triple Juniper Gin with Marionette’s barrel-aged orange curaçao, Australian and international spices, and Earl Grey tea for a uniquely Australian apéritif.
Sean Baxter, Never Never co-founder and brand director says “The fruit cup usually welcomes the beginning of the English summer. Classic Fancy Fruit Cups
With Australia having an undoubtedly superior summer, we thought it was about time to develop our own expression.” Sean continues, “The Fancy Fruit Cup is about taking everything that the English gave us and simply doing it better. We did it with cricket, with soapies, and now with the fruit cup.”
“For the ultimate Fancy Fruit Cup serve, pour 45ml in a glass of ice, add equal parts quality lemonade and ginger ale and top with your favourite fruit.” says Baxter. “It’s designed as a low-alcohol cocktail serve, for those long, festive afternoons.”
CLASSIC FANCY FRUIT CUP
INGREDIENTS: 45ml Fancy Fruit Cup 45ml Quality lemonade 45ml Quality ginger ale
METHOD: Add all ingredients to a wine glass and top with ice
GARNISH: Cucumber, strawberry, an orange slice and mint. Serve immediately
ADELAIDE HILLS DISTILLERY
Using a custom-built copper still the team at Adelaide Hills Distillery have created a range of handcrafted small-batch spirits that pay homage to native Australian produce, alongside the highest quality of imported ingredients.
The Adelaide Hills in South Australia is home to some of Australia’s most revered farms, orchards and gourmet producers, with its celebrated cool climate providing perfect conditions for growers and farmers alike. From this enviable landscape, they take their inspiration.
78 Degrees Gin is a complex and savoury gin distilled from a grape base and vapour infused with 12 botanicals, explicitly selected for their purity and quality. The gin is pungently aromatic and displays citrus and floral notes with underlying spice.
Adelaide Hills Distillery Sunset Spritz
Adelaide Hills Distillery Estate Negroni
ADELAIDE HILLS DISTILLERY SUNSET SPRITZ
INGREDIENTS: 45ml Adelaide Hills Distillery Sunset Gin 30ml Adelaide Hills Distillery Rosé Vermouth 60ml Prosecco 30ml Fever-Tree Soda Water
METHOD: Add ingredients to a stemmed glass with a large cube of ice and stir gently
GARNISH: Slice of grapefruit
ADELAIDE HILLS DISTILLERY ESTATE NEGRONI
INGREDIENTS: 30ml Adelaide Hills Distillery 78 Degrees Gin 30ml Adelaide Hills Distillery Bitter Orange 30ml Adelaide Hills Distillery Rosso Vermouth
METHOD: Add ingredients to a cocktail mixing glass and stir with ice. Strain into an oldfashioned glass with a large cube of ice
GARNISH: Slice of orange
Blue Moon
KALKI MOON – AUSTRALIAN PREMIUM GIN
Born out of the cane fields in Australia’s rum capital Bundaberg comes the regions newest distilling company Kalki Moon Distilling & Brewing. Founded by former Bundaberg Rum Master Distiller Rick Prosser, Kalki Moon has hit the ground running, recently awarded gold at the prestigious Australian Distilled Spirits Awards 2018 and Silver at the International Wine & Spirits Competition. Containing ten botanicals, including locally grown lemon and cinnamon myrtle, ground ginger and native finger limes, this traditional pot distilled gin will leave a lovely note of juniper and citrus on the palette. Great in a gin & toinc with Fever-Tree Mediterranean and a garnish of orange.
BLUE MOON
INGREDIENTS: 45ml Kalki Moon Gin 20ml MONIN Blueberry Syrup 30ml Fresh lemon juice
METHOD: Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker and add a scoop of ice. Shake well and fine strain into a cocktail glass
GARNISH: Skewered blueberries Affinity Spritz
KARU DISTILLERY AFFINITY GIN
Small-batch distilled, using predominantly local native botanicals and using pure natural mountain rainwater, Karu Affinity Gin is a delicious expression of contemporary Australian gin. The full flavoured profile features some unique Australian botanicals, balanced with a few of the international greats, to create a balanced sensory experience that can be perfect neat or paired with your favourite tonic.
AFFINITY SPRITZ
INGREDIENTS: 45ml Affinity Gin 20ml Elderflower liqueur 30ml Pink grapefruit juice 60ml Fever-Tree Aromatic Tonic Water METHOD: Add ingredients to a highball glass, add ice and gently stir
GARNISH: A sprig of rosemary and slice of pink grapefruit
Late in the Day Earl Grey
GLASSWARE: Highball
LATE IN THE DAY EARL GREY
INGREDIENTS: 45ml Affinity Gin 60ml Chilled Earl Grey Tea 10ml Maple syrup 1 x Dash orange bitters
METHOD: Stir ingredients with ice in a cocktail mixing glass. Strain into an old fashioned glass over a large ice cube
GARNISH: A mint sprig and an orange peel twist
Stone Pine Mule Federation Collins
STONE PINE - NATIVE BLEND ORIGINAL DRY GIN
The Stone Pine Original Dry is carefully made using a blend of native and traditional botanicals to create a unique and distinctly Australian gin. It’s pot-distilled in small batches, gently infusing a proprietary blend of native and traditional botanicals to create a vibrant, fresh and zingy ‘new world’ gin. The native flavours of pink finger lime and lemon myrtle add a modern Australian twist to the London Dry style and result in a complex flavour, displaying spicy citrus, herbal and floral notes.
STONE PINE MULE
INGREDIENTS: 45ml Stone Pine Native Blend Gin 15ml Lemon myrtle syrup 10ml Fresh lime juice 90ml Ginger beer
METHOD: Add ingredients to a double oldfashioned glass, add ice and gently stir
GARNISH: A mint sprig
MCHENRY - FEDERATION GIN
The Federation Gin is a new world gin inspired by the bounty of our antipodean flora. This unique gin combines botanicals from every Australian state and territory. Kakadu Plum (NT), Lemon Myrtle (Qld), Strawberry Gum (NSW), Mountain Pepper (ACT) Cinnamon Myrtle (VIC) Celery Top Pine (TAS), Wattleseed (SA) and Quandong (WA) – in a perfect blend. An extraordinary marriage of botanicals gathered by indigenous Australians and crafted at Australia’s southern-most whisky distillery. This gin is batch distilled, hand-made and rare.
FEDERATION COLLINS
INGREDIENTS: 45ml McHenry Federation Gin 20ml Lemon thyme honey syrup 20ml Fresh lemon juice 90ml Fever-Tree Soda Water
METHOD: Add ingredients to a highball glass, add ice and gently stir
GARNISH: Sprig of lemon thyme