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About the gin: Made with native juniper, finger lime, strawberry gum and pepper berry, it is easy to guess this gin’s “signature” botanical, since the titular green ants are still floating around in the bottle.
Patient Wolf’s latest offering for Summer has aromas of crushed thyme, lemon oregano, fresh juniper and white pepper. It’s worth noting that Port Philip Ferries now runs a service between Port Melbourne and Port Arlington (takes about 70 minutes).There are two distinct parts of their cellar door – one half is dedicated to distilling and the other to their impressive bar and lounge. Distillers combine dry botanicals including Tasmanian pepperberry, cardamom, macadamia, Anjelica root and lemon myrtle with locally sourced Cairns mango, ruby grapefruit, finger lime, lavender and mint. The result is a 2019 National Gold Award winning gin.
There's a massive 25 botanicals in Brookie's, 17 of which are native to beautiful Byron Bay. You'll taste Byron sunrise finger limes, aniseed myrtle, cinnamon myrtle, macadamia, native river mint, and native raspberry—among other things. Sip it on its own and see if you can sniff out the rest. Definitely one of the best Australian gins for some coastal flavours. Shop here. Lightning Gin is a rich, juniper-dominant, Australian craft gin from Karu Distillery near Richmond, Western Sydney. It has won several awards including Double Gold at the San Francisco World Spirit Awards 2019.You can choose from two tasting flights a tonic tasting flight. You can book a gin experience to get a full overview into how Christine works and how their gins are made. This gin is sweet and full of zest just like Shirl, with uplifting notes, zesty characteristics and refreshing waves of orange blossom. While gin is made from distilled grain spirit, it doesn’t contain gluten peptides and is therefore gluten-free and safe for coeliacs. The verdict: Best gin 2023
Cumquats are steeped in dry gin and macerated for several months to balance the spirit and create springtime in a gin. Anther DistilleryReg Papps, founder and distiller of the Ironbark Distillery in North Richmond in NSW has created a unique Australian gin that takes the descriptor “a sipping gin” to a new level. 313 Dry Wattleseed Gin (40% ABV) is made from a neutral cane spirit, locally sourced water, filtered through carbon and bottled by hand. Botanicals include juniper, cardamom, coriander, lemon zest, vanilla and wattleseed which give makes the gin linger long on the palate with a delicious nuttiness. Sip it neat, in a G&T or add to lemonade and garnish with cucumber, lemon or lime zest.