Australian
Dry Gin
Blending traditional & native botanicals
Our take on an Australian dry gin – We use traditional and Australian native botanicals with a mix of maceration and vapour infusion
Juniper, Coriander, Orris Root, Quandong, Lemon Myrtle & Coastal Daisybush are the botanicals used in our gin; and while the botanical list may seem simple, it was anything but! Taking over 8 months to develop, more than 20 different iterations with plenty of hair pulled out along the way, we finally created something to call our own.
Our gin is familiar, yet different. Expected juniper and typical gin flavours give way to jammy bitterness, citrus & herbal passionfruit from the native botanicals. See more information on our native botanicals below. Served with a quality tonic or soda & dried citrus allows our gin to shine. After extensive testing we can also confirm it is delicious in cocktails too.
Quandong
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(Santalum Acuminatum) is a hemiparasitic plant in the sandalwood family, Santalaceae (Native to Australia), which is widely dispersed throughout the central deserts and southern areas of Australia. The species, especially its edible fruit, is also commonly referred to as wild or native peach.
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Aroma of dry lentils or beans with some earthy fermented notes. Taste is slighlty sour and salty. The fruit is usually dry textured, tart tasting and sweetness can vary greatly between trees.
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Our product is supplied dried from farmers in the Broken Hill Region
Lemon Myrtle
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(Backhousia Citriodoria) a flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae, genus Backhousia. It is endemic to subtropical rainforests of central and south-eastern Queensland, Australia, with a natural distribution from Mackay to Brisbane. Other common names are sweet verbena tree, sweet verbena myrtle, (lemon scented verbena is another species), and lemon scented backhousia
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Lemon myrtle leaves contain the highest amount of citral (>90%) of any plant known in the world and its flavour and aroma show refreshingly intense citrus notes, often described as lemonier than lemon
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The Product is handpicked along the SA/VIC border and supplied locally by Creative Native in Hindmarsh (SA), who have a large range of native foods and products.
Coastal daisybush
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(Olearia Axillaris) a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to coastal areas of Australia. It is an erect, bushy shrub with densely cottony-hairy branchlets, aromatic, linear to narrowly elliptic or narrowly lance-shaped to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base and small white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.
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Sweet smelling, almost like passionfruit. It gives a fruity flavour upfront with a slight grassy/herbal finish. We consider it the missing piece of the puzzle for our gin.
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It is used fresh in every batch and we handpick this around Henley Beach, Tennyson and Outer Harbor in South Australia
