LAST UPDATED 12 May 2019

Here is the definitive list of Australian Gins with links to their makers which I update monthly, and my reviews which often include an interview with the distiller.

Note, this list does not include multiple gin releases from each distillery.

Gins of various standards have been produced in Australia for quite some while, and one of the earliest references to a commercial gin production is from 1926 from the Federal Distilleries in Port Melbourne (established in 1888 producing mainly whisky) who produced a gin called Crystal Court.

Today we’re living in the golden age of Australian craft gins with inspired use of local botanical  giving them a distinctly Aussie expression. There seems to be no sign of the boom slowing down and I’m adding new makers every two weeks!

Short Reviews

• For short reviews of 24 Australian Gins included in the 2017 Gintonica Advent Calendar  please see my article here.
• For the 2019 review notes, read the notes here.

Rating System

Where possible I review each of them for you in detail, including interviews of their distillers.  The ratings provided are of one of their range I’ve sampled, not a reflection of their entire range.

Meanwhile, for those I’ve tried there is a rating:

1. Best used in Molotov cocktails only
2. Either a work in progress, or best used in a mixed drink.
3. Respectable and workmanlike-good for a great G+T or a gutsy Martini
4. Martini-worthy in the elegant style
5. World class premium Gin

If you know of any I’ve missed please get in touch.

1. 2 Accents Gin, South Australia
2. Achilles Gin, New South Wales
3. 5 Nines Distilling Gin, South Australia
4. 1875 Gin – Wild River Mountain Distillery, North Queensland
5. 1770 Distillery, Queensland
6. 23rd Street Distillery, South Australia
7. 36S Blood Orange Gin, South Australia  **** read review here (Also see this Rakia review) ****
8. Abel Gin Company, Tasmania ****
9. Adams Distillery, Tasmania ***.5
10. Alchemy Distillery, Victoria
11. ALTD Spirits, New South Wales Non-alcoholic distilled spirits
12. Ambleside Distillers, South Australia
13. Antipodes Gin Co,  Organic **** Read review here
14. Animus Distillery, Victoria  ***
15. Applewood Distillery, South Australia  *****  Read review here
16. Anther Gin, Victoria *** (was Artemis Gin)
17. Archie Rose Distilling Company, Sydney NSW  ***** read review of original release
18. Art of Booze, Queensland
19. Adelaide Hills Distillery, **** South Australia
20. Bakehouse Distillery, Tasmania
21. Baker Williams, New South Wales
22. Bakery Hill Distillery,  South Australia ***
23. Barossa Distilling Company,  South Australia
24. Bass and Flinders Gin, Victoria *** / **** read review here of their regular and  Monsoon versions 
25. Bathtub Gin Company, Victoria
26. Bathurst Grange Distillery, New South Wales
27. Balcombe Dry Gin, Victoria
28. BeGin Gin, Victoria **
29. Beacon Gin, Western Australia
30. Beach Box Gin, Victoria
31. Bellarine Gin, Victoria
32. Big Tree Distillery, Victoria
33. Big River Distilling, Australian Capital Territory ****
34. Blend Etiquette, South Australia
35. Black Cat Gin, South Australia
36. Blind Tiger Gin, South Australia  ***** Read review here
37. Boatrocker Brewing Co, Victoria
38. Brogan’s Way Distillery, Victoria
39. Brunswick Aces, Victoria Non-Alcholhic distilled spirit **** read review here
40. Blue Still,New South Wales
41. Botanic Australis Gin, North Queensland****  read review here + Navy Strength version
42. Brocken Spectre Gin, for Tonic Tasmania ***
43. Brookie’s Gin, Byron Bay, New South Wales
44. Buffalo Vale, Sydney, New South Wales
45. Captain Bligh’s Brewery, Tasmania
46. Castle Glen, Queensland
47. Cedar Fox Distillery, Victoria
48. Chief’s Son Distillery Victoria no website yet
49. Copperwave Gin, New South Wales
50. Cloudy Lobo Ciders,South Australia
    
51. Darby Norris Distillery, Tasmania
52. Dead Governors Gin, Swan Valley, Western Australia
53. Death Gin, Victoria ***
54. Demoiselle Distillery, New South Wales
55. Durand Distillery, South Australia ****
56. East view Estate, (aka Dodson’s Gin) New South Wales ****
57. Echuca Distillery, Victoria
58. Encounter Coast Spirits, South Australia
59. Four Pillars Gin Healesville, Victoria **** read review here  (several versions available)
60. Forty Spotted Gin, Tasmania  **** read review here + here ****
61. Fossey’s Gin, Victoria
62. Flinders Peak Winery and Distillery, Queensland
63. Flinders Island Distillery, Tasmania
64. Fremantle Spirits Company, Western Australia
65. Geographe Distillery Beacon Gin, Western Australia
66. Gidgegannup Distilleries,  Western Australia
67. Gin XLCR  – Baker Williams, New South Wales
68. Ginnifer Golden Gin, Western Australia
69. Glengowrie Distillery, New South Wales
70. Godfather Pepperberry Gin,Tasmania
71. Granddad Jacks Distillery, Queensland
72. Grasslands Gin, New South Wales  ***  read review here
73. Great Southern Gin – London Dry Style,  Western Australia
74. Great Ocean Road Gin, Victoria
75. Growers Own,Tasmania
76. Grove Experience,  Western Australia
77. Happenstance Distillery, South Australia
78. Hartshorn Distillery, Tasmania
79. Harmans Estate GGG Gin, Margaret River, Western Australia
80. Harris Organic Dry Gin, Swan Valley, Western Australia
81. Hartzview Vineyard, Tasmania
82. Here’s Looking at You Kid Distillery, Victoria
83. Hells Gate Gin, Tasmania
84. Hellfire Distillery London Dry Gin, Tasmania
85. Hemp Gin,New South Wales
86. High Spirits Distillery ,Western Australia
87. Hippocampus Metropolitan Distillery, (was WA now made in Victoria) **
88. HumpyBong Distillery, Queensland
89. Hunter Valley Distillery, New South Wales
90. Hunnington Distillery, Tasmania
91. Hurdle Creek Still,Victoria (several versions available)
92. Imbue Distillery ,Victoria ***
93. Ink Gin, New South Wales ***
94. Ironbark Gin, New South Wales ****
95. Iron House Brewery Distillery, Tasmania
96. Joadja Distillery, New South Wales
97. Kalki Moon Premium Gin, Queensland  ***.5 read review here
98. Karu Distillery, Grosevale NSW
99. Kilderkin Distillery, Victoria ***
100. Killara Distillery,Tasmania ****
101. Kimberley Rum Company, Western Australia
102. Kangaroo Island Spirits Wild Gin ,South Australia ****
103. Knocklofty Spirits, Tasmania ***
104. Laceys Hill Distilling Co, SE Queensland
105. Lawrenny Distillery Tasmania ***** (several versions available)
106. Little Lon Distilling Company, Victoria
107. Lilly Pilly Gin, Queensland
108. Loch Brewery + Distillery, Victoria ****  read review here for original release
109. Lord Byron Distillery, New South Wales
110. Logan’s Micro Distillery, Victoria
111. Lyrebird Gin, South Australia
112. Martin Distillation Company, South Australia ****
113. Maria River Distillery, New South Wales
114. Manly Spirits Gin, New South Wales  ****  (several versions available)
115. Margaret River Distillery, Western Australia ****
116. McHenry Classic Dry Gin, Tasmania *****    read review here of original release
117. McHenry Federation Gin, Tasmania **** read review here
118. Melbourne Gin Company, Victoria ***** read review here
119. Melbourne Moonshine Memo Gin
120. MC Gin, Mount Compass South Australia ****
121. Mobius Distilling, New South Wales
122. Moore’s Vintage Dry Gin, Distillery Botanica, New South Wales Dry Gin: *** read review here of original release
123. Mountain Mist Gin, New South Wales
124. Mountain Distilling,Victoria
125. Motorcycle Gin, Tasmania
126. Mt Wellington Gin, Tasmania
127. Murray’s Brewing, New South Wales
128. Never Never Gin, South Australia ****
129. New World Projects, Small Batch Gins Melbourne***
130. Nagambie Brewery and Distillery, Victoria
131. Newcastle Distilling Co. New South Wales
132. Noble Bootleggers, Victoria
133. Nosferatu Distillery, Victoria
134. Noosa Heads Distillery, Queensland
135. Nonesuch Distillery Tasmania   read review here of this Sloe Gin and read review here of their Dry Gin.****
136. North of Eden Distillery, New South Wales
137. Of All the Gin Joints Distillery, Victoria
138. Opal Blue Premium Dry Gin, Western Australia
139. Old Young’s Gin, Western Australia *****
140. Old Kempton Distillery, Tasmania
141. Original Spirits Company, Victoria ***.5 read review here
142. Ounce Gin, South Australia ***
143. Oxford Scholar Gin, Victoria ***
144. Patient Wolf Gin, Victoria *****
145. Pangolin Gin, South Australia
146. Penn Gin, Tasmania
147. Phaedrus Estate Gin, Victoria
148. Poor Tom’s Gin, New South Wales ***
149. Pot and Still, South Australia
150. Pretty Parrot Distilling, New South Wales
151. Prohibition Liquor Co. South Australia **** read review here of their Bathtub gin
152. Quandong Gin, South Australia
153. Queenscliff Distillery, Victoria
154. Reed and Co Distilling, Victoria ****
155. Retiring Gin, Tasmania ***.5 (NO LONGER IN PRODUCTION) Read review here
156. Red Hen Gin, South Australia
157. Redlands Distillery, Tasmania
158. Remedy Small Batch Gin,Victoria
159. Rookwood Brewing and Distilling, Victoria
160. Saleyards Distillery, Billy Goats Gin Queensland ***
161. Settler’s Gin, South Australia- including Rare Dry Gin Read review here *** & Barrel aged ****
162. Seclusion Gin, Bruny Island, Tasmania***
163. Seppeltfield Road Distillers, South Australia
164. Sheene Estate, Tasmania ****
165. Sin Gin, Western Australia ***
166. Silver Moon Distilling New South Wales
167. Southern Wild Distillery, Tasmania- several versions ***/**** read review here
168. South Coast Distillery, New South Wales
169. Souwester Spirits, Western Australia
170. Strait Dry Gin + Sloe Gin, Tasmania
171. Strange Omen Hopped Gin, Tasmania
172. Stone Pine Gin + Truffle Gin and others New South Wales **** read review here of original release
173. Stony Creek Farm Distillery, New South Wales
174. Story Wines Gin,Victoria
175. Spring Bay Distillery Tasmania ****
176. Swan Valley Gin Company, Western Australia
177. Sud Polaire Gin, Tasmania*****
178. Suter and Sons Dry Gin, Victoria **
179. Sullivans Cove, Tasmania Mt Wellington Gin  & Hobart No4 Gin  ***** read review here of original release
180. Summerleas Distillery, Tasmania
181. Sunny Hill Distillery, South Australia
182. Tattarang Springs Distillery, Western Australia
183. Taylor and Smith Distilling, Tasmania
184. Terra Australis Distillery, Victoria
185. The Farmers Wife Distillery, Victoria
186. The Splendid Gin, Tasmania ****
187. The Story Gin, Victoria
188. The Grove Gin, Western Australia
189. The Canberra Distillery Canberra) *** read review here of original release
190. The Siding, Gerringong, New South Wales
191. Tattarang Springs Distilling, Western Australia
192. Tintenbar Distillery, New South Wales
193. Tiny Bear Distillery,  Victoria
194. Triple GGG Gin, Victoria
195. Turner Stillhouse, Tasmania
196. Two Accents Gin, South Australia
197. Underground Spirits Gin, Canberra **** read review here
198. Waterview Distillery, Queensland
199. Wandering Distillery, Victoria
200. Woodwater Distillery, South Australia
201. West Winds Gin, Western Australia read review here *****
202. Wildbrumby Gin, New South Wales read review here ****
203. Wild River Mountain Distillery, Queensland
204. Wilmot Hills Gin, Tasmania
205. Winston Quin Distillery, Queensland
206. Wishbone Spirits, Queensland
207. Young Henry’s, New South Wales read review here***