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