LAST UPDATED 8 October 2020
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.
The links will take you to either their website, or a social media channel in case they don’t have a site up yet.
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!
If you know of any I’ve missed please get in touch.
Short Aussie Gin Tasting Notes
These are short insights into each year’s Gintonica Advent Calendar that feature 24 craft gins from around Australia, with links back to their respective websites, with my suggestions on how best to enjoy them.
- 2017 Gintonica Advent Calendar – please see my article here.
- 2018 Gintonica Advent Calendar – please see my article here
- 2019 Gintonica Advent Calendar – please see my article here
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- 1770 Distillery, Queensland
- 1875 Gin – Wild River Mountain Distillery, North Queensland
- 2 Accents Gin, South Australia
- 21st Century Distillery, Victoria
- 23rd Street Distillery, South Australia
- 36S Blood Orange Gin, South Australia Read review here (Also see this Rakia review)
- 5 Nines Distilling Gin, South Australia
- 708 Gin, Western Australia
- Abel Gin Company, Tasmania
- Achilles Gin, New South Wales
- Adams Distillery, Tasmania
- Adelaide Hills Distillery, South Australia
- Adelaide Gin, South Australia (Australian Distilling Co.)
- Alchemy Distillery, Victoria
- ALTD Spirits, New South Wales Non-alcoholic distilled spirits
- Ambleside Distillers, South Australia
- Antagonist Spirits, Victoria
- Ancient Wisdom Distillery, Victoria
- Anther Gin, Victoria (was Artemis Gin)
- Antipodes Gin Co, Read review here
- Animus Distillery, Victoria
- Apollo Bay Distillery, Victoria
- Applewood Distillery, South Australia Read review here
- Archie Rose Distilling Company, New South Wales read review of original release
- Art of Booze, Queensland
- Artemis Australia Spirits, New South Wales
- Autonomy Distillers, Victoria
- Baby Pink Gin, Victoria
- Bakehouse Distillery, Tasmania
- Baker Williams, New South Wales
- Bakery Hill Distillery, South Australia
- Banks and Solander Distillery, New South Wales
- Barking Owl Distilling Co, Victoria
- Barossa Distilling Company, South Australia
- Bass and Flinders Gin, Victoria read review here of their regular and Monsoon versions
- Bathtub Gin Company, Victoria
- Bathurst Grange Distillery, New South Wales
- Battery Point Distillery, Tasmania
- Balcombe Dry Gin, Victoria
- BeGin Gin, Victoria
- Beacon Gin, Western Australia
- Beach Box Gin, Victoria
- Bellarine Gin, Victoria
- Big Tree Distillery, Victoria
- Big River Distilling, Australian Capital Territory
- Billson’s Beachworth Dry Gin, Victoria
- Blend Etiquette, South Australia
- Black Cat Gin, South Australia
- Black Snake Distillery, New South Wales
- Blind Tiger Gin, South Australia read review here
- Blue Still,New South Wales
- Boatrocker Brewing Co, Victoria
- Bombak Distillery, Western Australia
- Bondi Gin, New South Wales
- Botanic Australis Gin, North Queensland read review here
- Brisbane Gin, Queensland (Australian Distilling Co.)
- Brocken Spectre Gin, for Tonic Tasmania
- Brogan’s Way Distillery, Victoria
- Brunswick Aces, Victoria Non-Alcholic + Alcoholic distilled spirits read review here
- Brookie’s Gin, New South Wales
- Buffalo Vale, Sydney, New South Wales
- Cape Byron Distillery, New South Wales
- Captain Bligh’s Brewery, Tasmania
- Castle Glen, Queensland
- Cavu Distilling, Queensland
- Cedar Fox Distillery, Victoria
- Charlie’s of Darwin, (Darwin Distilling Co.) Northern Territory
- Chief’s Son Distillery Victoria no website yet
- Copperwave Gin, New South Wales
- Cravate Noire London Dry Gin, New South Wales, made by Holdfast Distillery
- Critters Distillery, New South Wales
- Cloudy Lobo Ciders,South Australia
- Cuprum Distillery, Western Australia
- Darby Norris Distillery, Tasmania
- Dead Governors Gin, Swan Valley, Western Australia
- Death Gin, Victoria
- Demoiselle Distillery, New South Wales
- Devine Intervention Distillery, South Australia
- Distillery Botanica, New South Wales
- Drops of Juniper, Melbourne, Victoria
- Durand Distillery, South Australia
- Dune Distilling Co, Western Australia
- Eastview Estate, (aka Dodson’s Gin) New South Wales
- Earp Distillery, New South Wales
- Echuca Distillery, Victoria
- Encounter Coast Spirits, South Australia
- Ester Spirits, New South Wales
- Finders Distillery, New South Wales
- Finesse Spirits, Queensland
- Four Pillars Gin Healesville, Victoria read review here
- Forty Spotted Gin, Tasmania read review here + here
- Fossey’s Gin, Victoria
- Four Winds Vineyard Gin, New South Wales
- Flinders Peak Winery and Distillery, Queensland
- Flinders Island Distillery, Tasmania
- Flowstate Brewers and Distillers, Victoria
- Garden Distillery, Victoria
- Fremantle Spirits Company, Western Australia
- Geographe Distillery Beacon Gin, Western Australia
- Gemini Gin Distilling Co, Victoria
- Gidgegannup Distilleries, Western Australia
- Gin XLCR – Baker Williams, New South Wales
- Gindu, Victoria
- Ginnifer Golden Gin, Western Australia
- Ginny Pig Distillery, South Australia
- Ginversity Gins (Margaret River Distillery), Western Australia
- Glengowrie Distillery, New South Wales
- Godfather Pepperberry Gin,Tasmania
- Golden Lion Distillery, New South Wales
- Granddad Jacks Distillery, Queensland
- Grasslands Gin, New South Wales read review here
- Great Southern Gin – London Dry Style, Western Australia
- Great Ocean Road Gin, Victoria
- Great Northern Distillery, Western Australia
- Growers Own,Tasmania
- Grove Experience, Western Australia
- Gundog Estate, New South Wales
- Happenstance Distillery, South Australia
- Haiver Spirits, Western Australia
- Hang10 Distillery, New South Wales
- Hartshorn Distillery, Tasmania
- Harmans Estate GGG Gin, Margaret River, Western Australia
- Harris Organic Dry Gin, Swan Valley, Western Australia
- Hartzview Vineyard, Tasmania
- Headland Distilling, New South Wales Read review here
- Heathcote Gin, Victoria
- Here’s Looking at You Kid Distillery, Victoria
- Hells Gate Gin, Tasmania
- Hellfire Distillery London Dry Gin, Tasmania
- Hemp Gin,New South Wales
- Hepburn Springs Distilling Co, Victoria
- High Spirits Distillery ,Western Australia
- Hippocampus Metropolitan Distillery, (was WA now made in Victoria) *
- Hold Fast Distillery, New South Wales
- HumpyBong Distillery, Queensland
- Hunter Valley Distillery, New South Wales
- Hunnington Distillery, Tasmania
- Hurdle Creek Still,Victoria
- Imbue Distillery,Victoria read review here
- Imbibis Artisan Spirits, Queensland
- Imperial Measures Distilling, South Australia
- Impression Bay Distillery, Tasmania
- Ink Gin, New South Wales
- Ironbark Distillery, New South Wales
- Iron House Brewery Distillery, Tasmania
- Joadja Distillery, New South Wales Read article about them here
- Jones and Smith Distillery, New South Wales
- Kalki Moon Premium Gin, Queensland read review here
- Karu Distillery, Grosevale NSW
- Kilderkin Distillery, Victoria
- Killara Distillery,Tasmania
- Kimberley Rum Company, Western Australia
- Kangaroo Island Spirits Wild Gin, South Australia
- Kings Cross Distillery, New South Wales
- Knocklofty Spirits, Tasmania
- Kollaras and Co, New South Wales
- Laceys Hill Distilling Co, SE Queensland
- Lark Distillery, Tasmania read review here
- Lawrenny Distillery Tasmania
- Little Juniper Distilling, South Australia
- Little Lon Distilling Company, Victoria
- Little Things Gin, Western Australia
- Lilly Pilly Gin, Queensland
- LisaAndras Distillery, Perth, Western Australia
- Loch Brewery + Distillery, Victoria read review here for original release
- Lord Byron Distillery, New South Wales
- Lord Howe Island Distilling Co, Lord Howe Island
- Logan’s Micro Distillery, Victoria
- Lyrebird Gin, South Australia
- Magpie Distilling, New South Wales
- Martin Distillation Company, South Australia
- Maria River Distillery, New South Wales
- Mary Monica Distillery, Victoria
- Manly Spirits Gin, New South Wales
- McHenry Classic Dry Gin, Tasmania read review here of original release
- McHenry Federation Gin, Tasmania read review here
- Melbourne Gin, Victoria
- Melbourne Gin Company, Victoria read review here
- Melbourne Moonshine Memo Gin, Victoria
- MC Gin, Mount Compass South Australia
- Metcalf Distilleries, Tasmania
- McRobert Distillery, Western Australia
- Mobius Distilling, New South Wales
- Mother’s Milk Gin, Victoria
- Moontide Distillery, Western Australia
- Moore’s Vintage Dry Gin, Distillery Botanica, New South Wales Dry Gin read review here
- Moreton Distillery, Queensland
- Motorcycle Gin, Tasmania
- Mountain Mist Gin, New South Wales
- Mountain Distilling,Victoria
- Mrs Baker Still House, Victoria
- Mt. Uncle Distillery, Queensland, read review here
- Mt Wellington Gin, Tasmania
- Murphy’s Gin, Victoria
- Murray’s Brewing, New South Wales
- Nagambie Brewery and Distillery, Victoria
- Natural Distilling Company, Victoria
- Naught Gin, Victoria
- NeedlePin Spirits, New South Wales
- Never Never Gin, South Australia
- New World Projects, Small Batch Gins Melbourne
- New Norfolk Distilling, Tasmania
- Newcastle Distilling Co. New South Wales
- Newy Distillery, New South Wales
- Noble Bootleggers, Victoria
- Nosferatu Distillery, Victoria
- Noosa Heads Distillery, Queensland (aka Fortune Distillery)
- Nonesuch Distillery Tasmania read review here of this Sloe Gin and read review here of their Dry Gin.
- North of Eden Distillery, New South Wales
- Of All the Gin Joints Distillery, Victoria
- OGS Distillery, Queensland
- OMG Distillery, Western Australia
- Opal Blue Premium Dry Gin, Western Australia
- Old Young’s Gin, Western Australia
- Old Kempton Distillery, Tasmania
- Original Spirits Company, Victoria read review here
- Otways Distillery, Victoria
- Oxford Scholar Gin, Victoria
- Patient Wolf Gin, Victoria
- Pangolin Gin, South Australia
- Parrot Distilling Co, New South Wales
- Pechey Distilling Co, Queensland
- Perth Gin, Western Australia (Australian Distilling Co.)
- Penn Gin, Tasmania
- Phaedrus Estate Gin, Victoria
- Pomona Distilling Co, Queensland
- Poor Tom’s Gin, New South Wales
- Port Cygnet Distillery, Tasmania
- Pot and Still, South Australia
- Pomona Distilling Co, Queensland
- Prohibition Liquor Co. South Australia read review here of their Bathtub gin
- Quandong Gin, South Australia
- Queenscliff Distillery, Victoria
- Reed and Co Distilling, Victoria
- Retiring Gin, Tasmania (NO LONGER IN PRODUCTION) Read review here
- Red Hen Gin, South Australia
- Redlands Distillery, Tasmania
- Remedy Small Batch Gin,Victoria
- Rocky Jones Spirits, Victoria
- Rochfort Distillery, South Australia
- Rookwood Brewing and Distilling, Victoria
- Saleyards Distillery, Billy Goats Gin Queensland
- Samuel Smith and Sons, South Australia
- Sandy Gray Whisky Company, Tasmania read review here
- Settler’s Gin, South Australia- including Rare Dry Gin Read review here & Barrel aged
- Seclusion Gin, Bruny Island, Tasmania
- Seppeltfield Road Distillers, South Australia
- Sheene Estate and Distillery, Tasmania
- Sin Gin, Western Australia
- Sinclair Distillery, South Australia
- Sinkhole Gin, South Australia
- Silver Moon Distilling New South Wales
- Smith’s Rock Gin, South Australia
- Southarm Craft Distillery, Tasmania
- Southern Wild Distillery, Tasmania read review here
- South Coast Distillery, New South Wales
- Souwester Spirits, Western Australia
- Spirit of Little Things Gin, Western Australia website pending
- Spring Bay Distillery Tasmania
- StableViews Distillery, Western Australia
- Strait Dry Gin + Sloe Gin, Tasmania
- Strange Omen Hopped Gin, Tasmania
- Stone Pine Gin, New South Wales read review here of original release
- Stony Creek Farm Distillery, New South Wales
- Story Wines Gin,Victoria
- Swan Valley Gin Company, Western Australia
- Sud Polaire Gin, Tasmania
- Suter and Sons Dry Gin, Victoria
- SumPoynt, South Australia
- Sullivans Cove, Tasmania Mt Wellington Gin & Hobart No4 Gin read review here of original release
- Summerleas Distillery, Tasmania
- Sunshine and Sons, Queensland
- Sunny Hill Distillery, South Australia
- Swan Valley Gin Company, Western Australia
- Swiftcrest Distillery, Victoria
- Sydney Gin, New South Wales (Australian Distilling Co.)
- That Spirited Lot, Victoria
- Tambourine Mountain Distillery, Queensland
- Tas Saf Saffron, Growers Own Gin, Tasmania
- Tattarang Springs Distillery, Western Australia
- Taylor and Smith Distilling, Tasmania
- Terra Australis Distillery, Victoria
- The Aisling Distillery, New South Wales
- The Bearded Chap Distilling Co, Queensland
- The Canberra Distillery Canberra read review here of original release
- The Craft and Co Distillery, Melbourne
- The Grove Gin, Western Australia
- The Farmers Wife Distillery, Victoria
- The Splendid Gin, Tasmania
- The Story Gin, Victoria
- The Siding, Gerringong, New South Wales
- The Canna Co. Victoria
- The Garden Distillery, Victoria
- The Hoochery Distillery, Western Australia
- Threefold Distilling, South Australia
- Tintenbar Distillery, New South Wales
- Tiny Bear Distillery, Victoria
- Triple GGG Gin, Victoria
- Turner Stillhouse, Tasmania
- Two Accents Gin, South Australia
- Underground Spirits Gin, Canberra read review here
- Waterview Distillery, Queensland
- Wandering Distillery, Victoria
- Wee Jasper Distillery, New South Wales
- Wolf Lane Distillery, North Queensland
- Woodwater Distillery, South Australia
- West Winds Gin, Western Australia read review here
- Whiteknuckle Distillery, Western Australia
- Wildbrumby Gin, New South Wales read review here
- Wildflower Gin, Queensland
- Wild River Mountain Distillery, Queensland
- Wildspirit Distilling Co, New South Wales
- Wild Wombats Spirits, Australia
- Wilmot Hills Gin, Tasmania
- Winding Road Distilling Co, New South Wales
- Winston Quin Distillery, Queensland
- Wise Wine, Western Australia
- Wishbone Spirits, Queensland
- Yack Creek Distillery, Victoria
- Young Henry’s, New South Wales read review here
Hi great List!
would have loved to hear aboutyour centenary Martini project before your event so we could of promoted from this side !
we also have some great martini vodka’s which are popular with American vistors to our cellar door.
Happy to work with you in the future or provide product for interesting projects.
Soon releasing a second Gin so using a native rosemary so keep in touch.
cheers
Kangaroo Island Spirits
Dirty Kis Martini
1 shot (30 mls) Kis Samphire Vodka
1 shot (30mls) Kis Wild Gin
1 splash of Lillet blanc
A few fresh Samphire sprigs (pickled will do) or Olives if easier
Directions
1. Rinse the glass with the lillet then place in freezer for 3 – 5 minutes.
2. Fill a shaker with Vodka and Gin and ample ice . Cover and shake hard till well chilled.
3. Remove martini glass from freezer. Strain contents of the shaker into the glass, garnish with Samphire sprigs or the olives and, and serve with a mysterious smile.
We also have a vodka infused with Samphire, lime and pepper which works really well in a Margarita……especially the infused Samphire which really takes on the lime from the zest so makes a wonderful garnish in eiother the martini or margarita
Kangaroo Island Spirits’s photo.(on our website http://www.kispirits.com.au/pages/kis-vodka-samphire)
Hello Jon
Thanks so very much on all counts- great to make the connection!
I had the pleasure of enjoying your lovely gin just recently at a new bar here in Canberra, A.Baker, and was very impressed. When I was sourcing ingredients for the ‘Centini’ many of the Aussie gins were either hard to track down or not up to standard, and I didn’t come across yours on my searches alas. However, there was a subtext to the recipe with WA being represented through the gin, Victoria /Melbourne as the first capital via Maidenii vermouth and so forth.
That said, I host regular soirees for Martini fans locally and I’ve very good relationships with local bars and we can certainly look at working together to introduce your products to a discerning and appreciative audience.
For many people, it was the first time they knew there was Australian gin at all when I crafted the Centenary Martini cocktail, let along that there was quality products like yours. So I’m really happy to keep raising the awareness of it and help in a modest way to create larger market for you all.
I love the recipe…thanks for sharing it… a big fan of Lillet blanc too!
Cheers
Phillip
Hi again
if you send me an address I will pop a few small samples of the vodka’s over to you….
cheers
Jon Lark
Great list (and one that I’ll be referring back to!).
I found your website when looking for a review of Fossey’s Gin, of which I’ve just been given a bottle. I noticed you listed it as a NSW gin but it’s actually from Mildura in Victoria. I’m looking forward to cracking the bottle open.
Hi Kate- thanks so much. Appreciate the correction about Fossey’s – silly me! 🍸