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