I thought I’d share with you the list of distilleries in and around this fine city.

Most offer a tasting room experience, masterclasses, tours and tastings, of course. In many places, there’s usually a great food truck nearby, or they provide meals as well, all have their own personalities.

Some are tourist destinations in their own right in terms of fitout and scale, such as the big players, Four Pillars Gin and Starward.

For the smaller operators you get to meet the people who actually make the spirits, the perfect way to discover new Aussie spirits, the majority are family-owned and inspired by their local communities, of which they are an important part of the vibrant food and wine culture here.

Having just moved here, I’ll do my best to get to all of them in due course, and you can see some recent chats with distillers both in the city and in regional Victoria on my YouTube’s Meet the Makers series.

Naturally,there are also several other makers in the city and surrounding area who are produced under contract, or not accessible to the public.

• Antagonist Spirits, Melbourne
• Bakery Hill Distillery, Kensington
• Bathtub Gin Co., Williamstown
• Brogan’s Way Distillery, Richmond
• Brunswick Aces, Brunswick East
• Cedar Fox Distilling Co. Coburg North
• Darling Distillery, Clifton Hill
• Dukes Distillery,  South Wharf
• Imbue Distillery,  Research
• Here’s Looking at You Kid, North Melbourne
• JBC Distillery, Surrey Hills
• Little Lon Distilling Co. CBD
• Melbourne Moonsine Co, North Melbourne
• Naught Distilling, Eltham
• Ned Whisky, Melbourne
• Nubilium Distilling, Kensington
• Plainstill Distillery, West Melbourne
• Puss & Mew Distillery, Nunawading
• Patient Wolf Distilling Co. Southbank
• Quiet Corner Distillery, Moorabin
• Rebel Road Gin, Altona
• Rockwood Brewing and Distilling, Yarraville
• Starward Distillery,  Port Melbourne (see my article about the place here)
• Still Life Spirits, Melbourne
• Sunset Gin, West Melbourne
• That Spirited Lot Distillers, Seaford
• Walker Moore Gin  – new!
• Westside Ale Works, South Melbourne

In the surrounding area within 50km outside of the CBD

• Autonomy Distillers  Kyneton
• Animus Distillery, Kyneton
• Anther Distillery, Geelong
• Bass & Flinders Distillery, Mornington
• Bellarine Distillery, Drysdale
• Boatrocker Brewers & Distillers, Braeside
• Chief’s Son Distillery, Somerville
• Death Gin, Knoxfield
• Deanswood Distillery, Mornington
• Drops of Juniper, Mornington
• Four Pillars Gin, Healesville
• Jimmy Rum, Mornington
• Killick Distillery, Belgrave
• Melbourne Gin Company, Yarra Valley
• Mountain Distilling, Macedon Ranges
• Organic Bay Distillery, Bonbeach
• Original Spirit Co.  Somerville
• Penni Ave Distillery, Rye
• Pharaedrus Estate, Mornington
• Queenscliff Distillery, Queenscliff
• Rocky Jones Distillery, Rosebud
• Saint Felix Distillery, Mordialloc
• That Spirited Lot, Seaford
• Tiny Bear Distillery, Knoxfield
• Tar Barrell Brewery and Distillery, Mornington

I’ll be doing another list of all the regional distilleries in Victoria such as:

• Bancroft Bay Distillery, Metung
• Loch Brewery & Distillery, Loch