DISCOVER OUR GIN SHELF
Passion for gin had an exponential growth over the last ten years with small distilleries flourishing and a lot more research in native botanicals and artisanal methods. These are our favourites. Come visit us at The Trader Bar to find out which one is your.
23rd Street Signature Gin - Renmark, SA
Aromas are led by juniper, Riverland mandarin and coriander, with hints of spices. On the palate, juniper is closely followed by a mandarin middle and fresh lime on the back palate. Spices support with softness and complexity.
Paired with Dried Lime and Juniper Berries
Served with Fever-Tree Premium Indian Tonic Water
Adelaide Hills 78 Degrees Dry Gin - Adelaide, SA
A complex and savoury Gin distilled from a grape base and vapour infused with 12 botanicals, selected specifically for their purity and quality. Pungently aromatic and displaying resinous, citrus and floral notes with underlying spice.
Paired with Dried Lime and Juniper Berries
Served with Fever-Tree Aromatic Tonic Water
Adelaide Hills 78 Degrees Sunset Gin - Adelaide, SA
This gin exhibits notes of fresh red berries, with subtle hints of pine and eucalyptus. Further botanical integration adds depth and complexity, to give the finish great balance and intensity, just like a sunset in some of the remote locations where they are harvested.
Paired with Strawberry and Rosemary
Served with Fever-Tree Mediterranean Tonic Water
Applewood Distillery Gin - Gumeracha, SA
A Gin that takes full advantage of the tart, bright green flavours of the Finger Lime and give it a double-tap of the super-savoury Desert Lime. A total of 20 individual botanicals (with aromatic support delivered by Peppermint Gum Leaf, Wild Thyme and Anise Myrtle) and, of course, a healthy dose of Juniper!
Paired with Dried Orange and Juniper Berries
Served with Fever-Tree Mediterranean Tonic Water
Archie Rose Signature Dry Gin - Rosebery, NSW
Perfectly balanced and wonderfully complex, the Archie Rose Signature Dry Gin is accented by native Australian botanicals, including Blood Lime, Dorrigo Pepperleaf, Lemon Myrtle and River Mint, all underpinned by pronounced juniper.
Paired with Fresh Lemon and Mint Leaves
Served with Fever-Tree Mediterranean Tonic Water
Aviation American Gin - Portland OR, USA
It all starts with a precise blend of botanicals, sourced from around the world (cardamom, coriander, French lavender, anise seed, sarsaparilla, juniper, and two kinds of orange peel). Aviation is a gin created to be so balanced and smooth, it can complement any cocktail or even fly solo.
Paired with Pink Grapefruit and Cardamom Pods
Served with Fever-Tree Elderflower Tonic Water
The Botanist Dry Gin - Islay, Scotland
22 hand-foraged local botanicals (such as Chamomile, Elderflower, Hawthorn, Red Clover, Sweet Cicely, Bog Myrtle, Spear Mint, Wild Thyme, Wood Sage) delicately augment nine berries, barks, seeds and peels during an achingly slow distillation. This botanist islay dry gin is a rare expression of the heart and soul of our remote scottish island home.
Paired with Dried Lemon and Cardamom Pods
Served with Fever-Tree Elderflower Tonic Water
Brocken Spectre Gin for Tonic - Hobart, TAS
Gin for Tonic was the brainchild of an avid gin lover, frustrated with the way tonic over powers the delicate flavours of the spirit. The goal was to create a beautiful and elegant gin that stood its ground to become perfectly balanced, with hints of lemon myrtle and strawberry gum.
Paired with Dried Lemon and Rosemary
Served with Fever-Tree Premium Indian Tonic Water
Brocken Summer Spectre - Hobart, TAS
This is the first Australian saffron gin with 100% Tasmanian grown saffron and any added colouring. The base is a combination of 16 botanical and added to a grape based spirit and left over night. After redistilling the saffron is added. The gin is gluten free, vegan and unfiltered. Try a summer gin with good tonic, fresh chilies and thyme!’
Paired with Chillies and Rosemary
Served with Fever-Tree Premium Indian Tonic Water
Brookie’s Dry Gin - Byron Bay, NSW
The Byron Dry Gin is distilled with regional native botanicals foraged from the heart of the rainforest owned by the Brook family. This gin is a brilliant combination of Licorice, Aniseed and Wild Ginger captivate and totally seduce the palate.
Paired with Fresh Lime and Ginger
Served with Fever-Tree Premium Indian Tonic Water
Brookie’s Slow Gin - Byron Bay, NSW
The Byron Slow Gin is the first of its kind. Made in the traditional style of the English ‘Sloe’ gin, it showcases a unique rainforest fruit native to the subtropical region of Byron Bay, the Davidson Plum. Expect exhilarating flavours of rose, watermelon, and bright plum.
Paired with Dried Orange and Raspberry
Served with Fever-Tree Premium Indian Tonic Water
Death’s Door Gin - Middleton WI, USA
Death's Door Gin employs a flavourful base that includes hard red winter wheat, corn and malted barley. Death's Door Gin has a full London Dry flavour without all of the bitterness because of the vapour extraction process and the base spirit (Death’s Door vodka).
Paired with Orange Peel and Mint
Served with Fever-Tree Mediterranean Tonic Water
Distillery Botanica Gin - Erina, NSW
Created to capture the essence of strolling through a garden in summer. Featuring the hero botanical Murraya, which epitomises the distinctive smell of an Australian Summer garden. This gin features the fragrance of jasmine, the sweetness of honeysuckle and the purity of orange blossom.
Paired with Fresh Lemon and Mint
Served with Fever-Tree Premium Indian Tonic Water
Elephant Dry Gin - Hamburg, Germany
A premium dry gin, handcrafted and distilled in Germany, inspired by Africa and in support of African elephant conservation. Its innovative blend of 14 botanicals combines rare African ingredients with fresh apples that make Elephant Gin distinct from any other. The taste is complex but strikingly smooth, encompassing floral, fruity and spicy flavours.
Paired with Rosemary and Blueberry
Served with Fever-Tree Premium Indian Tonic Water
Fifty Pound London Dry Gin - London, UK
Fifty Pounds Gin is smooth but complex, opening with juniper, but followed by the citrus constituents, and a hint of spice and earthiness. This gives way to a long, fresh finish, that’s clean, dry and with a touch of heat.
Paired with Dried Lime and Kaffir Lime Leaves
Served with Fever-Tree Mediterranean Tonic Water
Four Pillars Barrel Aged Gin - Yarra Valley, VIC
This very particular spirit got its name from the practice of dispensing the gin through a pipe disguised in the mouth of an Old Tom cat wooden plaque on the wall. Four Pillars Gin started ageing one of their first batches of Rare Dry Gin in old Chardonnay Barrels in 2013 to make a softer, sweeter gin.
Paired with Dried Orange and Cinnamon
Served with Fever-Tree Premium Indian Tonic Water
Four Pillars Bloody Shiraz Gin - Yarra Valley, VIC
Made with some of the best Shiraz grapes from the Yarra Valley, this gin is showing dark fruit, red berry and spice. There is also plenty of that classic Yarra Shiraz white pepper and a lovely ginny character carries those grape aromas, making it unmistakably gin. The palate is lovely and sweet, with long juniper and spice characters to finish.
Paired with Dried Orange and Juniper Berries
Served with Fever-Tree Premium Indian Tonic Water
Four Pillars Rare Dry Gin - Yarra Valley, VIC
Four Pillars Rare Dry Gin captures the essence of contemporary Australia’s heritage in Europe and Asia by using whole oranges which is unusual but highly aromatic. The cinnamon and star anise add rich fruitcake tones and Tasmanian pepperberry leaf provides warmth rather than heat. It’s spicy but with great citrus, a truly modern Australian gin.
Paired with Dried Lime and Juniper Berries
Served with Fever-Tree Aromatic Tonic Water
Four Pillars Spiced Negroni Gin - Yarra Valley, VIC
Four Pillars Spiced Negroni Gin is a highly aromatic, ra ich and spicy gin with great power and intensity. Among its botanicals we can find an exotic and unusual West African spice called Grains of Paradise, beautiful organic blood oranges as well as some ginger. These botanicals help lift the spice to another level.
Paired with Dried Orange and Cinnamon
Served with Fever-Tree Premium Indian Tonic Water
Gin Agricolo Evra - Piedmont, Italy
Gin Agricolo means “Agricultural Gin” and reflects the perfect match of Italian wild berries and the sensations of freshness deriving from mint, cardamom and orange peel. The soft and enveloping taste of wild berries is strengthened in its complexity by vanilla and cocoa giving an oriental sensation. The perfect Gin for fresh and fruity drinks lovers.
Paired with Raspberry and Mint
Served with Fever-Tree Premium Indian Tonic Water
Gin Mare Mediterranean Gin - Vilanova, Spain
The balance of Gin Mare’s traditional ingredients, together with Arbequina olives, basil, thyme and rosemary, combine to create an aromatic profile which is remarkably unique. The small, black Arbequina olives impart a distinctive savoury element , rounding out its fruity, herbal notes with their fragrant green grassy, tomato-like aroma.
Paired with a Olives and Rosemeary
Served with Fever-Tree Mediterranean Tonic
Green Ant Gin - Darwin, NT / Adelaide, SA
Traditionally favoured by Indigenous societies for their medicinal benefits and protein content, Green Ants display vibrant flavours of Lime and Coriander. This unique bush tucker is hand harvested in the Northern Territory (by the Motlop family of the Larrakia people) for then being handcrafted and bottled in The Adelaide Hills.
Paired with Dried Lime and Juniper Berries
Served with Fever-Tree Mediterranen Tonic Water
Hendrick’s Gin - Girvan, Scotland, UK
Hendrick’s Gin is infused with the curious essences of rose and cucumber, delectably supported by no less than 11 botanicals from the four corners of the world. This whimsical concoction produces a wonderfully refreshing gin with a delightfully floral aroma.
Paired with Cucumber Peel
Served with Fever-Tree Elderflower Tonic Water
Hippocampus Dry Gin - Braeside, VIC
A dry gin with superb juniper character and subtle flavours from botanicals including orange and lemon peel, coriander and cubeb pepper. Only the best of the ‘heart’ spirit is kept to ensure the end result is a well-balanced gin with a smooth mouthfeel and a superb finish.
Paired with Rosemary and Raspberry
Served with Fever-Tree Premium Indian Tonic Water
Ink Dry Gin - Byron Bay, NSW
The colour of Ink Gin is derived from the deep infusion of petals from an exotic blue flower, the Butterfly Pea, and distilled with 13 organic, native & exotic botanicals. Normally used in herbal tea, these petals are pH sensitive, changing colour from their natural indigo to pink when mixed with tonic water, lemon or lime juice.
Paired with a Squeeze of Lime and Flowers
Served with Fever-Tree Premium Indian Tonic Water
Jinzu Japanese Gin - UK / Japan
Jinzu gin was created by British bartender Dee Davies, inspired by her journey to Japan and a lifelong passion for experimenting with flavours. From the juniper freshness of a British gin, to the zesty yuzu citrus that mellows in delicate hints of cherry blossom flavour, before a distinctly smooth sake finish, Jinzu takes you on a flavour journey from West to East.
Paired with Sliced Green Apple
Served with Fever-Tree Premium Indian Tonic Water
Le Gin de Christian Drouin - Coudray-Rabut, France
The only Gin incorporating 30 apple varieties and 8 different aromatics, all of them, with the exception of juniper, belonging to the aroma universe of premium Calvados. Rose and lemon provide delicacy. Ginger, vanilla, cinnamon and almond give the Gin a smooth, spicy body while cardamom enhances its fruit and roundness in the mouth.
Paired with Fresh Lemon and Ginger
Served with Fever-Tree Premium Indian Tonic Water
Malfy italian Lemon Gin - Piedmont, Italy
Distilled with classic Italian Juniper and Sfusato lemon peels from the Amalfi Coast, this gin has delightful citrus and juniper on the nose with a complex flavour of anise, citrus and coriander.
Paired with Lemon Peel and Juniper Berries
Served with Fever-Tree Mediterranean Tonic Water
Melbourne Gin Company Dry Gin - Yarra Valley, VIC
This Gin shows a lovely combination of exotic spices dominated by cinnamon and sandalwood and local fresh botanicals as lemon myrtle, grapefruit and orange zest. The classic gin flavours is given by rosemary and juniper and the final twist is given by the rainwater from Gembrook, that with its purity smooths all the botanicals.
Served with Pink Grapefruit
Paired with Fever-Tree Premium Indian Tonic Water
Monkey 47 Schwarzwald Dry Gin - Lossburg, Germany
47 handpicked ingredients prepared with soft the spring water from the Black Forest, give Monkey 47 its unrivalled complexity and quality and its "secret weapon" is the use of local cranberries, typical to the Black Forest. It is a gin with a distinct and pure scent of juniper, a tangy and crisp citrus note, a sweet, floral aroma and a hint of peppery spices.
Paired with Dried Orange and Raspberry
Served with Fever-Tree Premium Indian Tonic Water
Monkey 47 Schwarzwald Sloe Gin - Lossburg, Germany
The fresh sloe berries are harvested from the Black Forest and left to macerate in Monkey 47 Dry Gin (at 47% alcohol, of course). After several good stirs, they are left to rest for four weeks, which lets the sediment settle to the bottom of the tank. Complex spice and fruity on the nose while crisp on the palate.
Paired with Dried Orange and Juniper
Served with Fever-Tree Mediterranean Tonic Water
Never Never Triple Juniper Gin - Location
The juniper berries are treated in three distinct ways: partially steeped, partially in the pot and partially in the vapour. This copious amounts of juniper needs a carefully selected bouquet of botanicals to complementing it. Australian coriander, fresh lemon, liquorice, angelica, orris, native pepperberry and a hint of cinnamon help creating the just right warmth and savoury balanced flavour .
Paired with Fresh Lemon
Served with Fever-Tree Premium Indian Tonic Water
Nosferatu Blood Orange Gin - London, UK
Nosferatu Blood Orange Gin is lovingly distilled, under the cloak of darkness, in 'The Schreck', a coffin-shaped pot still (believe that if you will) in a dusty old South Melbourne cellar. With its distinctive red hue, Nosferatu Blood Orange Gin is delicate, yet packs a punch with botanicals such as Albanian juniper berries, blood orange peel, fresh navel oranges and dried orange peel.
Paired with Pink Grapefruit
Served with Fever-Tree Premium Indian Tonic Water
Plymouth Sloe Gin - Plymouth, England, UK
Originally made by soaking the sloe berries in gin and adding sugar, the Plymouth Sloe Gin version is based on a classic recipe from 1883. From the deep, rich red of its colour to its succulently smooth taste, Plymouth Sloe Gin is a beautiful balance of sweet and bitter, and a perfect winter warmer. Fruity, smooth and full-bodied, with a perfect balance of sweet and dry.
Paired with Dried Orange
Served with Fever-Tree Premium Indian Tonic Water
Prohibition Gin - Adelaide, SA
A delicate citrus/floral nose of fresh lime, guava and lavender warmth, given tension from herbal tones of pink peppercorn, lemon myrtle and the unmistakable, yet light scent of wormwood. Blood orange and peppery juniper set the tone on the palate with a fine interplay of refreshing herbal raciness. Lavender floral tones continue onto a smooth and elegant finish.
Paired with Pink Grapefruit and Juniper Berries
Served with Fever-Tree Mediterranean Tonic Water
Red Hen Dry Gin - Adelaide, SA
A Delicate Gin that is Juniper forward, with some soft citrus & floral notes upfront. The pallet is crisp and peppery off the back of fresh Celery Leaf, Cubeb Pepper Berries and Grains of Paradise. These tones flow smoothly with a hint of Cassia into a light but earthy finish.
Paired with Rosemary and Raspberry
Served with Fever-Tree Premium Indian Tonic Water
Rogue Society Goldilocks Dry Gin - Auckland, NZ
The Goldilocks Dry Gin is a small batch mix of 13 exotic botanicals and rock filtered glacial New Zealand waters. It’s a modern 57% gin by Rogue Society with real character. Thee layers of citrus and super smooth.
Paired with Fresh Orange and Rosemary
Served with Fever-Tree Premium Indian Tonic Water
Roku Japanese Craft Gin - Osaka, Japan
Sakura flower, Sakura leaf, Yuzu peel, Sencha tea (green tea), Gyokuro tea (refined green tea) and Sanshō pepper. Each botanical has been harvested at the peak of its season to extract the best flavour, and distilled to fully embody the blessings of nature. The six natural Japanese botanicals are embossed on the hexagonal bottle that symbolises ROKU (which means 'six' in Japanese).
Paired with Fresh Lemon and Flowers
Served with Fever-Tree Aromatic Tonic Water
Seedlip Garden 108 (non-alcoholic spirit) - London, UK
A floral blend of hand-picked Peas & homegrown Hay from founder Ben Branson’s Farm, with traditional garden herb distillates in celebration of the English countryside. The fresh & floral Seedlip Garden 108 captures the essence of the English countryside. Sophisticated top notes of hand-picked Peas & Hay and a complex herbal base character of Spearmint, Rosemary & Thyme.
Paired with Pink Grapefruit and Juniper Berries
Served with Fever-Tree Aromatic Tonic Water
Seedlip Spice 94 (non-alcoholic spirit) - London, UK
. Seedlip Spice 94 is aromatic with warm spiced notes, citrusy top notes from Lemon & Grapefruit peel and a long bitter finish. A complex blend of aromatic Jamaican Allspice berry & Cardamom distillates with two of the highest quality barks (Oak & Cascarilla). This gives the Spice 94 a bright citrus finish.
Paired with Dry Chillies and Juniper Berries
Served with Fever-Tree Aromatic Tonic Water
Sipsmith London Dry Gin - London, UK
House of the first copper pot distillery in London, Sipsmith brought the London Dry Gin beck to London. One of their secret is the overnight maceration of the juniper berries in warm spirit. Practice that burst the skins and release the essences. The juniper leads the taste followed by lemon tart & orange marmalade, before all the flavours harmonise.
Paired with Dried Orange and Cinnamon
Paired with Fever-Tree Aromatic Tonic Water
Star of Bombay London Dry Gin - Laverstoke Mill, UK
Star of Bombay is the bolder expression of the Bombay Gin. With two additional botanicals: ambrette seeds, sourced from Ecuador, and gently dried bergamot orange peel hand-picked in Calabria. The slow distilling ensure rich aromas and deeper flavours for an exceptionally smooth gin.
Paired with Fresh Orange
Served with Fever-Tree Mediterranean Tonic Water
Tanqueray NO. Ten Gin - Location
Tanqueray NO. Ten is the only gin to be inducted to the San Francisco world spirits hall of fame. It is named after the stills of its origin and it is lovingly distilled in small batches using only the finest botanicals and fresh citrus for an exquisite citrus burst in every sip.
Paired with Pink Grapefruit
Served with Fever-Tree Mediterranean Tonic Water
Tiny Bear The Gipsy Gin - Knoxfield, VIC
A spice driven gin, with a pungent juniper base. Flavoured by four different peppers, as well as cardamom, clove and cumin. Fresh citrus notes added from lemon and lime, with a crisp finish from the added cucumber. A bold gin, which makes a great "Red Snapper", or a "Dirty Martini".
Paired with Cucumber Peel and Ginger
Served with Fever-Tree Premium Indian Tonic Water
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