Making Gin At Home In Australia

To begin we get our base grain spirit from bomaderry on the south coast of nsw which sources wheat from around 6000 farmers across the state.

Making gin at home in australia. A quick background on the history of gin sixteenth century netherlands. Gin nights at specialist bars are all the rage and can be found from one end of the country to the other. Australia s oldest home brewing business founded in 1968 and based in oakleigh south in melbourne for 45 years. It dwarfs growth among other types of alcohol.

First off we need to make up a sugar wash to do this pour a couple of kettle loads of boiling water in to your sterilized fermenter. Another distillery making a unique gin from its home base just outside of byron bay in northern nsw is cape byron distillery. Using a wine hydrometer it should have an sg specific gravity or around 1 100 add in the juice of 1 lemon and the whole tube of. Including the barossa valley and from around the globe at the howling owl.

After meeting master distiller jim mcewan in 2014 eddie brook began utilising his family s macadamia farm and 39 hectares of regenerated rainforest in the creation of brookie s byron gin. You can also get all the ingredients for this recipe minus the sugar with our gin distiller s yeast pack. Originally the recreational juniper berry water was derived from distilled wine instead of grain. Try gins local to s a.

20g distiller s yeast. A tasty dry gin that s held its own in the increasingly competitive marketplace for a few years now melbourne gin company is made with a mix of local and imported botanicals focussing on balance and poise on the palate. You can celebrate world gin day by making your own gin. Naturally this vintage up cycled bar serves 100 australian gin.

It has all the equipment and ingredients you need to make the below recipe. Now top it up to around the 23l line with cold water. Modern day gin s roots stretch all the way back to the sixteenth century in what we now call the netherlands. That s the holy grail we aim for with every gin we make.

The process of making great gin is an art to maximise both purity of sprit and concentration of flavour. Join their bootlegging gin master class with jon lark from kangaroo island s kis gin distillery. Using 25 l 6 6 us gal 14 4 abv pure sugar what you will need. Stir in all the sugar one bag at a time until all the sugar is dissolved.

Check our our gin distillery kit. Today our core business is the complete suite of products for brewers and make their own craft beer and spirits. The latest data from the 2018 international wine and spirit report shows australia s gin consumption grew by almost 33 per cent from 2017 to 2018 and more than 15 per cent from 2013 to 2018. A lot of that rise is down to the ubiquity and quality of australia s craft gin.

A true blue australian gin.