If you’re hoping to try some gin from Down Under, the World Gin Awards can help you select the best bottles.
The global awards has now named its top gin picks from around the world in various categories, having announced its round one country results for 2020.
Here are the recommendations for the best Australian gins, according to the World Gin Awards:
Best classic gin:
Best – Big Tree Distillery Elegant Dry Gin
Gold – 78 degrees Dry Gin
Silver – Old Young’s 1829 Gin
Bronze – Never Never Distillery Southern Strength Gin
Best compound gin:
Bronze – Needle & Pin Spirits Sevílli Bathtub Style
Best contemporary style gin:
Best – Four Pillars Spiced Negroni Gin
Gold – Hellfire Bluff Summer Gin
Gold – Karu Distillery Affinity Gin
Gold – MY Gin Small Batch Modern Gin
Gold – 78 degrees Desert Strength
Gold – The Cutlass New World
Silver – Dasher + Fisher Meadow Gin
Silver – Manly Spirits Coastal Citrus Gin
Silver – Old Young’s Six Seasons Gin
Silver – South Coast Distillery Sublime Gin
Bronze – Archie Rose Signature Dry Gin
Bronze – Dasher + Fisher Ocean Gin
Bronze – Ironbark Distillery Cascara Gin
Bronze – Mt. Uncle Botanic Australis Gin
Best flavoured gin:
Best – The Wild Plum Flavoured Gin
Gold – Manly Spirits Lilly Pilly Pink Gin
Best London dry gin
Best – Manly Spirits Australian Dry Gin
Gold – Twenty Third Street Distillery Signature Gin
Silver – Melbourne Gin Classic London Dry
Silver – SevenZeroEight London Dry Gin
Silver – Brisbane Gin London Dry
Bronze – Adelaide Gin Classic London Dry
Bronze – Ambleside Big Dry Gin
Best matured gin:
Best – Manly Spirits Barrel Aged Gin (Whisky 03)
Gold – Four Pillars Single Barrel – Cask Strength
Silver – McHenry
Bronze – Barrel Expedition II Barrel Aged
Best navy gin:
Best – Never Never Distillery Juniper Freak Gin
Gold – Old Young’s Common Gin
Silver – Four Pillars Navy Strength Gin
Bronze – Big Tree Distillery Claude Navy Strength Gin
Best Old Tom gin:
Best – Four Pillars Experimental Series
Silver – Embezzler Gin
Best signature botanical:
Silver – Ironbark Distillery Wattleseed Gin
Bronze – Ambleside No. 8 Botanical Gin
Best sloe gin:
Best – McHenry
Gold – Brookie’s Byron Slow Gin
The world’s best gin in each category will be announced on 27 February.
