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The Rose Garden

The Rose Garden

$25.00 AUD
$25.00 AUD
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A soft, floral gin built around rose petals and chamomile, with juniper and coriander holding the structure and a lift of dried lemon peel keeping it bright. Inspired by a family recipe and adapted into a dry botanical blend that ships anywhere in Australia, ready to run on your air still.

This is gin in a gentler register. Rose leads on the nose with chamomile underneath, the citrus comes through clean rather than sharp, and the orris and angelica root give the spirit a rounded weight without weighing it down. Pairs particularly well with elderflower tonic, a slice of pink grapefruit, or simply soda and ice on a warm Brisbane afternoon.

Botanicals are split across bag A and bag B, with the juniper and coriander packed separately so you can crack them before adding to the boiler without disturbing the rest of the kit.

Available as a 30g, 60g or 90g kit, sized for a 1L, 2L or 3L charge in your air still.

Designed for use with a charge proofed down to 40% ABV after a warm maceration in 50% spirit.

Optional fresh addition: Slice 25g of fresh cucumber per litre of charge into the boiler alongside the dry botanicals for a greener, more cooling profile closer to the original family recipe.

Ingredients

Juniper berries, coriander seed, dried lemon peel, dried rose petals, dried chamomile flowers, angelica root, orris root powder.

All botanicals are organic, food grade and selected for distilling. Packed in Brisbane.

Instructions

Full step-by-step instructions, including charge preparation, distillation guidance, and tasting notes for collecting and blending your run, are available on our dedicated gin instructions page:

Quick overview:

  1. Crack (don't crush) the juniper berries and coriander seeds from bag A. A light press with a rolling pin or mortar and pestle is enough to split the husks and expose the oils. If you don't have either, an empty wine bottle works just as well.
  2. Add the contents of bag A and bag B to the boiler of your air still, then add your base spirit at 50% ABV (1L, 2L, or 3L depending on your kit size). If using fresh cucumber, slice and add now.
  3. Bring the boiler up to 50°C, then turn off the power and leave the botanicals to macerate for 2 hours with the lid on.
  4. Proof down to 40% ABV by adding water. For a 1L kit add 250ml, for a 2L kit add 500ml, for a 3L kit add 750ml.
  5. Run the still and discard the first 50ml as foreshots.
  6. Collect the main run into a single vessel, switching to small jars (around 100ml each) once you notice the spirit running thinner. Stop when the distillate tastes watery or the flavour drops away.
  7. Taste each jar separately, then blend to your preference. Dilute the final blend to your chosen bottling strength (40 to 46% ABV is typical for gin).
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