Four Pillars

Four Pillars gin hails from Healesville in the Yarra Valley, about an hour out of Melbourne. The team behind it is Stuart Gregor, Cameron MacKenzie and Matt Jones. Four Pillars Rare Dry Gin uses ten botanicals – both local and exotic. The local botanicals include Tasmanian pepper berry and lemon myrtle and the exotics include juniper of course, cardamom, star anise, coriander seeds and fresh oranges. It is quite unusual to use fresh produce in gin, but Australian citrus is highly aromatic and supports the spicier botanicals. When enjoying a Four Pillars Rare Dry and tonic, it really shines when a garnish of a fresh orange wedge is used rather than other fruits.