Product description
Based in the Yarra Valley, near Melbourne, Four Pillars Distillery is a 2013 investment by Stuart Gregor, Cameron Mackenzie and Matt Jones.
The four pillars of the company are: copper stills made by the German company Carl; water from the Yarra Valley naturally filtered through eucalyptus groves and dense forest undergrowth; botanicals and... a little bit of love, or love for the profession. Four Pillars Gin is distilled by Cameron Mackenzie, who after a 15-year career in the wine sector retrained as a distiller. The standard Four Pillars gin formula lists juniper, coriander, cardamom, lemon myrtle, Tasmanian peppercorn leaf, cinnamon, lavender, angelica, anise and orange. The Spice Trade Gin presented here was created in cooperation with the Indian distillery Stranger & Sons, and is inspired by the spices of the Orient. We do not know their full list, it must be quite long because this gin is referred to as the "Goan Spice Bazaar", or "the spice bazaar of the province of Goa". Certainly, these include green pepper, black cardamom, turmeric, macadamia nuts, and finger lime.
In the aromatic bouquet of Four Pillars Spice Trade Gin we find strong notes of juniper, cardamom, turmeric, pepper and lime. In the palette of spice cupboard, juniper, roasted nuts, notes of cinnamon and lime. The producer recommends serving it with Fever Tree Indian tonic, a piece of lime and a pinch of sea salt.