The brainchild of wine and marketing identities Stuart Gregor and Cameron Mackenzie, together with brand guru Matt Jones, Four Pillars will hit the Australian gin market later this month.
Four Pillars is batch-distilled in a German-engineered copper CARL still called Wilma – the first new, bespoke CARL still to be sent to Australia (only 25 or so are made a year).
The focus of Four Pillars initially will be the Rare Dry gin "with a unique Australian style", after that will come an Old Tom-style barrel-aged gin and a Sloe gin, with a couple of other projects on the horizon.
The Four Pillars distillery is located in the Yarra Valley, and Mackenzie says it will be offered to other creative industry professionals.
"We are just pumped to have this magnificent still at our disposal, some incredible botanicals, a great home, and access to the best water in the world in the Yarra Valley."
"We also want our still and distillery to become a real hub for serious bar professionals – we want it to be a place where people serious about craft spirits come to experiment, to play, to learn and to make some cracking drinks with what we hope will be one of the world’s best spirits," he said.