Antipodes Gin, Certified organic spirit - 45%

There was initial scepticism about this drink. It sounded good, but how much better than a regular gin could it actually be? OMFG it’s from another planet. Seriously, it’s like a completely different spirit. The first sniff is incredibly aromatic, and a sip indicates it could easily be drunk neat, or over ice with a splash of lime – in fact the perfect gimlet. The taste was so distinctive there was concern that tonic would overwhelm the flavour and that perhaps soda would be a better match. No need to worry, the gin more than holds its own with tonic. In fact compared with soda water and a dash of lime, tonic is a far better match – the flavours are complementary. Billed as Australia's first certified organic and carbon neutral gin, it is triple distilled with flavours such as orange peel, lemon myrtle and pepper berry and refined with pure Australian rainwater. In a word, yum.