Four Pillars Rare Dry Gin is made in a small distillery in Yarra Valley, Australia. Everything the Four Pillars distillers make is based around their four pillars - the still, the water, the botanicals and love. It's sort of a bit like the four elements of hip hop.
Pillar 1 - The Four Pillars copper-pot still is called Wilma. Pillar 2 - The water they use from Yarra Valley is triple filtered. Pillar 3 - They use some local botanicals (Tasmanian pepperberry, lemon myrtle), some exotic botanicals (cinnamon, cardamom, coriander seeds and star anise) and some classic botanicals (juniper, lavender, angelica root), as well as whole oranges to give Four Pillars Gin its flavour profile. Pillar 4 - The distillers love what they do and love what they have made. It all adds up to a vibrant Australian gin which stands out in cocktails, but tastes just superb neat.
The juniper is light and sweet, supported by touches of chopped mint, fresh citrus and floral hints.
It opens with candied peels and angelica, with warm cinnamon and white pepper building to a spicy mid palate. Subtle fruity notes throughout.
Suitably drying on the finish, with lasting notes of liquorice and lemon zest.
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Visited Aus. last year from California and had 4 Pillars martini at $32. big ones in the restaurant/bar at the Opera House. Then in Yarra Valley, passed by their distillery. I LOVED it. Looking for where to purchase in California. Also LOVE Aus. and people. Colly/California
Having bad headache after consuming this . Test thick in spice . Price is expensive Quality similar range as Bombay and tranquen low range .
I'm terribly disappointed to find that I dislike it intensely. Its very heavy handed on pepper, which to my taste (& I'm a pepper fiend) completely overpowers the juniper & obliterates any existance of citrus. I like my gin straight up so having to disguise the taste with a mixer is an unfortunate outcome for a much anticipated investment in a litre of award-winning gin. I wish I'd ignored the sales person & bought my favourite anejo tequila as intended.
Four Pillars Dry, ushers in cerebrations that far outweigh a mere ABV. It is light on the nose and yet somehow punchy when secondary flavour take control. No one would be so mistook to suggest it has a simple or unremarkable body, of course it is fantastically striking to the taste, but upon deeper inspection it’s spectacular subtlety is the allure in it’s finish. As the summary suggests - unconventional, but a rare find. To be enjoyed on particular occasions over ice.
Citrus with spice. Really good G+T.
