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Celebrating Ten Years of Archie Rose Gin

Thanks to our team and our community, we’ve come so far over these ten years. So to celebrate, we’ve created a very special, limited edition Tailored Birthday Gin, which launches today, on 21 March, and features an exquisite blend of some of our favourite gin botanicals: mandarin, green tea and juniper. By Elisha KennedyRead more

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Editor’s Letter by Nick Baxter

It’s a pleasure to welcome you to the TEN YEARS OF GIN Issue, a celebration of all things gin to mark our tenth year. Honestly, it’s hard to believe that I'm even writing that—Archie Rose is almost ten! It has absolutely flown past.By Nick Baxter, Brand Advocacy Manager at Archie Rose Distilling Co.Read more

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Editor’s Letter, by Harriet Leigh

The most wonderful time of the year is upon us. Gay Christmas is here. Earlier this week, it was announced that the traditional kick-off to Mardi Gras, Fair Day, had been cancelled due to the rather surprising discovery of asbestos in Sydney parks. While the usual 80,000 people won’t be gathering in Victoria Park to revel in the heat and refresh themselves with a Sydney-made gin cocktail, Mardi Gras will still prevail. By Harriet LeighRead more

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The Incredible Story Behind Our Heritage Red Gum Cask Single Malt Whisky

For Archie Rose Master Distiller Dave Withers, this Heritage Red Gum Whisky is also very personal. We asked him to share the story behind the bottle. By Elisha KennedyRead more

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Tell It To Me Straight

To celebrate our fourth consecutive year as the official gin partner of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, we’ve made a fun conversation starter card game called ‘Tell It To Me Straight’. Play along with us as we put four of our staff members to the test with five (of the least naughty) questions from our card pack!Read more

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5 Big Wins For The Team

We’re over the moon to have finished the year with some massive wins for the team at the recent Spirits Business Awards held in London on 23 November.By Victoria TullochRead more

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Archie Rose's New Gin & Whisky Cans

It’s the season of picnics taken under shade, of days spent in and out of the pool, of long nights out and endless trips to the beach made with family and friends. All of these activities are made better with great food and drink on hand, and we think we’ve cracked the code to summer drinking this year with our five new gin and whisky premix cans.By Elisha KennedyRead more

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Tailored Spirits Pop-Up at the Archie Rose Bar, Sydney

For the first time ever, Tailored Spirits will be coming live to the Archie Rose Bar & Cellar Door in Rosebery, Sydney.By Rachel StoneRead more

Community

A spotlight on the Australian growers, foragers, producers and cultural collaborators we've celebrated since first starting Archie Rose.

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The 2024 Archie Rose Mother's Day Gift Guide

Mother's Day is just around the corner, and Archie Rose has the perfect gifts to celebrate the incredible mothers in your life. Whether she's a whisky aficionado, gin enthusiast, or loves diving into a good book, our gift guide has something special for every mum.Read more

Community

What's On Guide

By Rachel StoneRead more

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Love Notes, Thank Yous + Marriage Proposals: The Stories Behind Our Tailored Spirits

Since we first began making spirits in 2014, our Tailored Gin, Vodka and Whisky have journeyed to more than 100,000 homes, each printed with personalised names, messages and endless combinations of botanical blends. To this day, every Tailored Spirit is uniquely created by our production team at our distillery in Sydney and then labelled by hand to order. Doing this by hand means we see everything, from housewarming gifts, graduation messages, ‘sorry’ messages and even marriage proposals (one of our favourites).Read more

Community

Question Everything with Evelyn Liong

Since we’re celebrating gin this month, we thought we’d go beyond the distillery doors with a Question Everything interview with one of our own gin experts—someone who spends their days soaked in all of the complexity of our various gins, Evelyn Liong, Spirit Blender here at Archie Rose. Read more

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Searching for Botanicals with Edith Rewa

Edith Rewa Barrett is an Australian-based Illustrator and Textile Designer, currently living in Tarragindi in Meanjin, Brisbane. Read more

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Of all the Gin Joints in Australia

Since long before we launched ten years ago, we’ve enjoyed keeping an eye on the gin happenings near and far. Happily, gin has been at the forefront of the craft cocktail movement around the world over the last 15 years or so, and today there are some great gin joints around Australia mixing our tasty juniper juice. Read more

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A Woman’s Eye: The Artists Who’ve Put Their Stamp on Our Tailored Spirits

In our ten years at Archie Rose, women have played a fundamental role in shaping the way our business runs, the way our spirits are made, and the way we express ourselves creatively. By Rose Howard - Contributing WriterRead more

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An Interview with Artist and Illustrator Micke Lindebergh

We had a quick chat with Swedish-born, Sydney-based artist Micke Lindebergh—the talent responsible for our new limited edition Tailored Label Artwork for Mardi Gras. Look out for his bold and bright florals on the box of our limited edition card game named ‘Tell it to me Straight’, too. Read more

Education

Committed to transparency we're proud to openly share the ethos behind how and why we do things and to universally expand people's knowledge and appreciation of spirits and hospitality.

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A Brief History of Archie Rose Gins

In 2013, Archie Rose founder Will Edwards set about figuring out why Sydney didn't have a distillery. A year later, Archie Rose swung open its doors in Rosebery, Sydney and set about to bring the highest quality Australian whiskies, gins and other spirits to the world. Over ten years in business, we’ve made a lot of gin. Gin is one of our home spirits we’ll never tire of producing and experimenting with. Here, we look back on some of the great and award-winning gins we’ve made over the years. By Elisha KennedyRead more

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Eight Beehives, 640,000 Bees And One Fine Bottle Of Raw Honey Gin

ew Gin Alert! We’re buzzing with excitement over the latest release in our Harvest series — a honey-infused concoction to set the tone for the equally buzzy and bustling summer to come (pun very much intended). Our new Raw Honey Gin, Harvest 2022, comes courtesy of yours truly with the help of nature’s favourite black and yellow pollinators — that’s an estimated 640,000 European Honey Bees that live onsite with us at our Sydney distillery. By Lina Macgregor Read more

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Meet Gemma the Artist behind Food For Everyone x Archie Rose

Step into the world of art and spirits as we introduce you to Gemma Leslie, the creative genius behind Food For Everyone. Gemma's unique artwork series for Archie Rose Tailored Spirits is a celebration of the connection between people and food, making it a perfect match for our limited edition Tailored labels this festive Summer season.By Rachel StoneRead more

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10 Of The Best Parks In Australia To Enjoy Our New Canned Cocktails

So where's the best place to kick back, sip and relax? The classic summer tradition of gathering friends at a local park for a picnic, drinks, and outdoor fun is an absolute must-do. We've rounded up the perfect grassy patches for a spirited day under the Australian sun. By Lina MacgregorRead more

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Trials & Exceptions: Our Incubator of Invention

At Archie Rose, we’ve never been much for following the recipe. The whole point of what we do is, and always has been, to create something new. Our Trials & Exceptions series is where we do our experimenting. It’s the confluence of art and science - part laboratory, part studio - where our distillers and blenders can let their imaginations loose, driven by our thirst for discovery. By Fred Siggins, ContributorRead more

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Rum Blending - The Great Navy Tradition

Over the past few years, we’ve been experimenting with various styles of local NSW molasses to produce our Archie Rose rums. Each of these ingredients have their own unique character, which we’ve showcased through our Refiner’s Molasses Rum, Fancy Molasses Rum and Mill Molasses Rum. But now with the release of our Triple Molasses Rum, we have blended these three distinct styles together to create something of incredible depth and balance - a navy style Archie Rose rum for the modern world. By Fred Siggins, ContributorRead more

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How To Be The Host With The Most | Our Guide To Hosting A Party

So, you want to throw a party? Excellent idea. Whether it’s inviting 50 mates over for a boogie in your living room or cooking up a storm and flexing your tablescape skills with five friends – whatever you decide, there’s plenty to plan. By Emily Reed, ContributorRead more

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An Heirloom Australian Rye Returns For Our Latest Whisky

Australia is not the only place where rye grains are grown - but Australian rye is different.By Fred Siggins, ContributorRead more

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Modern Classic Gin Drinks

Many famous cocktails have histories long forgotten. We don’t know why you can order a Martini from Moscow to Miami. But you can, and let’s take a moment to be thankful for that. By Harriet LeighRead more

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Say Goodbye to Summer with a Heavy Cane Cocktail

Heavy Cane packs a punch when it comes to flavour. We threw it with gusto into our favourite tropical cocktails, and every single one of them smashed it out of the park. By Harriet LeighRead more

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Cocktails To Sip This Summer

We’ve put our best thinking about drinking hats on to share some crowd-pleasers with you this holiday season. We’ve put them in order of difficulty, but in reality even the Half Blood Spritz isn’t that hard. We believe in you! Summer is for sipping. And you won’t do better than sipping on these. By Harriet LeighRead more

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Four Ways To Drink Raw Honey Gin

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Your Flavour Personality - What’s your Archie Rose blend?

Now’s the time to find your personal gin flavour. Let’s! Get! Quizzical! Queue Craig David’s tasty tune — “What's your flava? Tell me what's your flava?” — it’s time to take our very own Find Your Flavour quiz. By Sophie McComas, ContributorRead more

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What To Drink This Christmas

We’ve come up with some of our favourite tried-and-tested cocktail recipes to serve alongside some true-blue Aussie classic Christmas dishes. By Harriet Leigh, Head of Hospitality Read more

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The People Behind Our Sydney WorldPride Bottled Cocktails

All (glitter eyeliner rimmed) eyes will be on Sydney soon — we’ve got the Limited Edition Bottled Cocktails to match.By Sophie McComas, ContributorRead more

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Ten classic drinks to make at home

Drinking at home is not a guilty activity. Fixing yourself a cocktail, when you do it well, is all about giving yourself the same love and care as you would a dear guest. Many people often save the good gin at home for when a friend comes over, but that’s a waste of life. Dearest reader, you are utterly worth it. Treat yourself.By Harriet Leigh, Head of Hospitality Read more

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