Four Pillars says its Christmas Gin is a tradition the distillers have come to know and love. This year, the Christmas Gin takes inspiration from head distiller Cam Mackenzie's favourites: Christmas, gin, and his late mother, Wilma.
Each year Wilma would use the 1968 Australian Women’s Weekly recipe to make her puddings on Victoria Derby Day, the Saturday before Melbourne Cup, while the rest of the family listened to the races.
The Four Pillars Christmas Gin involves distils these puddings, full of dried fruit and spices, and then ageing the resulting gin in Rutherglen Muscat barrels for a year.
To finish, Rutherglen Classic Muscat is added to round out the palate.
The resulting gin smells like gin and tastes like Christmas. With aromatics of classic juniper and cinnamon.
This year, the Christmas Gin label is by artist Jane Reynolds, whose art is all about the relationship between colour, form and light.
Four Pillars will also return its Christmas Pudding, and will introduce the new Four Pillars Pickle in its gifting range.
The Australian Christmas Gin is 43.8% ABV and is a limited release, available online at, at our Four Pillars Gin Shops in Surry Hills and Healesville, and at a range of bottle shops across Australia for RRP: $105
