The Australian Gin Garnish Guide

Every gin has its own flavour profile and your choice of garnish can make or break your gin and tonic. Garnishes typically either match and harmonise with a gin's key flavours, or contrast and balance them. In the AGD Garnish Guide we've given put together accessible options based on a combination of our own tastings and the distiller's suggested 'perfect serve'.

There is no 'correct' choice of garnish and it comes down to your own preferences, so take this guide as a starting point and enjoy experimenting with fruits, herbs and more. Please bookmark this guide so you always have it to hand!

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Australian
Gins Listed
74

AGD Gin Garnishes: A - Z
Click on underlined gins to read The Gin Guide's profile, review and tasting notes. 

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36 Short Blood Orange Gin - Garnish: Ruby Grapefruit or Mint

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Abel Gin Essence - Garnish: Ruby Grapefruit
Abel Gin Quintessence - Garnish: Orange
Affinity Gin - Garnish: Ruby Grapefruit or Rosemary
Animus Ambrosian Gin - Garnish: Lime or Ginger
Animus Arboretum Gin - Garnish: Orange
Animus Macedon Dry Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel or Lemon
Anther Charismatica Dry Gin - Garnish: Rosemary or Strawberries
Anther Geelong Dry Gin - Garnish: Lemon and/or Finger Lime
Archie Signature Dry Gin - Garnish: Lemon or Lime

B
Banks & Solander Gin - Garnish: Lemon
Barossa Generations Gin - Garnish: Dehydrated Orange 
Bass & Flinders Gin 10 - Garnish: Orange 
Big Tree Distillery - Elegant Dry Gin - Garnish: Orange
Big River Canberra Dry Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel or Lime 
Billy Goat's Gin - Garnish: Ruby Grapefruit or Lime
Black Cat Botonic Gin - Garnish: Ginger or Cucumber
Blind Tiger Organic Gin - Garnish: Lime or Lemon
Boatrocker Original Gin - Garnish: Grapefruit and Rosemary
Boatrocker Summer Gin - Garnish: Cucumber
Brookie's Byron Dry Gin - Garnish: Lime or Mint

C
Clair de Lune - Garnish: Cucumber or Lime

D
Dasher & Fisher Meadow Gin - Garnish: Ruby Grapefruit
Dasher & Fisher Mountain Gin - Garnish: Lavender
Dasher & Fisher Ocean Gin - Garnish: Radish

E
Embezzler Gin - Garnish: Squeeze of Lime and Slice of Lemon

F
Farmer's Wife Autumn Dry Gin - Garnish: Lemon or Rosemary
Forty Spotted Classic Gin - Garnish: Ruby Grapefruit and/or Pepperberries
Fossey's Original Gin - Garnish: Orange or Lemon
Four Pillars Rare Dry Gin - Garnish: Orange or Grapefruit
Four Winds Riesling Gin - Garnish: Pink Grapefruit or Rosemary

G
Ginger Mick Gin (Little Lon Distilling Co) - Garnish: Ruby Grapefruit and/or Thyme
Giniversity Botanical Gin - Garnish: Strawberry and/or Rosemary
Giniversity London Dry Gin - Garnish: ​Lemon or Lime
Granddad Jack's Greenhouse Gin - Garnish: Red Grapefruit or Cucumber
Granddad Jack's Two Pencils Gin - Garnish: Cucumber or Juniper

H
Happenstance Signature Gin - Garnish: Strawberry or Lemon 
Hartshorn Sheep Whey Gin - Garnish: Lemon Peel
Hawker Market Gin - Garnish: Lime or Mint
High Spirits Dry Gin - Garnish: Orange and/or Rosemary
Hippocampus Gin - Garnish: Lemon Peel or Orange
Hobart No.4 Gin - Garnish: Lemon or Mint

I
Ink Gin - Garnish: Grapefruit or Thyme

J
Jail House Gin - Garnish: Lemon or Cucumber

K
Kalki Moon Classic Gin - Garnish: Lemon Peel or Cardamom
Kalki Moon Premium Gin - Garnish: Orange Peel or Cinnamon
Karu Affinity Gin - Garnish: Ruby Grapefruit or Rosemary

AGD Gin Garnishes: L - Z
Click on underlined gins to read The Gin Guide's profile, review and tasting notes.

L
Lawrenny Highlands Gin - Garnish: Ginger or Grapefruit

M
Manly Spirits Australian Dry Gin - Garnish: Orange
Manly Spirits Coastal Citrus Gin - Garnish: Orange or Lemon
Manly Spirits Lilly Pilly Pink Gin - Garnish: Raspberry or Pink Grapefruit
McHenry Classic Dry Gin - Garnish: Rosemary or Lemon
MGC Dry Gin - Garnish: Lemon Peel or Rosemary
Miss Yoko Gin (Little Lon Distilling Co) - Garnish: Raspberries and/or Lemon
Moontide White Pearl Gin - Garnish: Lime and/or Juniper
Mount Compass Distilled Gin - Garnish: Orange or Cardamom

N
Never Never Triple Juniper Gin - Garnish: Lemon and/or Thyme
Ninch Dry Gin - Garnish: Pink Grapefruit or Sage
Noble Bootleggers Contemporary Gin - Garnish: Lemon or Orange
North of Eden Classic Gin - Garnish: Rosemary
North of Eden Connoisseur Gin - Garnish: Basil or Grapefruit

O
O'Gin - Garnish: Mandarin or Orange
Old Youngs 1829 Gin - Garnish: Rosemary or Dehydrated Orange
Ounce Gin 'Bold' - Garnish: Green Olives or Lemon & Thyme
Ounce Gin 'Signature' - Garnish: Orange or Mango

P
Patient Wolf Melbourne Dry Gin - Garnish: Grapefruit and/or Rosemary
Patient Wolf Summer Thyme Gin - Garnish: Thyme or Lemon
Poor Toms Sydney Dry Gin - Garnish: Strawberry
Prohibition Gin - Garnish: Blood Orange or Ruby Grapefruit
Proudfoot Gin (Little Lon Distilling Co) - Garnish: Rosemary and/or Lemon

S
Seppeltsfield Road House Gin - Garnish: Ruby Grapefruit
SouWester Iced Gin - Garnish: Finger Lime or Rosemary
SouWester Sunset Gin - Garnish: Grapefruit or Orange
Suburban Gin - Garnish: Cucumber

T
The Farmer's Wife Autumn Dry Gin - Garnish: Lemon or Rosemary
The Larrikin Australian Gin - Garnish: Mint or Lime 
The Melbourne Gin Company Dry Gin - Garnish: Lemon Peel or Rosemary
The Splendid Gin - Garnish: Mandarin or Cucumber

U
Underground Spirits Gin - Garnish: Orange

W
West Winds Gin (The Sabre) - Garnish: Lemon or Basil
White Pearl Gin Gin - Garnish: Lime and/or Juniper 
Wildbrumby Gin - Garnish: Cucumber 
Winston Quinn Dry Cut Gin - Garnish: Lemon or Rosemary
Wishbone Gin - Garnish: Grapefruit or Lime