Cocktail Making Classes now live! Click here to book.

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One of the most exciting spirit-makers in the Illawarra region, South Coast Distillery. Established just five years ago by housemates from Wollongong, NSW – South Coast Distillery is already globally-recognised, thanks to its flagship product, Sublime Gin (2019 Champion Australian Small Batch Spirit at the Australian Distilled Spirits Awards and Silver Medal winner at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition).

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CELLAR DOOR AND BAR

Cellar Door and Bar every Friday Night from 4pm til late and Saturday 12pm til late.

The Distillery door is located in Mount Saint Thomas, Wollongong. Come visit the cellar door to try our selection of Gins, open from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday. Or book a table in the bar, to enjoy our signature cocktails or taste other local beer, wine and spirits. Bar is open Friday from 4pm til late and Saturday 12pm til late.

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Cocktail Making Class
Cocktail Making Class

Cocktail Making Class

$99.00
$99.00
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Quantity must be 1 or more

Cocktail Making Class

 

Develop the skills and knowledge to make expert-level cocktails in your very own home. 

Maximum: 20 people per class 

Cost: $99 per person

Duration: One and a half hours.


Class includes:

  • Drink on arrival and some nibbles
  • Tasting our spirits neat
  • Make and enjoy three signature South Coast Distillery cocktails 
  • Learn the fundamentals of making your own cocktails as well as the skill to create your very own cocktail recipes 
  • Learn more about South Coast Distillery spirits 

 

Cocktail Making Class Dates, 2023 - Click Date to Book

Saturday, 25 March 3pm-4.30pm

Friday, 14 April 7pm-8.30pm

Friday, 5 May 7pm-8.30pm

Saturday, 27 May 3pm-4.30pm

Friday, 2 June 7pm-8.30pm

Friday, 16 June 7pm-8.30pm

 

Want a specific date?  Email events@southcoastdistillery.com and we may be able to arrange it! 

 

Buying as a gift or not sure of the dates?  Purchase via 'add to cart' to purchase without a date and one of our team will be in touch to arrange a suitable date.  Workshops will run regularly throughout the year.

Gin Making Workshop
Gin Making Workshop
Gin Making Workshop
Gin Making Workshop

Gin Making Workshop

$250.00
$250.00
Tax included.

Gin Making Workshop

Become a gin distiller for the day and try your hand at creating your own custom gin. Work with one of our distillers to make a gin of your own creation using your choice of botanicals, including some you can pick from our very own botanical garden!

Minimum 4 people - 1 person per still ($250 each)
Maximum 8 people - 2 persons per still ($350 for 2)

Programme
Workshops times can vary, but are often held 10:00am to 2:00pm by appointment.

  • Introduction by expert distiller.
  • Guided tour of the distillery.
  • Learn about the history of gin, and modern Australian gins.
  • Savour and sip the South Coast range from contemporary and navy strength to Illawarra plum and the Oolong infused Old Tom, with expert guidance to identify the key flavourings (botanicals) and your preferences.
  • Next we go out into the botanical garden, learning about edible natives and their use in spirits.
  • An experienced distiller will discuss your preferred recipe, before you select your choice of botanicals and amounts - picking some from the botanical garden if desired.
  • A special lunch follows with delicious local seasonal food that is flavour matched for G+Ts.
  • Watch your recipe come to life before your eyes as the botanicals bubble and mix in the glass stills.
  • Finally, depart with 700mL of your own distilled gin, labelled with your recipe.

Note:  If you wish to bring your own botanicals please advise.

 

Gin Making Workshop Dates, 2023 - Click Date to Book

 Saturday, 25 March 10am-2pm

Saturday, 15 April 10am-2pm

Friday, 21 April 12pm-4pm

Saturday, 29 April 10am-2pm

Friday, 5 May 12pm-4pm

Saturday, 20 May 10am-2pm 

Saturday, 27 May 10am-2pm

Saturday, 17 June 10am-2pm

Saturday, 24 June 10am-2pm

Friday, 30 June 12pm-4pm

 

Want a specific date?  Email events@southcoastdistillery.com and we may be able to arrange it! 

Buying as a gift or not sure of the dates?  Purchase via 'add to cart' to purchase without a date and one of our team will be in touch to arrange a suitable date.  Workshops will run regularly throughout the year.

 

Due to limited stills being available for each workshop, if you need to cancel we request that you do so as early as possible. This gives us the opportunity to fill the stills for each workshop. Cancellations made fourteen (14) days or more in advance of the event date, will receive a 100% refund. Cancellations made after that time, will receive a 50% refund.

Illawarra Plum 'Sloe-Style' Fruit Gin

Illawarra Plum 'Sloe-Style' Fruit Gin

$90.00
$90.00
Tax included.

Description

Our take on a native sloe gin, we macerate native Illawarra Plums for 12 months in our gin, only releasing it once the spirit is bursting with juicy berry flavour.  We then add some natural cane sugar to balance the bitterness from the native plums resulting in an endlessly sippable spirit.

For those that prefer their spirits mixed, try it in a Sloe Gin Sour, Sloe Gin Spritz, or a Charlie Chaplin.

Awards
Silver - 2020 Tasting Australia Spirit Awards
Bronze - 2020 Australian Distilled Spirits Awards

Five Islands Oolong Old Tom Gin
Five Islands Oolong Old Tom Gin
Five Islands Oolong Old Tom Gin
Five Islands Oolong Old Tom Gin

Five Islands Oolong Old Tom Gin

$80.00
$80.00
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Description
The 2020 summer release is a new take on an old (tom) style. 

TeaEsk's award winning WuYi Mountain Oolong tea is macerated in our bold Breakwater gin before carefully balancing the tea by sweetening with natural sugar like an 18th century Old Tom Gin.

The delicate stonefruit aroma and flavour of the tea compliment the rich piney juniper and citrus flavours in the gin adding richness and depth. The sugar helps elevate all of the flavours yielding a complex yet balanced spirit like nothing you've ever had before.

Enjoy it neat, with soda, lemon or peaches for a “Five Islands Iced Tea” or swap it in for sloe gin in a Charlie Chaplin cocktail.


Awards
Silver - 2021 San Francisco World Spirit Competition
Silver - 2021 World Gin Awards, London
Silver - 2020 Tasting Australia Spirit Awards
Silver - 2020 Australian Distilled Spirits Awards

Find out more about TeaEsk here.

Sublime Gin
Sublime Gin
Sublime Gin
Sublime Gin
Sublime Gin
Sublime Gin
Sublime Gin
Sublime Gin
Sublime Gin

Sublime Gin

$80.00
$80.00
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Description
Sublime Gin is our award winning Batch Zero Gin recipe relaunched into our permanent collection. Batch Zero Gin was awarded gold and was the Australian Champion Small Batch Spirit at the Australian Distilled Spirit Awards, 2019.

Sublime Point – one of our favourite spots in the Illawarra. Iconic, distinctive. We named our landmark gin after it.

Sublime Gin tantalises with strong aromas of lemon myrtle and cardamom, sweetness and smoothness of dandelion root and a warm peppery finish from grains of paradise. 

You’ll love it. It’s Sublime.

Style
Contemporary Gin

ABV
40%

Botanicals
Juniper, Coriander Seed, Caraway, Angelica Root, Cardamom, Dandelion Root, Grains of Paradise, Lemon Myrtle, Grapefruit Peel

Serving Suggestions
Perfect on its own, or poured over an ice cube. Gorgeous in a G&T garnished with finger lime or grapefruit peel twist. Or deliciously complemented by a sophisticated orange flavoured mixer.

Awards
Australian Champion Small Batch Spirit - 2019 Australian Distilled Spirits Awards
Silver - 2019 & 2020 San Francisco World Spirits Competition
Silver - 2020 World Gin Awards, London

Breakwater Gin
Breakwater Gin
Breakwater Gin

Breakwater Gin

$95.00
$95.00
Tax included.

Description
Breakwater is our signature gin, inspired by classic London Dry Gin and our love of the coast.

We’ve enhanced the traditional bright pine and herbal notes of juniper with crisp flavours of whole grapefruit while angelica and dandelion roots impart a lingering salty savouriness.  

Our unique blend evokes the tang of sea spray at the breakwater, or catching the first ocean wave of summer - intense, exhilarating and calling you right back in again.

Style
Navy Strength Gin

ABV
57.5%

Botanicals
Juniper, Coriander Seed, Caraway, Angelica Root, Cardamom, Dandelion Root, Grains of Paradise, Lemon Myrtle, Grapefruit

Serving Suggestions
Breakwater offers a bold flavour profile that’s smooth enough to enjoy neat. Also perfect in a dry martini or negroni.

Awards
Gold - 2021 World Gin Awards, London
Silver - 2020 San Francisco World Spirits Competition
Silver - 2020 Tasting Australia Spirit Awards

Escarpment Vodka
Escarpment Vodka
Escarpment Vodka
Escarpment Vodka

Escarpment Vodka

$86.00
$86.00
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Description
The striking, ageless beauty of the Illawarra Escarpment echoes in the natural, time-honoured processes required to produce Escarpment Vodka.

Our recipe uses exclusively Australian grown, whole malted wheat and traditional brewing methods to create a 100% wheat beer, meticulously distilled a minimum of three times, before blending with pristine rain water harvested from the Illawarra plateau.

Take time to kick back with Escarpment. Ultra-smooth with an easy softness on the palate, and pairing deliciously with any sunset.

Awards
Silver - 2020 Tasting Australia Spirit Awards

eVoucher
eVoucher
eVoucher
eVoucher
eVoucher
eVoucher

eVoucher

$50.00
$50.00
Tax included.
Quantity must be 1 or more

Shopping for someone else but not sure what to give them?

Give someone special the gift of choice with a South Coast Distillery eVoucher .

eVouchers are delivered by email and contain instructions to redeem them at checkout. Our gift cards have no additional processing fees.

Distillery tours explaining production of gin and whisky, from beer through to barrels.

Distillery Tours

Come and see how our spirits are made. One of our distillers will show you through the distillery and explain the process from start to finish, followed by a drink to finish (or upgrade to a tasting flight). Available for individuals and groups. 

Drop us a line via our contact page to organise a time.

South Coast Distillery was established in 2017, but its story really began in 2011. In a sharehouse in Wollongong, a mutual appreciation for gin was discovered by housemates, leading to a tradition of “Martini Thursdays.” Each week, they explored all varieties of the spirit, hoping to discover the perfect gin for the ultimate martini. They came close but knew that they could do better. Seeking inspiration, they met with distillers far and wide to learn about the craft and focused on perfecting their own recipes.

By 2018, they were primed to produce their first commercial release, Sublime Gin. The globally-recognised product was named 2019 Champion Australian Small Batch Spirit at the prestigious Australian Distilled Spirits Awards and received a Silver Medal at the influential San Francisco World Spirits Competition. It then won the prestigious 2020 Silver Award Contemporary Style Gin at the London World Gin Awards selecting the very best in all internationally recognised styles of gin.

More products and more medals soon followed. To see where the story goes from here, follow us on Facebook or Instagram @southcoastdistillery