Behind the scenes of our local Melbourne distillery
Australia's Cocktail Gin
Naught is a gin built for more than sipping, it’s made to perform. Crafted with toasted wattle seed and native macadamia, our gin brings texture, depth and a rich, velvety mouthfeel that elevates every cocktail it touches. From silky martinis to spiced tiki serves, it’s the base spirit for bartenders and cocktail lovers who care about what’s in the glass, and how it feels going down.
Our unique gin distillation process
At Naught we draw out our distilling process to ensure we maximise flavour and oil extraction. We begin by sourcing the best botanicals from around the world to provide the best quality gin you can buy.
To begin we start by using a base spirit distilled from wheat, which means we can begin creating our gin with a high-quality canvas right from the start. Wheat-based spirits carry lovely oils, creating a velvety mouthfeel and long finish on the palate which resonates with our customers.
World Class Botanicals
This base spirit is then pumped into our 800-litre copper pot still where we begin to add our botanicals in the maceration stage of our distillation. These botanicals are agitated and heated up in an overnight process to maximise oil extraction.
The next morning we turn on the still and start the distillation process. The still heats up gradually and once the internal temperature hits 78 degrees the gin starts to evaporate and make its way through the pipes of the still. This helps clean the spirit and purify the vapour before it is run through a condenser which turns the vapour back into a liquid flowing out of the still at about 90% ABV. This liquid is now called gin.
An award-winning Australian gin
Naught Australian Dry Gin was never made to blend in. Our original release took over 300 distillations to perfect, earning Gold at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition and top honours at the Australian Distilled Spirits Awards.
Every bottle is crafted in small batches using native botanicals and traditional methods that bring unmistakable character to the glass. Whether it's our Australian Dry, Overproof, Sangiovese or Barrel-Aged varieties, our gins have a thing for collecting metal.
Growing The Range
With such high praise of our spirits in only a matter of years, it was a no-brainer for owner Chris Cameron to extend the range. As an ode to our cocktail bar’s ongoing theme of being “playfully wicked” and featuring a menu that is inspired by 1920s opulence, Naught added another wicked drop to our line-up with the launch of our Classic Dry Gin.
This gin draws inspiration from the original London Dry Gin style, with fresh and bright notes of pine and juniper dominating and lemon and lime subtly coming through, creating the perfect base for a Dry Martini. With a vision to create a spirit for the gin purists and connoisseurs, Chris set out on a two-year journey of trial and error utilising the months in lockdown to craft and refine different ratios of botanicals before finally finding the perfect blend.
