Distillery Info
To create this masterpiece gin, Cameron Mackenzie the head distiller at Four Pillars distilled the Christmas puddings by putting them in the botanical basket of their still and distilling a base of juniper, cinnamon, star anise, coriander seed and angelica over the top of them.
At the time of this creation he was also working on a gin aged in 125-year-old ex-Grants Whisky barrels that stored Rutherglen Muscat for 80 years, which he blended with the pudding gin. To finish, he added a slight tweak of Rutherglen Classic Muscat to round out the palate with a touch of richness.
The result smelt like gin and tasted like Christmas. With juniper-led Christmas tree notes and plum pudding character it is perfect sipped over ice, mixed with ginger (ale or beer), or made into one of these delicious cocktails.
For their 2017 release, Cam added a touch of the Four Pillars own muscat that has been sitting in barrels which previously aged Pedro Ximenez. So there was more depth, more complexity. An even more Christmas-y gin.
Since 2018 Four Pillars have made the gin even more special, as the puddings for the distillation were made by the three founders and their kids - Mackenzies, Gregors and Joneses.
The artwork on the seventh Christmas Gin label was created by Australian painter, Jane Reynolds. Jane’s art is all about the relationship between colour, form and light.
For this year’s Christmas Gin label, Four Pillars challenged Jane to come up with one of her signature hyper-real compositions that celebrated the colour and iconography of Christmas.
