Antipodes

Antipodes was launched in 2015 by three childhood friends — Rory Gration, Shane Reid and Brad Parson — with a deliberate position: build Australia's first certified-organic, carbon-neutral gin and vodka brand. The trio grew up around farms in the Sunraysia citrus region of north-west Victoria, and the founding ambition was to produce a spirit range that reflected the Australian land they belonged to while operating under an organic-certification and low-impact-supply-chain model that was unusual in Australian craft spirits at the time.

The distillery is in Melbourne. The signature gin is built on imported juniper supplemented by native Australian botanicals: Kakadu Plum, lemon myrtle, strawberry gum, aniseed myrtle, and Tasmanian pepperberry. The range covers the standard Antipodes Gin (40% / 45%), the Antipodes Pink Gin (Australia's first certified-organic pink gin), the Antipodes Vodka, and an Antipodes Espresso liqueur (25%). The carbon-neutral certification covers production, packaging and distribution; Antipodes has planted over 11,800 trees since launch as part of the offset program.