Four Pillars Spiced Negroni Gin
Swan's Nest Rd
Unit 30, Kilbarrack Shopping Centre
Grange
Dublin
D05 N2F6
Ireland
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About this product
A Gin Made for One of the World's Great Cocktails.
Most gins are designed to be versatile. Four Pillars Spiced Negroni Gin had a rather more specific mission. Back in 2014, Four Pillars distiller Cameron Mackenzie and bartender Jason Williams set out to create a gin with enough intensity and spice to stand up to the powerful combination of bitter Campari and sweet vermouth.
The result became the first release in the Four Pillars Bartender Series: a 43.8% Australian gin built specifically for the Negroni. The classic Four Pillars botanical foundation is turned up several notches, with extra Tasmanian pepperberry leaf and cinnamon joined by West African grains of paradise, Indonesian cubeb, fresh ginger and blood orange.
This isn't spice for the sake of being spicy. The botanicals are carefully balanced to bring warmth, citrus and peppery complexity while retaining the piney juniper character expected from a serious gin. The higher strength gives it the body to remain present even when mixed with equal parts Campari and sweet vermouth.
For gin lovers in Ireland, this is a particularly exciting bottle for the cocktail cabinet: a proper bartender-led gin with a very specific job, and one it performs exceptionally well.
Why we love it:
Four Pillars Spiced Negroni Gin knows exactly what it wants to be. Bold juniper, blood orange, ginger, cinnamon and peppery spice give it enough weight to cut through bitter and sweet ingredients without losing its own identity. It makes a superb Negroni, but the complexity also gives it plenty of room to shine in a spiced G&T and other cocktails.
Country of origin
Australia
Tasting notes
Colour
Crystal clear and brilliantly bright.
Nose
Powerful juniper and fresh orange lead into cinnamon, cracked black pepper, ginger and aromatic spice, with subtle floral and herbal notes underneath.
Palate
Rich and warming, with a pronounced hit of ginger and peppery Tasmanian pepperberry followed by juicy orange, juniper and cinnamon. Cardamom, coriander and exotic spices add further layers without overwhelming the citrus freshness.
Serving suggestion
Naturally, start with a Negroni. Equal parts Spiced Negroni Gin, Campari and sweet red vermouth over ice, finished with a generous twist of orange, lets the gin's pepper, spice and citrus character work exactly as intended.
It is equally impressive in a Spiced G&T with a quality tonic and fresh grapefruit, while its ginger and citrus profile also makes it a natural partner for ginger beer, lime and other cocktail ingredients. Four Pillars specifically recommends the gin across Negronis, G&Ts and several other cocktails.
Serve chilled over plenty of ice, with the garnish matched to the cocktail.
Easy Home Cocktail
The Four Pillars Spiced Negroni
- 30ml Four Pillars Spiced Negroni Gin
- 30ml Campari
- 30ml sweet red vermouth
- Orange peel
- Ice
Pour all three ingredients over plenty of ice in a short tumbler. Stir gently for around 10 seconds, then express a generous orange peel over the drink and drop it in.
The result is a deep, spicy and beautifully balanced Negroni, with the gin bringing considerably more personality to the cocktail than a conventional London Dry.
Size, cl
70
ABV, %
43.8
About the producer
Four Pillars was founded in Australia in 2013 with a mission to rethink what contemporary Australian gin could be. Based in Healesville in Victoria's Yarra Valley, the distillery has built its reputation around bold botanical combinations, modern distillation and a distinctly Australian approach to gin. Spiced Negroni Gin grew from the distillery's own love of the Negroni and its collaboration with bartender Jason Williams, becoming the first expression in the Four Pillars Bartender Series.