Recipes

Travelling While Standing Still was inspired by our shared love of the Australian coast, where the Southern Ocean meets the bush. Summer holidays spent staying with friends and family in the most extraordinary and character-filled beach houses. Swimming in the sea, then stretching out on the warm sand, the salt drying white on our skin as the sounds of the sea, surf, and sleepy conversation drifted over us.

Then... come late afternoon we’d all head back to the house for showers and a night of great food, wine, music and exuberant conversation. Of course, there was one thing that never changed, wherever we stayed and whichever group of friends we were with, it was the quintessential a gin & tonic (or two!) on the front lawn, veranda or the deck, that marked the end of a day at the beach, and the anticipation and excitement of the evening ahead.

Selected Cocktail recipes featuring our gin

Neat Gin

Like all good gins, ours tastes great as a stand alone drink. We like a large ball or cube of ice with 30-40mls of TWSS Dry Gin and an optional garnish of lime in a glass of your choice. (With the intense lime/citrus base of our gin you almost don’t need the fruit but it looks good!)

Classic Martini

There are countless variations but this is ours: 5 parts TWSS Dry Gin to 1 part White Vermouth with a lemon peel garnish or green olives (onto a cocktail pick). In a cocktail shaker or mixing glass filled with ice cubes combine the gin and white vermouth. Stir or shake for 30 seconds and strain into a chilled Martini glass.

Dirty Martini

5 parts TWSS Dry Gin to 1 part White Vermouth with a few drops of olive juice and a garnish of green olives threaded onto a cocktail pick. In a cocktail shaker or mixing glass filled with ice cubes combine the gin and white vermouth. Stir or shake for 30 seconds and strain into a chilled Martini glass.

Gimlet

A classic Gimlet cocktail contains Gin, lime juice and sugar. 70ml TWSS Dry Gin, 15mls lime juice freshly squeezed, 15mL simple syrup (Equal parts sugar and water) Add gin, lime juice and syrup to a cocktail shaker with ice and shake until well chilled. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish: Lime wheel

Negroni

We have created two interpretations of the Italian classic working with some of our favourite Victorian producers.

Triple Vic Negroni #1:
Equal portions of TWSS Dry Gin, Maidenii Sweet Vermouth, Autonomy Davos Plum Aperitivo - with an extra dash of gin to stiffen up the blend.

Triple Vic Negroni #2:
Equal portions of TWSS Dry Gin, J.P. Trijsburg Artemi Vermouth rouge, Autonomy Davos Plum Aperitivo with extra gin as above. Garnish: Orange wheel or peel

White Negroni

The original white Negroni contains equal parts of each ingredient but we up the gin and dial back the Suze and Lillet. Suze, a bittersweet Gentian liqueur plays the bittering agent role, Lillet Blanc replaces the traditional Sweet Vermouth. 40ml TWSS Dry Gin, 30ml Lillet Blanc, 15mL Suze Gentian Liqueur. Garnish: Lemon peel

Gin and Tonic

A good tonic is essential to complement a good gin. Everyone has their favourites. We prefer a balanced and relatively neutral tonic to open up the herbal and botanical characters in the gin without too overtly quinine influence, such as: Sodasmith No.2, Strangelove No.8, Longrays Pacific and Fever Tree Mediterranean tonic. Garnish: twist of lime. Rosemary works well too as it is a key flavour profile from Juniper.

Pink Martini

5 parts TWSS Dry Gin to 1 part White Vermouth with a few dashes of Autonomy Davos Plum orange bitters (Aperitivo). Garnish: Lemon or Grapefruit peel

Gin Fizz

A collaboration with our friends at Convict Bitters. Ingredients: 8 black pepper cracked, 2 shots TWSS Dry Gin, 1 shot lime juice, 20ml simple syrup, 3 dashes Convict Bitters, 200ml soda water, sprinkle of salt. Combine all ingredients except soda water and shake over ice, double strain into glass, top with soda water. Garnish: Lime wheel

Southcape sea salt

A pinch of sea salt on the tongue adds an extra flavour hit lifting the impact of our gin even further when tasting neat. We like ‘South Salt’ Great Ocean Road sea salt www.australianflakesalt.com.au