KEEP YOUR GIN UP

Another day, another gin. Okay, so perhaps not quite that many new brands of gin have crossed our tasting bench this year – but it does feel that way. And by far the most interesting are those incorporating indigenous ingredients: Something Wild’s super-punchy Australian Green Ant Gin, for instance, featuring, yes, green ants from the Northern Territory among the botanicals; or the complex and perfumed Brookie’s Gin, featuring herbs and plants foraged from the Byron Bay hinterland. adelaidehillsdistillery.com.au