Seppeltsfield Road Distillers is the work of Jon and Nicole Durdin, a gin loving couple in the Barossa Valley, less than an hour from Adelaide. Their gins lean bright, fresh and full flavoured, with a Barossa Shiraz Gin that drinks bold and unmistakably local. The cellar door is worth the drive, with Friday knock offs and a gin and gourmet fudge tasting on offer.
We built two drinks together. Rubies on the Rocks stacks sweet, tart and herbal, with their Barossa Shiraz Gin, lemon and our Convict Bitters chosen to balance rather than to dazzle. The Golden Outback is all floral sweetness, bright lemon and gentle spice, genuinely the bee’s knees.
Two makers who taste and tweak until a drink simply works. That is how we like to build things too.