Kings Cross Distillery has announced the launch of its flagship gin - KXG Australian Classic Dry Gin - and a new bar in the heart of Sydney.
Kings Cross Distillery will open its doors to the public in time for spring 2020, at the intersection of Darlinghurst Road and Macleay Street, Potts Point.
Inspired by a 1930s recipe adapted by distiller Odelia Potts, the KXG Australian Classic Dry Gin is made by the single shot method and vapour distillation using ‘Miss Pottsy’, a 200 litre still.
The inaugural gin recipe is a mix of classic ‘London Dry’ gin botanicals, such as juniper, coriander seed and cardamom pods, with the addition of fresh Sydney organic lemons, as well as a local mix of Australian native myrtles. The KXG Australian Classic Dry Gin also features notes of juniper, preserved lemon, grapefruit, bakers’ spices with exotic woods.
The venue’s signature cocktail will be the Aalto Martini (above), featuring 60ml of the KXG Australian Classic Dry Gin, dry vermouth rinse, and a slice of preserved lemon peel.
The Kings Cross Distillery location was once a 1960s speakeasy and illegal gambling den. Later in the 1970s, the venue became an adult book store, which had secret businesses operating behind the hidden doors of steel. It was known as the Private Book Shop and later Ecstasy Adult Bookstore.
The new venue pays homage to the colourful history it has seen, with the former vault now being used for storing the bar’s gin, as well as a wall of pin up photography, which nods to the former bookstores which existed there.
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