Archie Rose goes for the fundamentals with new range

This month, Archie Rose Distilling Co will launch its new range of 100 per cent Australian spirits designed to serve as the foundation for any great drink. 

Fundamental Spirits is the new three spirit range including a True Cut Vodka and a Straight Dry Gin, launching October 2022 and a Double Malt Whisky to be released in 2023; all .crafted by the same innovative minds and stills that have built Archie Rose into Australia’s most highly awarded distillery over the last eight years, since opening in 2015.

The trio of Fundamental Spirits features local, native and sustainably sourced ingredients, while also offering a new level of accessibility to high quality Australian spirits developed with the goal of providing more people with an uncommonly easy Australian spirits base for their favourite drinks.

Founder, Will Edwards said: “Our goal has always been to bring high quality Australian spirits to the world, and the Fundamental Spirits Range is a significant milestone in our efforts to achieve this. 

“We know that Australians love drinking Australian spirits, but the artisanal nature of craft distilling means that our products, along with other incredible distillers are often reserved for the top shelf, with international brands still dominating the market. We wanted to create a range that redefines the traditions of how Australians drink by offering an accessible range that doesn’t compromise on quality allowing Australians to drink Australian all the time.”

The True Cut Vodka offers a more neutral palate than Archie Rose’s popular Native Botanical Vodka. Cold distilled with nothing but Australian wheat, local botanicals, and triple filtered water, it stays true to its name.

The Straight Dry Gin is also cold distilled with a simplified array of native and reclaimed Australian botanicals compared with the distillery’s gins to date, starring lemon myrtle, orange peel and pink peppercorn.

Completing the range, the Double Malt Whisky combines a solera of Single Malt and Rye Malt Whisky, featuring NSW heritage rye and barley malts, matured in ex-apera (sherry), bourbon and virgin oak casks.

Despite the recent popularity of home soil created spirits, 90 per cent of the current market still drinks imported gin - a statistic that is even higher for vodka and whisky. Though the Signature Range will remain the benchmark for customers looking for super-premium spirits, this new range will provide an accessible gateway to new audiences.

Along with their limited editions, partnerships and educational experiences, Fundamental Spirits is another layer in the company’s mission to bring the highest quality Australian spirits and ingredients to more people.

Archie Rose says that the range would not be possible without the expansion into its new distillery in Botany.

“Brimming with innovation, the investment we made into significantly expanding our production techniques and capacity sees our Botany distillery housing globally unique equipment, including cold distillation for gin and vodka botanicals and individual malt streams for whisky, to provide a much higher spirits quality,” said Master Distiller, Dave Withers. 

True Cut Vodka and Straight Dry Gin will launch via the Archie Rose Bar & Cellar Door, website and in bars and bottle shops around Australia from October 2022. Double Malt Whisky will launch in 2023.

True Cut Vodka: RRP $54.99, ABV 40 per cent; Straight Dry Gin: $64.99, ABV 40 per cent