Description
HM No 1 Rare Dry Gin was awarded Gold and Australia’s best London Dry Gin at the 2023 World Gin Awards.
Serving suggestions
There are countless ways you can enjoy our HM Rare Dry Gin. This London Dry style gin is incredibly versatile and is the perfect base for any cocktail. Delicious in a G & T with most garnishes or, with it’s clean classic finish, pairs seamlessly to make an irresistible martini or gimlet.
Explore our HM Rare Dry Gin cocktail recipes here.
How we like to drink it
Head distiller Gavin likes to enjoy HM Rare Dry Gin over ice. Alternately you’ll find him drinking it with Mediterranean tonic and a fresh slice of orange.
And fellow co-owner Amy, well she likes 50ml HM Rare Dry Gin over ice with 20ml of St Germain liqueur. For a longer drink she’ll top up with soda and a slice of cucumber to garnish.
Crafting HM No 1 Rare Dry Gin
For the base of our award-winning HM Rare Dry Gin, we use the highest purity base alcohol and a generous portion of Juniper berries. To the still we further add coriander seeds, cassia bark and finely cut locally grown lemon and anise myrtles.
HM Rare Dry Gin is a simple recipe with a smooth clean finish. Bright and refreshing this will soon be your go-to dry gin.
Fun fact
When head distiller Gavin originally set out to make our signature Rare Dry Gin he became heavy handed with the oranges in production (read the story here) and instead produced our awarded HM Orange Squeeze Gin.
HOW TO SERVE HM RARE DRY GIN
Here are some of our favorite ways to enjoy HM Rare Dry Gin. If you’re looking for more ideas, explore all our cocktail recipes here.
Floradora cocktail
45ml HM No 1 Rare Dry Gin
22ml Fresh lime juice
22ml Raspberry syrup
60ml Ginger ale
Lime wheel and raspberry to garnish
Preparation
1. To a cocktail shaker with ice add gin, lime juice and raspberry syrup. 2. Shake for 20 seconds.
3. Strain into a highball glass filled with ice.
4. Top with ginger ale.
5. Garnish with a lime wheel and raspberry.
Gin and tonic
60ml HM Rare Dry Gin
120 Tonic water – we recommend Long Rays Pacific or Fever-tree Mediterranean tonic water
Preparation
To a glass with ice add the gin and tonic water. Lightly stir to combine and garnish with a orange wedge or rosemary sprig.
Gimlet cocktail
60ml HM No 1 Rare Dry Gin
30ml Lime juice
22ml Sugar syrup
Lime slice
Preparation
1. To a cocktail shaker add ice, gin, lime juice and sugar syrup and shake for 20 seconds.
2. Strain into a coupe glass.
3. Garnish with a lime slice.
Steve – :
Rare Dry is the top shelf best on the rocks, Orange is also a family favourite with its refreshing flavours.
Lloyd Carter – :
award winning gin with award winning taste, It really did hit the mark and has become our household gin of choice
Nathan – :
Ordered from HM Gin. An amazing London Dry gin. Easy drinking and goes well with favourite mixer – tonic or soda (soda is mt mixer preference). Do yourself a favour and buy. a bottle. You’ll soon see why it has won the various awards.
Christina Slater – :
This is a superb dry London gin, well deserved to be awarded best gin in the country 2023. It is an exceptional good quality smooth London dry gin, with a perfectly rounded flavour. Perfect on its own, with tonic , or make an amazing coctail with 2 parts Gin, and 5 parts Wirra Wirra Mrs Wriggley Moscato. I highly reccomend this gin as one of the best I’ve ever tasted in over 50 years and it is now my favourite gin of all time.
Jacob – :
Loved your Rare Dry Gin and chatting to you about your gin making. It was so good to seeing your stills.
Christine S – :
I love a dry gin and this one hit the spot!
Marj – :
Thankyou for the prompt delivery. The recipient was thrilled and looking forward to enjoying them.