{"title":"Gins","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery gin from The Rare Orchid Distilling Co. is distilled in small batches in Landsborough, in the Sunshine Coast hinterland of Queensland. The range spans a trophy-winning classic dry, a family of contemporary gins built on Queensland fruit and native botanicals, and a navy strength bottling for those who like the volume turned up. It is decorated across Australia's leading gin awards, including Best Contemporary Gin in Queensland and Best Classic Dry Gin in Queensland at the Australian Gin Awards, with international recognition alongside. Every bottle is distilled, bottled and labelled by hand at the distillery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","products":[{"product_id":"why-knot-contemporary-gin","title":"Why Knot Contemporary Gin","description":"\u003cp\u003eWHY KNOT is the gin that put a small Landsborough distillery on the world map. Gold three times over, crowned Best Contemporary Gin in Queensland at the Australian Gin Awards 2025, gold again at the Royal Queensland Awards in 2026, then gold and 94 points at the London Spirits Competition and Silver at the IWSC in 2026, it is the flagship of The Rare Orchid Distilling Co. and the bottle people drive into the hinterland to find.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe recipe reads like the Sunshine Coast in a glass: blood orange for brightness, macadamia grown just up the road for a soft, creamy depth, and a whisper of vanilla that rounds the finish. Distilled in small seasonal batches, each release is gone when it is gone, which is exactly how the regulars like it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWHY KNOT Contemporary Gin is distilled, bottled and labelled by hand at The Rare Orchid Distilling Co., an award-winning family distillery in Landsborough on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. 700ml.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExplore the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/gins\"\u003efull range of Rare Orchid gins\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/visit-the-cellar-door\"\u003etaste them at the cellar door in Landsborough\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Rare Orchid Distilling Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51057953276124,"sku":"ROD-WHYKNOT-700","price":85.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/5994\/8252\/files\/ro-why-knot-real.webp?v=1782712133"},{"product_id":"still-working-classic-dry-gin","title":"Still Working Classic Dry Gin","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery distillery needs a backbone. Still Working is ours: a classic dry gin made the patient way in Landsborough, and named with a wink at the years of after-hours graft that built The Rare Orchid Distilling Co. The judges at the Australian Gin Awards 2024 named it Best Classic Dry Gin in Queensland, and a silver medal came home in the same year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJuniper leads, as a classic dry should, with sweet orange running through the heart of the botanical bill and a handful of ingredients the family keeps to itself. The result is a gin of quiet confidence: clean, balanced and built for the ritual of a proper gin and tonic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStill Working Classic Dry Gin is distilled, bottled and labelled by hand at The Rare Orchid Distilling Co., an award-winning family distillery in Landsborough on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. 700ml.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExplore the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/gins\"\u003efull range of Rare Orchid gins\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/visit-the-cellar-door\"\u003etaste them at the cellar door in Landsborough\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Rare Orchid Distilling Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51057953407196,"sku":"ROD-STILLW-700","price":85.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/5994\/8252\/files\/ro-still-working-real.webp?v=1782712136"},{"product_id":"list-of-two-doos-contemporary-gin","title":"List of Two Doos Contemporary Gin","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome recipes are written down. This one is a list the family keeps folded away, botanical by botanical, and the name is the only clue you get. List of Two Doos is The Rare Orchid Distilling Co.'s contemporary gin of quiet intrigue, a silver medallist at the Australian Gin Awards 2024 and the bottle our cellar door guests most often ask to taste twice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe secret list resolves into something singular: a smooth, rounded gin that closes with anise myrtle, the native Australian leaf lending a gentle liquorice warmth that rises softly at the back of the palate and settles like the last note of a song.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eList of Two Doos Contemporary Gin is distilled, bottled and labelled by hand at The Rare Orchid Distilling Co., an award-winning family distillery in Landsborough on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. 700ml.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExplore the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/gins\"\u003efull range of Rare Orchid gins\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/visit-the-cellar-door\"\u003etaste them at the cellar door in Landsborough\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Rare Orchid Distilling Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51057953636572,"sku":"ROD-2DOOS-700","price":85.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/5994\/8252\/files\/twodoo-3.jpg?v=1780648364"},{"product_id":"jams-vindication-smiley-face-gin","title":"Jam's Vindication Smiley Face Gin","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery family has a story that ends with someone proven right. Jam's Vindication is ours, sealed with a smiley face on the label and a gin that backs the grin. It is the sunniest bottle in The Rare Orchid Distilling Co. range, a contemporary gin that tastes like a Queensland summer holiday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRipe mango and strawberry lead the way, bold and unapologetic, carried on the same small-batch spirit that earns this distillery medals. Fruit-forward gins are easy to do loudly and hard to do well; this one keeps its juniper spine, so it drinks like a gin, not a cordial.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJam's Vindication Smiley Face Gin is distilled, bottled and labelled by hand at The Rare Orchid Distilling Co., an award-winning family distillery in Landsborough on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. 700ml.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExplore the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/gins\"\u003efull range of Rare Orchid gins\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/visit-the-cellar-door\"\u003etaste them at the cellar door in Landsborough\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Rare Orchid Distilling Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51057953767644,"sku":"ROD-JAMSV-700","price":85.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/5994\/8252\/files\/E2_80_98Jams-Vindication-Smiley-Face-Gin-1.jpg?v=1780648366"},{"product_id":"orchid-bloom-contemporary-gin","title":"Orchid Bloom Pink Gin","description":"\u003cp\u003eOrchid Bloom is the bottle that proves a gin can be playful and still be taken seriously. It came home from the Melbourne Royal Australian International Spirits Awards in 2026 with a silver medal, which is a generous thing to say about a gin that tastes this much like summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA secret blend of botanicals sits underneath, and over the top of it run orange, raspberry and cherry: orange for lift, raspberry for the soft red middle, cherry for the sweet, bright finish that gives the gin its name. It is bottled at 38%, a deliberate step down from the rest of the range, because these fruits speak more clearly when the spirit is not shouting over them. The result pours a gin and tonic that people who say they do not like gin tend to finish rather quickly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrchid Bloom Contemporary Gin is distilled, bottled and labelled by hand at The Rare Orchid Distilling Co., an award-winning family distillery in Landsborough on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. 700ml.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExplore the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/gins\"\u003efull range of Rare Orchid gins\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/visit-the-cellar-door\"\u003etaste them at the cellar door in Landsborough\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Rare Orchid Distilling Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52160745832668,"sku":"ROD-BLOOM-700","price":85.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"silent-nod-contemporary-gin","title":"Silent Nod Contemporary Gin","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome gins arrive announcing themselves. Silent Nod is the other kind: the one a bartender pours you without a word because they already know it is the right call. It is the quietest bottle in The Rare Orchid Distilling Co. range, and the one that tends to convert people who thought they had gin worked out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFour botanicals carry it. Finger lime brings the bright native citrus burst that grows well an hour up the road. Lemongrass adds a fragrant, almost tropical lift. Pink ginger warms the middle without heat. Macadamia, grown across this part of Queensland, rounds everything off with a silky, creamy weight that makes the finish feel longer than it has any right to be. Nothing in it fights anything else, which is the entire point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSilent Nod Contemporary Gin is distilled, bottled and labelled by hand at The Rare Orchid Distilling Co., an award-winning family distillery in Landsborough on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. 700ml.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExplore the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/gins\"\u003efull range of Rare Orchid gins\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/visit-the-cellar-door\"\u003etaste them at the cellar door in Landsborough\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Rare Orchid Distilling Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52160745898204,"sku":"ROD-SILENT-700","price":85.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}]}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/5994\/8252\/collections\/ro-banner-gins-v2.webp?v=1785824819","url":"https:\/\/therareorchiddistillingco.com\/collections\/gins.oembed","provider":"The Rare Orchid Distilling Co","version":"1.0","type":"link"}