Natural Distilling Co.

Those first steps were taken back in 2015 when our founder Rhys Staley started mucking about with his Grandfather’s old dairy vat. With a keen interest in whiskey, his Science Degree from Deakin University came in handy. Never one to do things by halves, Rhys spent six months Googling things, learning processes, making notes and doing distillery tours, over time, creating a unique gin recipe he really liked. It’s not cheap to set up a gin distillery, especially one that distils good gin, so he made do by excavating his Grandfather’s 55-year-old dairy vat out of the shed on the family farm.
After converting it, he discovered a 400 litre copper hot water service behind the wall of a dairy – perfect for DIY gin distilling.

Author: Dirk Jahn