Still Waters distillery is located on the grounds of Waimarino Luxury Lodge in Queenstown, New Zealand: waimarinolodge.co.nz
We source the water for our artisan spirits from nearby glacier fields.
Waimarino is Maori for Still Waters and the location of the lodge is in an area commonly called Bobs Cove but originally known as Waimarino. The location is stunning and is the perfect spot to enjoy a cocktail or two.
The distillery is about creation, having hands on fun and making some of the most beautiful spirits possible.
We use native New Zealand botanicals to infuse our gins whilst our vodka is 7 X distilled in our hand made small batch copper stills.
We used organic growing and distilling methods. Grapes not suitable for wine from local vineyards are use to form our base spirit. Our spirits have a flavour that you will rarely find in bulk produced commercial spirits. We pride ourselves on a silky-smooth mouth feel alongside our signature botanical undertones.
We have a lot of fun at Still Waters and would love for you to come and visit us. All guests to Waimarino have the opportunity of grafting their own gin. Choose your selection of botanicals place them in our still in the morning, when you return that afternoon you will get to sample and take home your very own bottle of gin. Better still blend it in a cocktail or with our own dry tonic and sit on the distillery deck overlooking Lake Wakatipu as the sun goes down. Its doesn’t get much better than that…
LESS IS MORE
After we set our goal to produce the very best spirits we possibly could, we took a look at what made some of the worlds most iconic spirits so popular. We noticed that the most forward and balanced spirits, utilised less than ten ingredients in their recipe.
Only the juniper is sourced from offshore (given it can’t be grown well in New Zealand) all our other remaining ingredients and botanicals are all grown entirely in New Zealand (most nearby and almost all wild).
We keep close watch on the calendar to ensure we source and sustain all of our ingredients at peak freshness. Our commitment to producing the best extends to hand-picking and hand-peeling over a thousand fresh grapefruit and foraging for wild flowers on prickle laden bushes ;>)
Fully Traceable Botanicals; All of our ingredients are direct sourced through either wild foraged, or organically farmed offering a complete traceability of all ingredients and processes, from root to glass.
Produced Entirely on Estate Produced on site at our very own bespoke distillery, we dehydrate, macerate, distill and bottle entirely in house, giving us complete quality control on everything we produce.
Distilled in Small Batches; Each run is batch distilled in our small 120L hand made copper still named. A truly boutique operation where every process and principle is controlled.
QUEENSTOWN VODKA
From the pure waters of a Southern Alps New Zealand Glacier comes our pure vodka.
An improbable 7 distillations creates the purest vodka possible and a smooth rich unparalleled texture.
Very Small batches of 80 – 120 bottles for each batch
Creamy sweet nose, velvet body with a smooth attitude to finish
The nose has a delicate brown sugar sweetness with a delightful floral undertone. Upon tasting you are welcomed with fresh pear and golden apple. Rounding out with hints of wild spice, leather and mineral freshness to finish. Super smooth with no heat and plenty of character.
QUEENSTOWN GIN
A crisp and robust ‘Dry’ style gin. Batch distilled in a boutique 120L copper hand made still, after a 48 hour activated maceration in a sustainable neutral grape spirit. Bottled at 42% alcohol by volume this is a rather special drop. Produced on Waimarino Lodge estate at our small distillery, in the heart of the Queenstown’s alpine region.
BOTANICALS
Juniper, wild foraged - Grapefruit (Cromwell, NZ) - Coriander seed (Wanaka, NZ) - Motueka hops, organic (Nelson, NZ) - Gorse flower, wild foraged (Volunteers, Queenstown, NZ) -Kawakawa berries, wild foraged (Glenorchy, NZ)
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