Elderflower Gin Gimlet

Master Bartender's Notes

The Sommelier's Assessment.

Appearance

A deep violet-purple, drawn naturally from butterfly pea flower. The colour of dusk over a lavender field.

Nose

Cold-infused elderflower first — honeyed, floral, unmistakable. Then lavender, bergamot and juniper rise underneath.

Palate

The gin announces itself. French Earl Grey, bergamot and a whisper of dried rose in full voice.

Mid-Palate

Elderflower sweetness and tea-led botanicals move together in a way no mixer achieves.

Finish

Long, dry, with a distinctive Earl Grey tea note that lingers. This is the finish gin drinkers understand.

"The Canberra Distillery's French Earl Grey is the kind of small-batch Australian gin that makes you rethink what a gin cocktail can be — tea, bergamot and lavender, and a colour you won't forget."

French Earl Grey Gin

Cold-Infused Elderflower

Highest ABV in Range

What's in the Pouch

Four Ingredients. No Shortcuts.

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Canberra Distillery French Earl Grey Gin

Small-batch · Mitchell, Canberra

An award-winning Australian gin infused with French Earl Grey tea, bergamot and lavender — and coloured naturally with butterfly pea flower.

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Cold-Infused Elderflower

St-Germain-grade quality

Cold-infused for full floral depth. Honeyed, delicate, complex. Not elderflower cordial.

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CitrusFresh™ Lime

Patented fresh citrus

The acid that makes a gimlet a gimlet.

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Botanical Water

Pure and neutral

Dilution calibrated to let the gin and elderflower coexist perfectly.

The Craft

How It Was Made.

01 / The Spirit

Why Canberra Distillery French Earl Grey.

The Canberra Distillery hand-crafts this small-batch gin in Mitchell, ACT, infusing it with French Earl Grey tea, bergamot and lavender alongside botanicals like hibiscus, elderflower and chamomile. It's coloured naturally with butterfly pea flower — giving it a deep violet hue — and it's collected award after award, including silver at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition and bronze at the Australian Distilled Spirits Awards. A gin with this much character was designed for premium cocktails. This cocktail was designed for it.

02 / The Technique

Cold Infusion Changes Everything.

Cold infusion preserves the volatile aromatic compounds in elderflower that heat destroys. The result is elderflower with depth — honeyed, floral, complex — instead of the one-dimensional sweetness of cordials. Cold-infused elderflower and the gin's tea, bergamot and lavender botanicals create a flavour marriage that hot-process methods simply cannot achieve.

03 / The Result

The Highest ABV. The Deepest Flavour.

The highest ABV cocktail in the MXTology range at 16%. The floral complexity of genuine cold-infused elderflower. The botanical precision of an award-winning Canberra gin. A gimlet that makes serious gin drinkers put down whatever gin they were carrying.

Pairing Suggestions

What It Goes With.

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Summer Garden

Made to be drunk outside at 5pm in good light.

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Seafood

The gin and citrus are the perfect foil for fresh oysters or prawns.

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Afternoon

Gin is always better with an afternoon to spare.

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Sparkling Water Splash

Add a splash. It opens the botanicals differently.

FAQ

Common Questions.

We use The Canberra Distillery's French Earl Grey Gin — a small-batch, award-winning Australian gin handcrafted in Mitchell, ACT. It's infused with French Earl Grey tea, bergamot and lavender, alongside botanicals like hibiscus, elderflower and chamomile, and coloured naturally with butterfly pea flower, which gives it a striking deep-purple hue. That tea-and-floral character holds its own in a cocktail in a way standard London Dry gins simply can't, which is exactly why we chose it.

At 16% ABV, this is equivalent to 1.6 standard drinks per pouch — the highest in the MXTology range. To put it in context, a standard glass of wine is typically around 1.5–1.8 standard drinks. You're getting genuine gin strength in a premium cocktail format. This is not a light drink, and it tastes like it.

Cold infusion means the elderflower is extracted at low temperatures, which preserves the volatile aromatic compounds that give elderflower its distinctive honeyed, floral complexity. Heat extraction — the method used in cordials and most commercial elderflower products — destroys these delicate compounds, leaving behind a sweeter, flatter flavour. Cold-infused elderflower has significantly more depth, and it holds its character when combined with strong gin botanicals.

It's floral in the way a great gin is floral — present, identifiable, but balanced. The gin's Earl Grey, bergamot and lavender botanicals and the fresh lime citrus provide counterweight to the elderflower, and the tea note keeps the finish dry. The result is a drink that is unmistakably floral without being sweet or overpowering. Gin drinkers who appreciate botanical complexity tend to find it exactly right.

Activatable Cocktails™ is MXTology's patented technology that allows a premium pre-mixed cocktail to be sealed, shipped, and activated by the consumer at the point of drinking. Open the pouch, reseal the top, shake to activate (which also chills the drink), and sip. The technology locks in fresh ingredients — real citrus, cold-infused botanicals, premium spirits — at peak quality, and activates them at the moment you choose to drink. Gordon Ramsay called it "bloody brilliant" on Food Stars Australia.

THE GIN GIMLET THAT GIN DRINKERS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR.

The Sommelier's Assessment.

Four Ingredients. No Shortcuts.

How It Was Made.

What It Goes With.

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