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Dutch Rules Distilling Co

A distillery and gin bar in one.

Dutch Rules Distilling Co in Mitcham.
1 / 7Dutch Rules Distilling Co in Mitcham.Kit Edwards
Snacks include terrine, charcuterie, oysters and parmigiano reggiano.
2 / 7Snacks include terrine, charcuterie, oysters and parmigiano reggiano.Kit Edwards
Gin-based cocktails at Dutch Rules.
3 / 7Gin-based cocktails at Dutch Rules.Supplied
A distillery and bar in one.
4 / 7A distillery and bar in one.Supplied
Inside the cosy bar.
5 / 7Inside the cosy bar.Supplied
Gin cocktails are the specialty here.
6 / 7Gin cocktails are the specialty here.Kit Edwards
Assorted snacks.
7 / 7Assorted snacks.Supplied

Contemporary$

This new gin label is listed at some of Melbourne’s most talked-about restaurants but there’s nothing like drinking it at the source: a cavernous, cosied-up warehouse on a busy thoroughfare. As with his beer brand Two Rupees, founder Danny Perera has infused his Sri Lankan heritage into Dutch Rules, making spiced gins that come as tasting flights or in punchy cocktails such as a passionfruit sorbet-spiked Bellini.

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