Greater Wellington, Wellington
Mothers Ruined Gin is bottled with love for Mother Earth and introduces four premium gins in recyclable paperboard bottles. Handcrafted using traditional and innovative botanicals, along with the best of local fruit, there’s something to delight every palate in this award-winning range.
Mothers Ruined Gin was founded in 2022 by long-time friends Helen Gower and Jo Davy, who place sustainability at the heart of their operations in their micro-distillery on Wellington's south coast.
By using a new-to-New Zealand recycled paperboard bottle for their current product range of four gins, they are a little distillery with big ambitions to start a paper bottle revolution in Aotearoa. The environmental footprint of the bottle, which was launched in the UK in 2020, is much lower than that of a similar size glass bottle: an independent life cycle analysis by Intertek showed that the carbon footprint is up to 6X lower, the weight is 5X lower and the water required for manufacture is 4X lower.
The Mothers Ruined range has lactanol as the base alcohol and includes two colour-changing gins that rely on natural pigments from flowers. Both of these colour changes (green to lilac and gold to pink) are unique in the gin world.
| Region | Wellington, Greater Wellington |
| Address | 61 Breaker Bay Road, Wellington |
| Has Cellar Door? | No |
| Has Distillery Tours? | No |
| Website | www.mothersruinedgin.com |
(4.3/5) Based on 8 reviews
A colour changing citrus celebration
| Category | Flavoured |
| ABV % | 42 |
| Bottle Size/s: | 700ml |
| Price % | $85 |
| Botanicals Used | Juniper, coriander, angelica, cassia, liquorice, nutmeg, ginger, lemon, grapefruit, Pink Lady® apple, and a secret garden botanical |
| Recommended Mixers | East Imperial Yuzu Tonic |
| Recommended Garnishers | Slice of grapefruit or twist of grapefruit peel |
(4.6/5) Based on 16 reviews
A floral, fruity, full-bodied ruby-coloured gin
| Category | Flavoured |
| ABV % | 42 |
| Bottle Size/s: | 700ml |
| Price % | $85 |
| Botanicals Used | Juniper, coriander, angelica, cassia, liquorice, nutmeg, ginger, lemon, pink peppercorn, Pink Lady® apple, raspberry, rose and hibiscus |
| Recommended Mixers | East Imperial Soda Water, East Imperial Royal Botanic |
| Recommended Garnishers | Dried apple |
(4.0/5) Based on 7 reviews
If a ginger nut biscuit was a gin ....
| Category | Flavoured |
| ABV % | 42 |
| Bottle Size/s: | 700ml |
| Price % | $85 |
| Botanicals Used | Juniper, coriander, angelica, cassia, liquorice, nutmeg, ginger, lemon, golden syrup and butterfly pea flower |
| Recommended Mixers | East Imperial Ginger Ale, East Imperial Tonic |
| Recommended Garnishers | N/A |
(4.8/5) Based on 5 reviews
A London Dry with a retro twist
| Category | London Dry |
| ABV % | 42 |
| Bottle Size/s: | 700ml |
| Price % | $85 |
| Botanicals Used | Juniper, coriander, angelica, cassia, liquorice, nutmeg, ginger, lemon, pineapple, vanilla and coconut |
| Recommended Mixers | East Imperial Tonic |
| Recommended Garnishers | Slice of dried pineapple |
Original Gin, strawberry & hibiscus shrub, sparkling wine, splash of tonic/soda and pineapple garnish
Ginger Emerald gin, ginger beer, lime juice, lime slice
Fruity Ruby gin, Luxardo apple sour, lemon slice, mint, tonic
