AUCKLAND GIN FESTIVAL

Australian and New Zealand craft spirits distillers bringing their finest GIN to this very popular festival on 31 January - 2 February 2025.

By Australian Gin Distillers Assn Inc.

Location

The Cloud

89 Quay Street Auckland, Queens 1010 New Zealand

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 30 days before event

About this event

  • Event lasts 3 hours 30 minutes

An amazing mix of Aussie and Kiwi distillers will be showcasing 100+ new and exciting boutique gins at the 2025 Auckland Gin Festival.

Your ticket grants you unlimited gin samples (sensibly of course), a branded tasting glass, tonic, soda water, and a cool tote bag, along with the opportunity to chat with Kiwi and Aussie craft distillers and purchase their unique bottles for take home.

Food trucks will be on hand to complement your G&T experience.

What’s Included in the ticket?


  • All gin samples are included over the 3½ hour tasting session.
  • Complimentary Fever-Tree mixers for your gin samples.
  • Bottles available for take home purchases.
  • Complimentary tote bags.
  • Free branded tasting glass.
  • Food is available for purchase with four food truck options.

Masterclass Special

Purchase a MASTERCLASS ticket and during the one hour masterclass you have a chance to win a FOUR PACK OF FEVER TREE TONIC or a BOTTLE OF GIN being featured in the class. Your ticket allows you to join the following 3½ hour tasting session to taste all of the gins and chat to all of the distillers.

Join our exclusive Masterclasses $90 per person.

KARU DISTILLERY - House of Spirits. - Saturday 1 February 10.00am-11.00am.
Join us for an educational and fun gin masterclass presented by Nick and Ally Ayers the passionate husband-and-wife team behind their award-winning spirits. This interactive session will introduce you to cocktail-making ideas that you can take away with you to use at family parties or just a pre dinner drink or two. Indulge in their gin and coffee liqueur followed by three award winning gins!

ELSEWHERE GIN - Saturday 1 February 3.00pm-4.00pm.

Taste through four limited edition, handmade regional gins, crafted with ingredients from New Zealand’s remote locations. Indulge in the sensory journey of Elsewhere gin, where each sip transports you to the heart of unique New Zealand locales. Presented by Mark Rose, an experienced winemaker turned master distiller. Elsewhere embraces the winemaking concept of terroir, ensuring that every batch of gin captures the essence of its New Zealand origin.

PROHIBITION LIQUOR CO - Sunday 2 February 11.00am-12.00pm.
Looking for a fun and interactive way to start the gin festival? Embark on a taste journey of sensory exploration with Australian Head Distiller Hugh Lumsden in this botanical Masterclass. Prohibition sources only the finest quality botanicals to create a unique range of hand-crafted gins. Get a look at four unique gins with flavour profiles featuring exotic combinations of traditional ingredients from across the globe as well as locally sourced, native Australian botanicals.

All Masterclass tickets include immediare entry into the following festival where all gin samples are included!

Tickets $70pp except Sunday '4 ticket bundles' $50pp.


Friday 31 January - 5.00pm – 8.30pm.

Saturday 1 February - 11.00am – 2.30pm and 4.00pm – 7.30pm.

Sunday 2 February - 12.00pm – 3.30pm.

Sunday 2 February - 12pm-3.30pm 4 Ticket Bundle bonus.

The Fever-Tree Taste Theatre is Back!

FREE to all ticket holders!

Purchase any ticket to the Auckland Gin Festival and while you are there visit the Fever-Tree Taste Theatre for your chance to win a Year’s Supply of Fever-Tree mixers valued at $1000. Plus there are 4-packs of Fever-Tree at the Taste Theatre sessions to win.

Run by your Gin Master Charlie Casben. No booking required. Just turn up and take a seat.
Taste along with Charlie and compare the Kiwi gins with the Aussies.
Headphones supplied.

Organised by

The AGDA promotes Australian craft gin distillers in several ways. We manage the annual Australian Gin Awards and a number of public events across Australia and also Auckland New Zealand. We encourage the education of gin drinkers by including master classes in the events and promoting the fact that attendees at the festivals can have discussions with the distillers to learn more about the product and how to drink responsibly. All of our events are listed and detailed at ginevents.com.au

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

From $73.72