Adelaide Hills Distillery

Winemaker Sacha La Forgia founded 78 Degrees in 2014, naming it after the boiling point of ethanol. The key technical claim: botanicals are extracted at exactly 78°C, lower than most distilleries, producing what the team argues are brighter, cleaner flavours. The range now runs from the original Classic Gin through vermouths, aperitifs, vodka and whiskey — all made at Lot 100, a shared production site in the Adelaide Hills alongside Mismatch Brewing and The Hills Cider Company.