How to Make Gin at Home with the Air Still Pro
Date Posted:21 August 2025
Discover how to make gin at home with the Air Still Pro Complete Kit. A simple beginner’s guide to distilling and infusing botanicals for your first batch.
Guide to making Gin Using the Air Still Pro Complete Kit –
Making gin at home is easier than you think. With the Air Still Pro Complete Distilling Kit, you can create your very first batch of homemade gin—infused with your favourite botanicals—without the need for plumbing, complicated controls, or experience.
At Australian Home Brewing, we’ve helped thousands of beginners start distilling at home. One of the most exciting projects? Making your own gin at home—personalised, fresh, and uniquely yours.
Why Beginners love the Air Still Pro for Gin Making
When we ask new distillers why they haven’t tried making gin at home, the common concerns are:
- “It looks too technical.”
- “I’m not sure what equipment I need.”
- “Is it even legal?”
The Still Spirits Air Still Pro Complete Kit is the perfect answer to those worries:
- Fan cooling — no plumbing or water source required
- Pot still mode — ideal for botanical gin infusions
- Automatic foreshot removal — safer and simpler for first timers
- Compact & easy to clean — perfect for small kitchens and sheds
What’s in the Air Still Pro Kit?
When you buy the Air Still Pro Complete Kit from Australian Home Brewing, it includes everything you need to get started making gin or other spirits at home:
- Air Still Pro Unit (4L)
- 10L Fermenter with tap & thermometer
- Turbo Pure Yeast, Nutrients & Turbo Clear
- Ceramic boil enhancers & distilling conditioner
- Hydrometer, Alcometer & Test Flask
- Activated carbon filter system
- Collection container and detailed instructions
Step One – Create a Clean Sugar Wash
Before you can make gin, you’ll need to start with the wash:
- Dissolve sugar in warm water in your fermenter.
- Add Turbo Pure yeast, nutrients, and activated carbon.
- Ferment at 18–25°C until the hydrometer reads 0.990 or lower.
- Add Turbo Clear and wait 24 hours to clarify.
Step Two – Distil Your Base Spirit (Reflux Mode)
- Pour up to 4 litres of the clarified wash into the Air Still Pro.
- Set the unit to Reflux Mode.
- The still will automatically separate the first 30ml of foreshots.
- Continue distilling for around 4 hours.
- You’ll produce a high-purity neutral spirit at around 90% ABV, ready to dilute and infuse.
Step Three – How to Infuse Your Gin Botanicals (Pot Still Mode)
Once you have your neutral base spirit, Dilute to around 40% ABV with clean water.
Filter through activated carbon to smooth out any impurities.
It’s now time to make your own gin at home: see 2 options below - infusion or Distillation.
Option 1 – Infuse After Distillation
Ensure you have diluted your neutral spirit to 40% ABV.
Soak your botanicals (juniper, coriander, citrus peels, etc.) in the spirit for 24–48 hours.
Strain and bottle your homemade gin.
Option 2 – Distil with Botanicals Using Pot Mode
Place your botanicals in a botanical basket or tie them in a muslin bag.
Add your neutral spirit to the Air Still Pro.
Set to Pot Still Mode and run the distillation again.
The result? Distilled gin with a beautifully clean and balanced flavour.
The Best Botanicals for Making Gin at Home
Lemon or orange peel
Cinnamon or nutmeg
FAQs About Making Gin with the Air Still Pro
Q: Can I really make gin at home with this kit?
Yes! The Air Still Pro is perfect for beginners. You create a neutral base, then infuse botanicals for homemade gin.
Q: Is it legal in Australia?
You can legally own and operate the Air Still Pro (under 5L) for water purification or essential oils. To distil alcohol, a license is required.
Q: What’s better—pot or reflux mode for gin?
Use reflux mode to create a clean base spirit. Use pot mode to extract botanical flavours during a second distillation.
Q: Can I skip the carbon filtering for gin?
For gin, yes and no. For the stripping run in reflux mode to make your base spirit carbon filtration its essential. For the spirit run in pot mode, filtration is not required as you want to retain the flavour. But if you’re making neutral spirits for adding flavour in after filtration like gin, vodka, whiskey, rum or liqueurs, always carbon-filter.
Q: How long does it take to make a batch?
Around 4 hours for distilling, plus time for fermentation and infusion.
Why the Air Still Pro is Perfect for Gin Beginners
Making your own gin doesn’t need to be complicated. With the Air Still Pro Complete Kit, you can go from zero to gin in just a weekend.
This kit removes all the tricky parts—no plumbing, no thermometer-watching, no confusing cuts. Just follow the steps and enjoy crafting spirits that are truly your own.
And the best part? You can try a new gin recipe every weekend. From citrus-forward to spicy or floral blends, there’s no limit to your gin creativity.