Our Story
Meeting Point
New Zealand
Recollection Spirits is a family-run distillery. Our spirits are inspired by the places we’ve lived, travelled through and kept coming back to.
We’re Inna and Igor, the two people behind Recollection Spirits.
We’re both originally from Ukraine, but we met in New Zealand and later made Australia home. We had no background in hospitality or spirits when we started, just a long-standing love of travel, good drinks and places that leave a lasting impression.
Recollection Spirits came together over time. For years, it was something we spoke about in passing. Slowly, it became something we wanted to make real.
Every spirit we make starts with a place, a flavour or a memory we want to return to.
Our Story
New Zealand
New Zealand
Sometimes that means drawing on a landscape or a feeling, like the crisp air and changing weather behind Hiker’s Hut Apple and Honey Gin.
Ukraine
Sometimes it means something more personal and cultural, like our Sour Cherry Nalyvka, inspired by traditional fruit liqueurs made in Ukraine.