THE ORIGIN
IRON BALLS was created in 2015 by Ashley Sutton, a straight-talking modern day pirate and daredevil bar designer from Western Australia. Ash fell into bar design through a combination of luck and unstoppable determination, and he is now responsible for some of the most recognizable jaw-dropping bar designs across Asia. Having grown up in a family of sailors, the ocean is where Ash feels most at home. When he isn’t working on his next design project you’ll find him navigating on-board, or diving beneath, his boat Infamis.
Having built a bar design empire across Asia, Ashley Sutton decided it was about time he created his own spirit. Founded in Bangkok in August 2015, the IRON BALLS distillery license was the first to be granted in Thailand in 31 years. Ash imported the best stills he could find from Germany and engineered the distillery’s hybrid distillation system himself. The time from inception to production took three & a half years, over 600 recipes, 2000 runs & all the money & property Ash had.
IRON BALLS GIN
When facing a raging sea, or designing a steam powered flying machine, I’ll be counting on the pair I got from nature. IRON BALLS GIN is meticulously made in South East Asia using a secret recipe of Asian inspired ingredients including; coconuts and fresh pineapples, with hints of juniper, hillside ginger and lemongrass. A boundary-breaking tropical gin with BALLS.
IRON BALLS VODKA
East meets West; We pride ourselves on using the best distilling methods and ingredients available. IRON BALLS VODKA is five times distilled; first through a series of columns at one of Germany’s oldest distilleries, and uniquely finished in a copper pot in the Black Forest. A distinctive rye vodka with a smooth finish, for those searching for an unconventional spirit with BALLS.