THE BRAND
Beenleigh, established in 1884, is the oldest registered distillery in Australia. Its history dates back to 1865 when John Davy and Francis Gooding, a Englishmen duo, purchased 300 acres of land fronting the Albert River with the intent to grow cotton.
Legend says a man called James Stewart, better known as ‘The Bosun’, was operating a floating sugar mill aboard the S.S. Walrus, distilling the excess produced molasses and producing rum on the sly. In 1884 the S.S. Walrus was found on the shores with no-one aboard, except the copper pot still by ‘The Bosun’, thus Beenleigh Artisan Distillery was born, so named in honor of the homeland of John Davy and Francis Gooding.
Its Old Copper pot still dating from 1887, is the only one of its kind in Australia and very similar to the world famous Port Mourant still in Guyana at Diamond Distillery. Since 1981, the distillery also operates a continuous column still and production begins with Queensland sugar cane and an exclusive yeast strain.
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