About Us
Founded in October 2014 to support and promote Australian spirits and their makers, we're a small team of spirit lovers based in Melbourne who spend too much time tasting stuff and probably not enough time selling stuff.
We are:
Obsessive architects of delight
Our tasting flights and advent calendars are neatly boxed rabbit holes into Australian distilling.
We sample an alarming number of Australian spirits and filter ruthlessly, so what lands in your box actually deserves to be there. Every inclusion earns its place.
We champion independent distillers who care deeply about flavour, and often more deeply than is commercially sensible.
We are:
Voracious seekers of flavour
Our flavour-packed liqueurs are built for cocktail bars and the sort of mixologists who read labels properly.
Many were the first commercially released spirits of their kind in Australia, largely because no one else thought they were sensible ideas.
Our limited editions are bottled in salvaged glass collected from our network of bars and restaurants, because beautiful bottles deserve a second act.
We are:
Curators of the uncommon
We seek out bottles for our online store that refuse to behave: Small-batch runs, flavour experiments, resurrected classics and spirits with opinions.
Sometimes we wander off the shelf entirely: Peated whisky candles, handmade oak barrels, and objects that smell or look like they belong near a bar.
Everything here passes through a very selective filter. If it made it in, it’s intentional.
A typical day
at the distillery
at the distillery
Checking alcohol levels
Measure once, drink twice.
Peeling fruit
Those pesky bananas and oranges won't peel themselves.
Stirring vats
Keep yeast happy. Make arms sore.
Packing orders
We try not to leave any possums inside.
Applying labels
By hand or by machine. A little wonky regardless.
Firing up the still
Our 120L still is compact but hard working.
Cleaning all day long
We are janitors dressed as distillers.
Sending orders
Occasionally walking into door frames.
Bottling
Experts at opening and closing valves.
The humans behind the possums
Anita
Karen
Mary
Paul
Verna