Bundaberg Rum Distillery

On our way in, we spotted the Old Bundy Tavern, so we decided to pop in there for early lunch before our distillery tour. We shared the Aussie burger and the steak burger. When we arrived at the rum distillery, we had to take photos of and with the giant bundy bottle of course, then headed in to check in. There is a museum to look through at the start and they suggest arriving 30-45 minutes before your booked tour to have a proper look, which we did. Lots of history that we didn't know about, it was very interesting. Mack was our tourguide, a local born and bred woman who has been with Bundy for about 15 years, as well as a few years in the 90s, so she tells us. The tour took us through the process, looking at the molasses vat, it was very thick and smelt so good. We got to have a taste test but it didnt taste as sweet as it smelt. Sort of a vegemitey/chocolatey/Licorice smell. We kept moving through the distilling process, including the addition of yeast and local water. We got a sniff of the 78% alcohol before it's brewed down to usual the 38%. She laughed that she could tell who the drinkers were based on people's reactions. Particularly a lady named Fran, who said it smelt like her Christmas pudding. We wrapped up the tour in a barrel room, you can book in and create your own rum here if you so desired, then moved to the bar for our 2 included drinks. Everyone was bombarding the bar so we had a look through the shop first. For our first drink we had the small batch reserve with ginger beer, it's a lighter flavoured rum and was quite nice. The second included sample is a liquer, Ben had the salted caramel and I had the banana toffee with a bit of milk in mine. She also gave us a sneaky try of the coffee chocolate, also great! They were really good! I liked mine more than baileys! Once we finished our drinks and shopping, we headed off.Read more