To our knowledge this may be the oldest Beenleigh in wide release. and we fell HARD for its elegant, intense, dry profile, one that we think bourbon drinkers will gravitate to quickly (while still blowing away high end rum connoisseurs).

The Yowie is Australia’s Bigfoot - an elusive apelike creature that has occasional dubious sightings and spawned many clubs and tv specials. It’s big, powerful, rare and maybe a little bit scary - just like the rum! Artwork is by the Indonesian artist Rezki.

One of the oldest independent bottlings of the Beenleigh Artisan Distillery, Yowie was made with the indigeneous S. Pombe yeast (discontinued in 2010) which produces low output but loads of rich flavor compounds, resulting in an elegant, herbally potent rum redolent of eucalyptus, wintergreen LIfesavers, tangerine and molasses funk, giving way to a sophisticated dry finish.

136 Proof | 68% ABV | 375 mL