A Sunshine Coast distillery is using local sugar cane, pineapples and tropical fruit to create rum using Australia's only certified organic molasses, and any 'waste' that's leftover is fed to hungry cattle.
A Sunshine Coast distillery is using local sugar cane, pineapples and tropical fruit to create rum using Australia's only certified organic molasses.
"People have a crop, but everybody's also got something else they're playing with on the side, and that's what excites me." "Many of the ingredients we're using today are not because we've gone out and actively sought those from the farmers. The farmers have come to us with, in many cases, some incredible ideas that we've absolutely used.
"To be honest, my first thoughts were they were just wannabes with everyone having a go of it," Mr Oakes said. However, the distilling duo said the road to getting the company off the ground hasn't been an easy one.
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