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The Bay · The Mountains · The City

Three regions
Three spirits
One Brisbane

Three spirits from Moreton Bay, the Scenic Rim and the river city, made in Brisbane and packed in a hard-shell capsule built to the proportions of carry-on luggage. Finish the spirits. Keep the capsule.

$89 AUD inc GST · First Edition of 2,032 numbered sets
3 × 50 mLHard-shell reusable capsule$3 to Brisbane charitiesNumbered First Edition

  • Three spirits, three places

    A coastal liqueur, a hinterland aquavit and a botanical gin, each built around the part of Brisbane it's named for.

  • Made in Brisbane

    Distilled at our West End distillery with native and regional botanicals: lemon myrtle, finger lime, bunya and caraway.

  • A capsule worth keeping

    A hard-shell case made to the proportions of carry-on luggage. Finish the spirits, keep the capsule.

  • Every set gives back

    $3 from every First Edition set, shared equally between three Brisbane charities.

The capsule

Finish the spirits. Keep the capsule.

A hard-shell case built to the proportions of carry-on luggage, and three 50mL bottles held in place inside. It opens once for the spirits. After that it's yours to keep: for travel, for the desk, for whatever you decide.

First Edition of 2,032. Every set carries its own numbered card inside the capsule. Once the 2,032 are gone, the First Edition is closed.

Format: 3 × 50 mL, silicone-sleeved in each region's colour
Case: hard-shell, 200 × 120 × 70 mm, with BNE tag
Inside: three story cards with tasting notes, plus your numbered First Edition card
Availability: sold as a set only

The capsule keeps going

  • The BNE capsule reused as a travel case for skincare and cosmetics

    A travel case

    Cosmetics, skincare, the things that never fit anywhere.

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    A cable case

    Chargers, adapters and every cable you can't throw out.

  • The BNE capsule reused as a keepsake box for photos, shells, a child's drawing and a birthday card

    Whatever you decide

    Tools, keepsakes, tea, the desk drawer's worst offenders.

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A city worth tasting

BNE Spirit Collection

Brisbane is bigger than its skyline. Behind it sits a bay of sand islands and seagrass, a ring of volcanic ranges, and a river city that has spent two centuries working out what grows in the subtropics.

The BNE Spirit Collection puts each of those places in a bottle. The Bay is a coastal liqueur from Moreton Bay. The Mountains is an aquavit from the Scenic Rim. The City is a botanical gin from the bend in the river.

Each spirit stands alone. Together they run from tide to range to skyline.

The collection

Three spirits, three places

Each spirit is built around the place it's named for: its history, its landscape and what grows there.

BNE 01 · Moreton Bay

The Bay

Coastal Liqueur

Lemon myrtle and pineapple liqueur·25% ABV

"Bright, generous, coastal"

The place

Moreton Bay covers almost 3,400 km² of sand islands, seagrass and open water off Brisbane's front door. It's home to three species of dolphin, herding dugong and six of the world's seven sea turtle species, and more than 50,000 migratory shorebirds spend the southern summer on its tidal flats.

On the mainland side, the farms around Wamuran and Elimbah have grown pineapples for Brisbane for generations.

The spirit

Lemon myrtle, native to Queensland's subtropical rainforests, gives the coast its citrus. Pineapple comes from the farms behind the bay. Coconut is there because that's what a day on the water tastes like.

The result is a soft, sunny liqueur made for long afternoons, poured over ice.

The taste

  • NoseFresh pineapple and delicate coconut, lifted by lemon myrtle.
  • PalateSweet on entry, with soft coconut through the middle.
  • FinishLemon myrtle and pineapple, with a whisper of anise.
  • ServeThe Bay Spritz: 50 mL over ice, topped with soda and finished with a lemon myrtle leaf or a twist of orange peel.

Giving$1 from every set goes to The Moreton Bay Foundation.

BNE 02 · Scenic Rim

The Mountains

Hinterland Aquavit

Potato-base caraway spirit·38% ABV

"Earthy, herbaceous, adapted"

The place

The Scenic Rim is a ring of ranges built by the Main Range shield volcano, which erupted between 22 and 25 million years ago. Its peaks carry World Heritage-listed Gondwana rainforest.

Below them, the Fassifern Valley was opened to farm selection in 1877 and settled almost entirely by German families. The town of Kalbar was called Engelsburg until 1916, and the valley held a potato festival for nearly thirty years.

The spirit

Northern Europe has always distilled caraway: aquavit in Scandinavia, Kümmel in Germany. This is the aquavit those settlers never made here, built on potato and caraway, with notes of wattleseed and tart rosella in the finish.

Old world, new soil. Think gin made with caraway in place of juniper.

The taste

  • NoseCaraway forward, over soft honey, fresh herbs and a hint of campfire.
  • PalateSweet on entry, with caraway and herbs building through.
  • FinishWattleseed and tart rosella, with campfire smoke lingering.
  • Serve50 mL over ice.

Giving$1 from every set goes to Wildlife Queensland Scenic Rim Branch.

BNE 03 · Brisbane City

The City

Botanical Gin

Juniper-led bunya nut botanical gin·41% ABV

"Classic gin, Brisbane roots"

The place

Brisbane began in 1825 as a convict settlement on a bend of the river, then spent its first century working out what would grow in the subtropics. Cane grown in the city produced Queensland's first granulated sugar in 1862. Two years later Brisbane grew what was probably Australia's first jacaranda, and every October and November the streets still turn purple.

Today it's a river city of parklands, bridges and rooftops, built for living outdoors.

The spirit

Gin is the botanical spirit, and Brisbane is a botanical city. This one starts with a classic juniper backbone, then adds what grows here: bunya nut from the great native pine of south-east Queensland, lemon myrtle from backyards across the city, and finger lime for native citrus.

Resinous, bright and clean: a classic gin with Brisbane roots.

The taste

  • NoseJuniper forward and resinous, with a bright citrus lift.
  • PalateResinous juniper on entry, with citrus through the middle.
  • FinishClean, with a touch of sweetness.
  • ServeGin and tonic, garnished with a lime wheel or a lemon myrtle leaf.

Giving$1 from every set goes to Orange Sky Australia.

Giving back

$3 from every set

$3 from every First Edition set is shared equally between three Brisbane charities, $1 each: one for the water, one for the wildlife and one for the people.

The water, the wildlife, the people

Three Brisbane charities, one for each region.

The Bay

The Moreton Bay Foundation

Funds the research that keeps Moreton Bay healthy, from reef monitoring at Peel Island to shorebird surveys.

Visit The Moreton Bay Foundation (opens in a new tab)

The Mountains

Wildlife Queensland Scenic Rim Branch

Plants wildlife corridors and surveys gliders and microbats across the Scenic Rim.

Visit Wildlife Queensland Scenic Rim Branch (opens in a new tab)

The City

Orange Sky Australia

Founded in Brisbane in 2014, Orange Sky provides free laundry, showers and genuine conversation for people experiencing homelessness.

Visit Orange Sky Australia (opens in a new tab)

With our regional collaborators

  • Tangalooma Island Resort

    Collaborator to be confirmed

  • Scenic Rim Farm Shop

    Collaborator to be confirmed

  • City Parklands

    Collaborator to be confirmed

Before you order

Questions

Can I buy the bottles separately?

No. The three spirits are made for each other and for the capsule. The set is the product.

Where do you ship?

Australia-wide. Alcohol deliveries must be signed for by someone aged 18 or over, with ID.

Is this a limited release?

Yes. The First Edition is limited to 2,032 sets, each with a numbered card inside the capsule.

Where does the $3 go?

$3 from every First Edition set is shared equally, $1 each, between The Moreton Bay Foundation (The Bay), Wildlife Queensland Scenic Rim Branch (The Mountains) and Orange Sky Australia (The City).

What's the capsule made from?

Durable hard-shell ABS, the same family of material used for hard-shell luggage. It's made to be kept and reused long after the spirits are gone.

Can I take it on a plane?

Each bottle is 50 mL, under the 100 mL limit for liquids in cabin baggage. Liquids rules still apply at screening, so check with your airline and airport before you fly.

Can I send it as a gift?

Yes. Add the recipient's address at checkout and we'll deliver to that address.

Can I order for corporate gifts?

Yes. For orders of 10 sets or more we can place your own card inside each capsule. Contact us with your quantity and delivery date.

BNE Spirit Collection: First Edition 3 × 50 mL · The Bay, The Mountains, The City