MONTHLY RELEASES

Every month we release a new limited release spirit, available until sold out. Try them before they're gone...

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Granddad Jack always had a special bottle tucked away for the right occasion. It was never something you could find just anywhere, it was a story waiting to be told. This subscription is our way of sharing those one-of-a-kind stories with you, straight from our distillery doors. Join the inner circle and get our most exclusive creations delivered once a month. This isn't the stuff that sits on the shelf; this is where we experiment, get inspired by the seasons, and bottle our boldest ideas. Each release is a small-batch spirit or liqueur we’re only making once. No filler, no repeats, just one-off liquid legends made to be collected, savoured, and shared. What You Get Each Month: One Bottle, Once a Month: A new, 500ml handcrafted limited release that you won’t find anywhere else. Front of the Line Access: You get it before anyone else, if it ever gets a wider release at all. The Full Story: Each bottle comes with collectible tasting notes and the tales behind its creation. Subscriber Perks: Enjoy early access to re-releases, secret sales, and surprise bonuses throughout the year. The Details: $95 per month. Your card is charged on the 1st of the month, and your bottle ships mid-month. Pause or cancel anytime, no questions asked. Because the best stories are the ones you can’t get anywhere else. Stickydate Brandy - All orders will be processed on the 1st of June 2026.
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Stickydate Brandy $95.00
Style: Brandy  |  ABV: 35%  |  Size: 500 ml  |  Standard Drinks: 13.8 Limited Release: Match made in heaven. Sticky date and brandy have been finding each other on Australian tables for fifty years. We just stopped pretending they were two separate decisions and put them in the same bottle. A 35% ABV brandy made from flood-rescued wine, two years in a Pedro Ximenez sherry barrel, then steeped with dates and house-made pecan brittle. Vanilla, caramel and sticky date pudding on the nose. The third course you pour instead of plate. 252 bottles. One-off. When they're gone, that's it. Some pairings are inevitable Pudding goes on the plate, brandy comes off the shelf. One on the way, one already there. This one just lives in the same bottle now. It's a familiar move for us; Peachy Gin, Pavlova Gin, Apple Pie and Christmas Pudding have all come before it. Our head distiller Luke has a sweet tooth and a long memory for the desserts you grew up with, and the line between dessert and drink has been narrowing here for years. A longer story than usual The brandy at the base of this bottle started as wine. A wine recovered from bottles damaged in the 2021 Brisbane floods. Luke distilled it into spirit and rested it for two years in a Pedro Ximenez sherry barrel. By the time it came out it was already oaky and bold, with a touch of deep red fruit. Then we got the dates out. Pitted dates and house-made pecan brittle, steeped in the brandy for a week, then cooked down with brown sugar, vanilla and cinnamon into a dark, velvety syrup and folded back in. Two more weeks of rest. Then bottled. What it tastes like Nose Vanilla, caramel and sticky date pudding. Palate Sticky date pudding with a sophisticated oaky finish. The PX sherry barrel keeping the sweetness honest underneath. Finish Long, warm, slightly buttery. The kind of close that asks for one more. Three ways to drink it The Short — 30ml over ice, dehydrated orange slice. Start here. The Long — 30ml topped with Long Rays Dark Soda, dehydrated orange slice. Sunday afternoons were invented for this. Sticky Business — our signature serve: 45ml with spiced brown sugar syrup, a touch of triple sec, vanilla bean ice cream foam, grated nutmeg and a shard of pecan brittle on the side. (At home: swap the triple sec for orange bitters or a splash of OJ, and the foam for a little cream.) All recipes can be found here: Stickydate Brandy Recipes: Cocktails, Sticky Date Pudding & Pecan Brittle Where to find it Online here, at the Distillery Door (45 Lemana Lane, Miami, Gold Coast), and from 16 June at Granddad Jack's Bar Experience in Newcastle. 252 bottles. We are not running a second batch. Some bottles only get to happen once. Look out Sara Lee. Take a break, Mum. We've got this sorted.
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Elderflower Liqueur $95.00
Style: Liqueur |  ABV: 25%  |  Size: 500 ml  |  Standard Drinks: 9.88Limited Release: A wildflower caught and bottled over two weeks, only while in bloom.    Elderflower Liqueur is our 2026 May limited release. Hand-crafted on the Gold Coast across the brief fortnight that wildflower blooms. Fresh elderflower, de-stemmed by hand because there is no other way. Rested in our Penny Vodka. Finished with fresh lemon and a touch of local honey. Soft, floral, beautifully bright, and built around a season that doesn’t hang around. Pour it over ice with sparkling apple. Shake it into a margarita. Open it for the long lunch. One hundred and ninety-one bottles. When they’re gone, so is the flower. We’re not making another batch. The flowers won’t let us. TASTING NOTES Nose: Honey blossom and a flicker of fresh passionfruit. Underneath, the elderflower itself: warm, soft, slightly green, the smell of a flower that doesn’t hang around for very long. Palate: Rounded sweetness arrives first. Honey, then the floral lift of the elderflower. A bright zing of fresh lemon peel and juice cuts through the centre and refuses to let it turn syrupy. Finish: Citrus closes it cleanly. The floral hangs around longer than you’d expect. The way good company does. BOTANICALS Fresh elderflower (the wildflower itself, hand de-stemmed) · Fresh lemon peel · Fresh lemon juice · Local honey · White sugar BEST SERVED The Wildflower: 45ml over ice, topped with sparkling apple or grapefruit juice. The simplest pour. Start here. Eldies Gin Margarita: 30ml Elderflower Liqueur, 30ml Two Pencils Gin, 20ml Lime, 5ml Agave. Shake. Don’t skip the shake. We are watching. The Long Lunch Jug: a table-side jug of Elderflower, Gin, lemon and soda, with wheels of lemon and cucumber. Built for an afternoon you do not want to leave. PERFECT FOR: Spritz drinkers and aperitif lovers · Floral and herbal cocktail fans (anyone who has opinions about Lillet, St-Germain or Chartreuse) · People who buy honey from the local market and feel slightly smug about it · The customers who’ve been asking us about elderflower for years (we kept a list, and we have not forgotten) Limited release. Made in small batches. Once it's gone, it's gone.
Pink on Pink Gin 2026 $95.00
Style: Gin |  ABV: 37.5%  |  Size: 500 ml  |  Standard Drinks: 15Limited Release: Released just once a year. This is the one people wait for.   The Pink on Pink Gin 2026 is our annual seasonal release crafted in honour of the women who shape us, back us, and keep us in line when we need it most. Soft, floral and citrus-driven, with a natural pink hue that comes straight from the pomegranate. No shortcuts and no colouring. This year's batch is infused with Pink Lady Apples, Watermelon, Strawberries, Rhubarb, Pomegranate, Pink Grapefruit, and a solid backbone of Juniper. Balanced between sweet and tart, it's dangerously easy drinking. 🌸 Naturally pink thanks to the pomegranate, not a bottle of food colouring 🌸 Sweet, tart, soft and floral, it's built to be poured over ice and enjoyed slowly 🌸 One release, once a year. When it's gone, it's gone Whether you're buying it for yourself, for her, or for anyone worth celebrating, this is the good stuff. Pour generously. TASTING NOTES Nose: Fresh and floral. Ripe strawberry and watermelon drift in first, followed by a lifted pink grapefruit citrus note. Soft rhubarb adds gentle tartness underneath. Palate: Rounded and beautifully balanced. Pink Lady Apple leads with natural sweetness, met by juicy watermelon and a streak of rhubarb that keeps things lively. Pomegranate adds depth mid-palate, with juniper grounding the whole thing. Finish: Clean, softly sweet, with a lingering citrus warmth and a faint floral trail. BOTANICALS Pink Lady Apple, Watermelon, Strawberry, Rhubarb, Pomegranate, Pink Grapefruit, Juniper 🌸 Designed, distilled, and bottled in-house by our family distillery You can enjoy one of our signature cocktails at the Gold Coast Tasting Room or make it at home with these recipes. 
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Welcome to Granddad Jack's

GOLD COAST DISTILLERY

Granddad Jack's Craft Distillery is the Gold Coast's first and only craft Gin, Vodka, Whiskey & Liqueur distillery located just two minutes walk from North Burleigh beach.

We have proudly won over 100 international and national prestigious awards for our spirits and distillery bars since opening in August 2018 and invite you to join us on a distillery tour or casual visit of our distillery bar and tasting room to try for yourself.

Production is on full show to visitors and tours are available over the weekend. We host a private distillery experience each week where you can make your own bottle of gin and enjoy an evening sipping and making gin with our Head Distiller.

We're family-friendly, dog friendly and within walking distance of some amazing local breweries & eateries, so you can make a day of it when you visit our Gold Coast distillery and bar.

Walk-ins welcome, bookings recommended.

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BAR EXPERIENCE

Granddad Jack's Craft Distillery presents it's very first Australian Bar Experience located in the heart of Hunter Street, Newcastle.

We invite you to come, sit down and enjoy a drink in your home away from home.

This is a small, city bar with limited seating. Book a table, or chance it with a walk-in.

Open Tuesday to Saturday every week.

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GRANDDAD JACK

Founded by the father and son team, David & Luke Ridden, Granddad Jack's Craft Distillery came about from a trip to the USA. The pair discovered and enjoyed community-centric bars that cultivated a sense of community, uniqueness and belonging. With a passion for craft spirits, the trip cemented the idea of launching a neighbourhood-based distillery in honour of their grandfather, Granddad Jack, a man known for his resilience, loyal friendship, integrity, and hard work.

Granddad Jacks Craft Distillery is inspired by his story and driven by the same old-fashioned values and ethos he went through life with.

With an award-winning craft distillery on the Gold Coast in Queensland, a bar experience in Newcastle, New South Wales and international expansion into New Zealand, Singapore, Norway, Japan, China, Malaysia, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland and North America, our Australian handcrafted spirits are being enjoyed around the world.

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