When you grow a lot of sugar, you have a lot of waste product - molasses to be exact. And, as the sign on the roof at the Bundaberg Rum Factory says, "When life smothers you with molasses, make rum."
Since 1888, Bundaberg Distilling Company has been turning sugar by-product into rum at a staggering rate. We toured the facility and were stunned by the figures they reported: 300,000 bottles of rum bottled per
week; 15,000 cans of rum and coke packaged per
minute; 6 million liters of rum in vats.... This is one major operation.
Even though Bundaberg rum is famous, its mascot won our hearts - Bundy, the white bear. We tasted the rum, but mostly sought out the white bear souvenirs.
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| Bear felt a connection with Bundy! |
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What really blew us away was the queue that had formed in front of the plant. In honor of Bundy's 50th birthday, the Distillery is releasing a limited number of special bottles and several people will camp out for up to nine days for the right to purchase ONE bottle of this unique product. The lower the bottle number, the more valuable the prize. Good on 'em - as they say!
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| Rum fans in line for limited edition bottles. |
