Hoochery Distillery
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| Industry | Manufacturing of distilled spirits |
| Founded 📆 | 1995 |
| Founder 👔 | Raymond Bernard Dessert III |
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| Products 📟 | Distilled spirits |
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| 🌐 Website | www |
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Hoochery Distillery is a farm-based microdistillery located in Kununurra, Western Australia, founded by Raymond Bernard "Spike" Dessert III. The distillery produces approximately 50,000 gallons of rum annually, and also produces gin, whiskey and liqueurs. It is the oldest continually operating legal distillery in Western Australia.[1]
History
California-born Dessert founded the Hoochery in 1995 as an outgrowth of the R.B. Dessert Seed Co., which he founded in 1986.[2] Interested in diversifying the farm business,[3][4] Dessert originally planned to open a "cellar door winery", but he opted to make rum because grapes aren't grown in the Ord River region and sugar cane is.[5] Dessert died in December 2017; his daughter, Kalyn Fletcher, now runs the company.
Production
Hoochery rums are produced from local sugar cane and molasses that is vat fermented on-site and distilled in a hand-built pot still.[6] Distillate is aged for two to 15 years in re-charred oak barrels. The distillery's flagship Ord River Rum was first offered for sale in 1999.[2] A range of seven-, 10-, and 15-year rums debuted in 2018,[7] named "Spike's Reserve" in honor of Dessert.[8]
Awards and recognition
In 2015, Ord River Rum Overproof won the gold medal in the Dark Rum - Premium category at the International Spirits Challenge.[9] In 2016, Ord River 10 Year Old Spike's Reserve Rum won the double gold medal for Extra-Aged Rum and Ord River Rum Overproof won the silver medal for Over-Proof Rum at the San Francisco World Spirits Championship.[10] In 2020, Ord River Rum Overproof won the gold medal for Overproof Rum - Dark at the Australian Distilled Spirits Awards.[11]
In 2019, the Australian Distilled Spirits Awards created the Raymond B “Spike” Dessert III Trophy for Champion Rum in Dessert's memory. The Hoochery's Ord River Rum Single Barrel Selection won the inaugural award, as well as the gold medal for Dark Overproof Rum.[12]
See also
References
- ↑ Dobihal, Leah. "Australia's Best Distilleries". Australia.com. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 De Kruijff, Peter (30 December 2017). "Last drinks for Spike: Hoochery legend whose rum sits on the shelves on Michelin-starred restaurants". The West Australian. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ↑ Edwards, Tom (25 April 2017). "Award-winning rum distillery puts remote Kimberley on global spirit-making map". ABC News. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ↑ The Hoochery in Kununurra with Spike Dessert on YouTube
- ↑ McLennan, Leah; Mills, Vanessa; Parke, Erin (15 December 2017). "Kimberley agricultural pioneer Spike Dessert, seed farmer and rum maker, dies at 73". ABC News. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ↑ Stephenson, Tristan (2020). The Curious Bartender’s Guide to Rum. Ryland Peters & Small. ISBN 9781788792387. Retrieved 17 February 2021. Search this book on
- ↑ Fowler, Courtney (30 May 2018). "Release of 15-year-old vintage rum a toast to Kimberley agricultural pioneer Spike Dessert". ABC Rural. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ↑ De Kruijff, Peter (22 May 2018). "Vintage rum honours life of champion". The West Australian. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ↑ "ISC Historical List of Winners". International Spirits Challenge. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ↑ "2016 Results by Brand" (PDF). San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ↑ "2020 Catalogue of Results" (PDF). Australian Distilled Spirits Awards. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ↑ Van Aken, Elise (26 April 2019). "Spike's spirit honoured at awards". The Kimberley Echo. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
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