Queensland Rum Day is being celebrated on the 25th October 2025.

After the incredible success of the inaugural QLD Rum Day held on 28th October 2023 and last years QLD Rum Day held on 2nd November 2024.

QLD Rum Day’s vision is to become Australia’s most celebrated spirit day with a mission to highlight and support the richness and diversity of distilleries and rums produced across QLD.

When the hard-working makers of Queensland's very best rums got chatting over a rum or two, they asked themselves the obvious question, "Mate, how good would a blend of each of our rums taste?"

A limited-edition blend created in celebration of Queensland Rum Day.

Rum made from sugar cane nourished by Queensland sunshine and rain. It's the Australian Spirit.

Please raise your glass to Queensland Rum and drink it your favourite way. We love it over ice topped with ginger beer and freshly cut lime.

This year the Founders of The Rum Consortium - Bundaberg Rum, Beenleigh Rum, Nil Desperandum Rum and Kalki Moon – are joined by Guest Distillery Burdekin Rum to help craft a new rum collaboration that is potentially a World or Australian first.

To ensure that QLD Rum Day continues to build momentum Beenleigh, CAVU and Kalki Moon Distilleries will be holding events at their respective distilleries with activations happening at Burdekin Rum and Bundaberg Rum.

Please get in touch with Kalki Moon, Nil Desperandum, Beenleigh Rum, Burdekin Rum or Bundaberg Rum directly for more information about what is happening at their distillery for QLD Rum Day.

Yes. There is no restriction on the amount of bottles purchased.

All bottles will be number 1 of 5280 bottles.

$119.00 is the RRP for a bottle of The Rum Consortium limited release.

We can only set a recommended retail price. Retailers are then able to set the price that they would like to sell the product for.

A small number of 200ml bottles have been made for promotional purposes. However they will not be for sale Kalki Moon, Nil Desperandum, Beenleigh Rum, Burdekin Rum or Bundaberg Rum.

The limited-edition The Rum Consortium release for 2025 will go on sale at 10.00am on Tuesday 21st October from the Kalki Moon, Nil Desperandum Rum, Beenleigh Rum, Burdekin Rum and Bundaberg Rum websites until allocations have been sold out. Rum Consortium bottles purchased on these websites will not be dispatched until Monday 27th October.

The 2025 Rum Consortium will also be available for purchase from the Kalki Moon, Nil Desperandum, Beenleigh Rum, Burdekin Rum and Bundaberg Rum distilleries from 10.00am on Saturday 25th October (QLD Rum Day).

To find out more about the sales process for these bottles, please visit the respective websites of the distilleries involved.

This batch of The Rum Consortium will not be available from other retailers

Born from the spirit of collaboration, this small-batch Queensland rum is the coming together of five distilleries united by creativity and craftsmanship. Using both molasses and fresh-pressed sugarcane juice it captures the rich agricultural heritage of the Sunshine State.

Fermented with both wild and cultured yeasts and distilled and matured across Queensland before being artfully and skilfully blended, the result is a truly unique expression: this is a rum of place, diversity, and depth.

Bottled at 40% ABV with no added sugar it is a limited-edition release that speaks to Queensland’s terroir and passion for exceptional rum.

The limited-edition The Rum Consortium release for 2024 is a blend of rums from Kalki Moon, Nil Desperandum, Beenleigh Rum, Burdekin Rum and Bundaberg Rum of varying ages between 2 and 12 years.

Since 1906 “Queensland Rum” is defined by Australian law as a spirit of at least 37% ABV obtained by the distillation in Queensland and maturation in Queensland by storage in wood for at least 2 years of a fermented liquor derived from the products of sugar cane, being distillation carried out in such a manner that the spirit possesses the taste, aroma and other characteristics generally attributed to rum. Queensland Rum is most commonly made from molasses but can also be made from sugar cane juice, sugar cane syrup and sugar.

Yes. The Rum Consortium release for 2025 will only available for a limited time until sold out.

Approximately 5280 700ml bottles of The Rum Consortium release for 2025 have been produced.

Burdekin is another great QLD Rum producer. For this collaboration they have taken their multi-award winning Vintage Cane Spirit and held it in their signature PX casks for another 12 months, to craft a rich and bold cane rum. This adds a heady scent of mixed spice and toffee to the nose of the 2025 Rum Consortium Blend, combined with traditional bright and grassy cane notes. The Burdekin cane rum adds another Queensland layer to an already unique spirit.

A great question. Please watch this space.

A great question. Please watch this space.

A glowing medium gold, shimmering with warmth and promise.

Rich and layered with cooked brown sugars, toffee, and molasses, lifted by notes of maple syrup and caramelised crème brûlée. Beneath, ripe banana and roasted pineapple mingle with the darker fruit tones of fig and dates, all dusted with a hint of baking spice.

Beautifully dry yet full of flavour, the rum opens with classic Queensland molasses character, evolving into waves of banana bread, toffee apple, and dried orange peel. Juicy tropical notes of ripe pawpaw, dried mango, and soft stone fruit weave through the mid-palate influenced by Queensland cane juice, rounded out by an earthy complexity of hazelnut and walnut.

The elegant mouthfeel is smooth and textural with a long and lingering finish