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Rare Oak Barrel Aged Gin
Inspired by our Great (Great Great) Grandmother,
trying to escape her complications with the law changed her name, her town, her life.
She tried to earn an honest living. But times were tough, and fate is cruel.
After the death of her husband she lost not only her way, but her right eye at the hands of a drunken police officer.
With no options left, and 4 mouths to feed, she was forced into prostitution, becoming known as the Moll of Mulbring.
In constant pain and driven to drink she was once again distilling her own gin, providing bottomless carafes to her callers, inducing states of intoxication and stealing everything they had.
Police visits were frequent. Sometimes to question her, other times to ‘question’ her.
They never found the ill-gotten goods or the liters of illegally distilled gin storied in stolen whiskey barrels under the floorboards of the old family homestead.
They always came with accusations. They always left empty-handed. But they never left disappointed.
Leaden Hearts Rare Oak Barrel Aged Gin takes her original recipe & delivers it just as she did to the men she entertained.
Stored for 3 months in whiskey barrels on the same land she lived & died,
this gin is as one of a kind as the woman who inspired it.
In honour of her, all that she stood for, & all who share her unconquerable spirit,
this is for You.
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Description
Inspired By
Susana Reynolds
Year
1867 – 1956
Crimes
Prostitution. Theft. Armed Robbery. Illegal Distillation of Spirits. Fraud.
Spirit
Gin
Distilled
Smoke Bluegum
“Remember, someone’s always watching. You can do anything you want, however wicked—just make sure no one’s looking when you do it.”
Susana Reynolds was a woman shaped by hardship and forged by defiance. After her husband’s death, she sought an honest living but found only cruelty at the hands of the law. Her life turned darker when she lost her right eye to a drunken police officer’s rage. Stripped of options, she became known as the Moll of Mulbring, forced into prostitution to survive.
But Susana’s spirit was never one to bow. In pain and driven to drink, she took to distilling her own gin—a brew as potent and unrelenting as the woman herself. From beneath the old family homestead, she stored liters of illegally distilled gin in stolen whiskey barrels, hidden alongside the ill-gotten goods of her brazen schemes. She entertained scoundrels and scallywags with equal parts charm and cunning, getting them drunk and stripping them of all they had—pockets emptied, hearts stolen, and pride left behind.
The police came often. Sometimes to interrogate, sometimes for favors, but they never left empty-handed. And yet, despite their frequent visits, they never found her hidden treasures beneath the floorboards. Susana’s cleverness kept her one step ahead, her wry grin always daring the world to catch her.
Her living relatives still tell the tale of old Granny Reynolds, sneaking under the trapdoor every night and returning with two glasses of her moonshine gin. One she would drink. The other, she would place her glass eye in, turning to the children with a sly smile and saying:
“Remember, someone’s always watching. You can do anything you want, however wicked—just make sure no one’s looking when you do it.”
She died as she lived, unapologetically herself—sitting in her chair above the trapdoor, her glass eye resting in a tumbler of gin, forever watching.
Leaden Hearts Rare Oak Barrel Aged Gin is inspired by her infamous life and indomitable spirit. Aged for three months in whiskey barrels on the same land where she lived and died, this gin is as bold, cheeky, and one of a kind as Susana herself.
This gin is a tribute to the rogues, the daring, and those who face life’s hardships with a grin and a raised glass.
We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands where our stories were born, where our ancestors walked, and where our spirits find home. We honour the people whose lands hold the tools of our trade, where steel meets hand, where the work we do carries forward.
But it does not stop there.
Our work, our journeys, and our lives stretch across many Countries, guided by the wisdom of the land and the knowledge of those who have cared for it since time immemorial. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, to the knowledge keepers, the storytellers, and the custodians of culture.
Leaden Hearts is built on the belief that the past is not gone – it walks with us. Every road we take, every bottle we pour, every machine we restore is tied to the deep songlines of this Country. We walk gently, listen deeply, and give back where we can—because to live and work here is to carry a responsibility, one that stretches beyond us.
We acknowledge the sacred connection between people, land, and story, and we commit to honouring that connection in all that we do.
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