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Massacre of Gullys Run Shiraz Barrel Aged Gin
Inspired by our Great (Great Great) cousin, a woman since she was a child, wanted nothing more than a family.
A family which was the opposite to all she knew. A family to love. To stay together. To never leave.
She relocated with her husband to Gullys’ Run in the winter of 1889.
It was this year she lost 2 children to an unknown illness, her daughter disappeared, her son drowned & her husband’s chest was crushed under the weight of a horse in the back lot. Where others would have given up, she fought for her family.
Over the next few years, 2 men, her husbands, & 3 infants, her children, were issued death certificates.
It was by chance, an accident, that triggered an investigation & exhumation of 3 bodies; each uncovering traces of arsenic & strychnine.
She confessed she was ‘guilty to her deepest foundations’, & was hung in 1899,
yet it wasn’t until 1903 they discovered the vile truth of Gullys’ Run.
3 other men, 2 of her missing children, and 4 unknown other children were discovered in shallow graves under the floorboards of the old Gully’s Run homestead.
This was her family. Those she loved the most. A family that would stay together. That would never leave.
Leaden Hearts Massacre of Gullys Run Shiraz Barrel Aged Gin draws from her dark spirit, taking our Original Archive Gin, aging in charred shiraz barrels providing its unique flavor & color that hearken to a letter she wrote prior to her death addressed to her surviving child.
‘What’s sweet to look at, maybe black & rotten. What’s rotten & black, may indeed be sweet. But like me, you will never know what you are until it’s too late, my precious one. You are my everything. You are me. I will forever live in you.’
In honor of her, all she stood for, & all who share her dark spirit,
this is for You.
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Description
Inspired By
I. J. Gilbert
Year
1869 – 1899
Crimes
Theft. Confidence Schemes. Racketeering. Resisting Arrest
Spirit
Gin
Distilled
Smoke Bluegum
"Though my heart sought only to keep them close, in the end, I bound them in the silence of the earth. Forgive me, for my love was too heavy to bear.”
I.J. Gilbert wanted nothing more than a family. A family to love, to hold, to keep together—forever. In 1889, she moved to Gully’s Run with her husband, their dreams wrapped tightly against the winter chill. But the years that followed unraveled into darkness, as tragedy after tragedy tore through her life.
Two children lost to illness. A daughter vanished. A son drowned. Her husband, his chest crushed in a cruel accident. Yet through every loss, she remained—unyielding, steadfast, and desperate to hold her family together.
As the years passed, the death toll mounted: two more husbands, three more children. Whispers began to grow louder, suspicion finally catching up with her when a chance accident led to the exhumation of three bodies. Traces of arsenic and strychnine told the truth her grief-stricken face could not hide.
Under questioning, she confessed, calling herself “guilty to her deepest foundations.” She was hung in 1899, her crimes sealing her fate. Yet Gully’s Run had not yielded all its horrors. Four years later, the final chapter was unearthed: three men, two of her missing children, and four unknown children found buried beneath the floorboards of her home.
Her dream of a family had twisted into something unthinkable—a love so warped it sought to hold on at any cost. What she couldn’t protect in life, she preserved in death.
Leaden Hearts Massacre of Gully’s Run Shiraz Barrel Aged Gin draws from the spirit of her story, aged in charred shiraz barrels to achieve its hauntingly rich color and complex flavor. Sweet yet bitter, bright yet shadowed, it’s a gin that reminds us of her chilling words, written from prison to her only surviving child:
“What’s sweet to look at, may be black and rotten.
What’s rotten and black, may indeed be sweet.
But like me, you will never know until it’s too late, my precious one.”
This gin is a tribute to the fragility of love, the madness of grief, and the haunting echoes of those who could not let go.
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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