You may have seen over the past few weeks, Laurie Schmeider, who coopers our barrels on-site at Waubs Harbour, has been quietly hard at work, creating a custom made cigar humidor to preserve the freshness & flavour of our cigars here at the distillery.

Today marked the final unveiling of the humidor and wow.. What a work of art it is!

“The main part of the box is made out of rare Brazilian Mahogany, laminated with French Oak staves and it’s been grain matched around the box..” - Laurie

Each piece of wood was run through the Thicknesser, before letting the wood settle before beginning to assemble the humidor.

“(For the lid) we’ve decided to go for a thinner, even rail all around the outside with a recessed glass panel.” - Laurie

Inside, sits the hydrometer and humidity chamber to maintain optimum conditions for our cigars, with Brazilian Mahogany inserts for the cigars and accessories.

“Outstanding mate. You can never capture this as well on film as it is in person. Even better than we expected, planned or dreamed.” - Co-Founder Tim

A huge thank you to @_l.schmeider_ for his care, precision and many, many hours that have gone into making something truly special. This will certainly take pride of place at the distillery.

And just in time for the launch of our maritime take on a cigar malt whisky… Limited Release Port Royal coming Wednesday! Our incredible email community will receive priority access to this special release at 7pm AEST for one hour or until sold out.

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