January

Pom Passage
A.B.V. 4.5%

On the 18th January 1788, the first convict ship anchored in Botany Bay. A fleet of 11 ships had sailed from Portsmouth the previous May with 778 male & female convicts plus 550 officers, marines, crew and their families.

These petty criminals, never to return to Britain became the founders of modern Australia.

Conditions were tough in Britain at the time and it was even tougher down under, but look how things have changed over the last 225 years.

Hops used are Pacific Gem and Goldings.