Toast of the TOWN

Little Biddy was quite a woman. Small, courageous, pioneering – and the embodiment of West Coast spirit. Which pretty much describes the distillery responsible for the gin bearing her name.

We wouldn’t normally start a business profile with a history lesson… but trust us, this is key to explaining how and why Reefton Distilling Co. does what it does.

Bridget ‘Little Biddy’ Goodwin migrated from Ireland to New Zealand’s rugged West Coast in the 1860s. Life was tough, but she was tougher. This pipe-smoking, pickaxe-wielding, gin-toting, 4f tall rebel with a don’t-messwith- me demeanour prospected for gold – and more than a century and a half later, she and her ilk continue to inspire the