What is our history with alcohol? From convicts using booze instead of currency, to the colourful character who created the first cocktail in Australia, to the truth behind how much alcohol was actually involved in the Rum Rebellion, this episode follows the history of distilling in Australia all the way through to what sparked the Godfather of the modern craft distilling movement in Australia, Bill Lark, to get the first craft distilling license in over a century. Featuring: spirit industry veteran Chris Middleton,  historian David Hunt, acting curator of the Hyde Park Barracks Museum Melissa Flyte and the Godfather of Distilling Bill Lark.