Xmas Gift Guide

Give the gift of light and not only will your friend / family member / colleague / staff love you for it, but so will Australian beekeepers, the planet and the worker bees here at Queen B.

The hamper contains:

• Black Label - Moonlights
• Black Label - Reversible Beehive Candle Holder (Brass)
• Bee Lights (Pack of 10)
• Dark Chocolate 72% cocoa - 100g bar

Packaged in a luxurious, black hamper box with black ribbon and a giant burlap bow.

*Dark Chocolate Ingredients: Roasted cocoa beans, cocoa butter, Bundaberg raw sugar.

Their dyes are colorfast and never bleed! Their dyes are also eco-friendly, certified azo-free, lead-free, and compliant with the German Safety Product Safety Act (ProdSG).

Why did we choose the Friendsheep brand to stock at Queen B?

• they're 100% NZ wool to the core.
  
  
• they're incredible quality and made from 100% pure New Zealand wool
  
  
• they're compostable at end of life and come in a gorgeous, organic cotton bag which is also completely recyclable and compostable
  
  
• Friendsheet plant one tree with every purchase of a Friendsheet product (via the Eden Reforestation Project)

We've dug into our archives to revisit some of our favourite designs from the past as a limited edition nod to our Limited Edition Maternal figures.

This hamper contains:

• A choice of:
  15cm Narrow Phoenix OR
  15cm Narrow Sunset OR
  15cm Narrow Renaissance
  
  
• A block of Spencer Cocoa chocolate (Milk or Dark)
  
  
• A Gift Card ready for you to write on or we can write it for you.

Packaged in a luxurious, black hamper box with a Queen B gift card.  Note, these are not those cheap collapsible boxes, these are beautiful, handmade rigid boxes made from textured black card with branding so subtle, any doyenne would know it was quality darling!

Our default chocolate is the incredibly decadent 72% cocoa Dark Chocolate from Spencer Cocoa.  If you would prefer White or Milk chocolate simply let us know in the Notes field during check out.

Let us know what to write on the card in the Notes field on checkout, or simply pick your favourite card and we'll pop it in your order blank inside.

Lucky you can write lots in the Notes field on checkout!

Dark Chocolate Ingredients: Roasted cocoa beans, cocoa butter, Bundaberg raw sugar.  Tasting Notes: Flavours of tropical fruits, tobacco, toffee, caramel and malt. Well-balanced bitterness, sweetness and tartness. Aromatic hints of rosewood, coffee and cherry.

Milk Chocolate ingredients: Roasted cocoa beans, cocoa butter, Bundaberg raw sugar, Australian full cream milk powder.  Tasting Notes: Relatively dark for a milk chocolate with a very pleasant (and moreish!) cocoa character. Flavours of caramel, toffee and vanilla.

White Chocolate ingredients: Bougainville cocoa butter, Bundaberg raw sugar, Australian full cream milk powder

Botanic Australis Gin with your selection of gorgeous candles:

• Botanic Australis Gin
  
• Queen B pure Australian beeswax 25cm Column OR 2 x Tosca candles with an aluminium candle holder valued at $25.00
  

Choose your favourite Queen B gift card and tell us in the Notes section when checking out what you'd like us to write on it and we'll send your hamper for you.

Botanic Australis Gin is a dry styled gin based on an original London dry gin recipe but with the original ingredients substituted for our own Australian native botanicals.  The structured blend allows it to stand out from any other gin on the market with it's unique herbaceous, floral taste.

Tasting Notes: A hint of juniper to start off and then the intensity of the other flavours startto come through.  Lemon, mint and then a boom of herbaceousness topped off by a peppery after note.

Awards
2020 Bronze Contemporary Style Gin - World Gin Awards
2015 Silver - Hong Kong International Wine and Spirits Competition
2015 Silver - Australian Distilled Spirits Awards
2014 Silver - Hong Kong International Wine and Spirits Awards
2014 Bronze - International Wine and Spirits Awards
2013 Gold - Gin Masters Packaging Design Competition (Design Masters)

40% ABV | 700 mL

Wanting to strike just the right balance between 

This extravagant hamper contains:

• A pair of Reversible Ripple Candleholders
  
  
• A box of 4hr Tealights in Clear Cups (to go in one side of the holders)
  
  
• A box of 12cm Tapers (to go in the other side of the holders)
  
  
• A jar of Miellerie honey from Tasmania (Prickly Box or Leatherwood)
  
  
• A block of Spencer Cocoa chocolate (Milk or Dark)
  

Packaged in a luxurious, black hamper box with a Queen B gift card. 

Our default for honey is the divine Tasmanian Prickly Box honey, but you can choose Leatherwood honey if you prefer.  Simply let us know in the notes field when going through checkout.

Our default chocolate is the incredibly decadent 72% cocoa Dark Chocolate from Spencer Cocoa.  If you would prefer White or Milk chocolate simply let us know in the Notes field during check out.

Let us know what to write on the card in the Notes field on checkout, or simply pick your favourite card and we'll pop it in your order blank inside.

Lucky you can write lots in the Notes field on checkout!

Dark Chocolate Ingredients: Roasted cocoa beans, cocoa butter, Bundaberg raw sugar.  Tasting Notes: Flavours of tropical fruits, tobacco, toffee, caramel and malt. Well-balanced bitterness, sweetness and tartness. Aromatic hints of rosewood, coffee and cherry.

Milk Chocolate ingredients: Roasted cocoa beans, cocoa butter, Bundaberg raw sugar, Australian full cream milk powder.  Tasting Notes: Relatively dark for a milk chocolate with a very pleasant (and moreish!) cocoa character. Flavours of caramel, toffee and vanilla.

White Chocolate ingredients: Bougainville cocoa butter, Bundaberg raw sugar, Australian full cream milk powder

Wanting to strike just the right balance between 

This extravagant hamper contains:

• A choice of Black Label Moonlights OR
  Black Label Reversible Beehive OR
  Black Label Mini-Marilyns
  
  
• A jar of Miellerie honey from Tasmania (Prickly Box or Leatherwood)
  
  
• A block of Spencer Cocoa chocolate (Milk or Dark)
  

Packaged in a luxurious, black hamper box with a Queen B gift card.  Note, these are not those cheap collapsible boxes, these are beautiful, handmade rigid boxes made from textured black card with branding so subtle, any doyenne would know it was quality darling!

Our default for honey is the divine Tasmanian Prickly Box honey, but you can choose Leatherwood honey if you prefer.  Simply let us know in the notes field when going through checkout.

Our default chocolate is the incredibly decadent 72% cocoa Dark Chocolate from Spencer Cocoa.  If you would prefer White or Milk chocolate simply let us know in the Notes field during check out.

Let us know what to write on the card in the Notes field on checkout, or simply pick your favourite card and we'll pop it in your order blank inside.

Lucky you can write lots in the Notes field on checkout!

Dark Chocolate Ingredients: Roasted cocoa beans, cocoa butter, Bundaberg raw sugar.  Tasting Notes: Flavours of tropical fruits, tobacco, toffee, caramel and malt. Well-balanced bitterness, sweetness and tartness. Aromatic hints of rosewood, coffee and cherry.

Milk Chocolate ingredients: Roasted cocoa beans, cocoa butter, Bundaberg raw sugar, Australian full cream milk powder.  Tasting Notes: Relatively dark for a milk chocolate with a very pleasant (and moreish!) cocoa character. Flavours of caramel, toffee and vanilla.

White Chocolate ingredients: Bougainville cocoa butter, Bundaberg raw sugar, Australian full cream milk powder

The perfect gift for when you're not quite sure what someone would choose from our extensive range of Australian made goodness... this $300 Gift Voucher allows them to choose a memorable gift from you.

We will email you the voucher for you to send on to your friend. 

If you'd like it made out to someone in particular (ie to have their name on it) please pop their name in the "Notes" field on checkout.

Wanting to strike just the right balance between 

This extravagant hamper contains:

• A pair of Reversible Ripple Candleholders
  
  
• A box of 4hr Tealights in Clear Cups (to go in one side of the holders)
  
  
• A box of 12cm Tapers (to go in the other side of the holders)
  
  
• A jar of Miellerie honey from Tasmania (Prickly Box or Leatherwood)
  
  
• A block of Spencer Cocoa chocolate (Milk or Dark)
  

Packaged in a luxurious, black hamper box with a Queen B gift card. 

Our default for honey is the divine Tasmanian Prickly Box honey, but you can choose Leatherwood honey if you prefer.  Simply let us know in the notes field when going through checkout.

Our default chocolate is the incredibly decadent 72% cocoa Dark Chocolate from Spencer Cocoa.  If you would prefer White or Milk chocolate simply let us know in the Notes field during check out.

Let us know what to write on the card in the Notes field on checkout, or simply pick your favourite card and we'll pop it in your order blank inside.

Lucky you can write lots in the Notes field on checkout!

Dark Chocolate Ingredients: Roasted cocoa beans, cocoa butter, Bundaberg raw sugar.  Tasting Notes: Flavours of tropical fruits, tobacco, toffee, caramel and malt. Well-balanced bitterness, sweetness and tartness. Aromatic hints of rosewood, coffee and cherry.

Milk Chocolate ingredients: Roasted cocoa beans, cocoa butter, Bundaberg raw sugar, Australian full cream milk powder.  Tasting Notes: Relatively dark for a milk chocolate with a very pleasant (and moreish!) cocoa character. Flavours of caramel, toffee and vanilla.

White Chocolate ingredients: Bougainville cocoa butter, Bundaberg raw sugar, Australian full cream milk powder

The perfect gift for when you're not quite sure what someone would choose from our extensive range of Australian made goodness... this $200 Gift Voucher allows them to choose a memorable gift from you.

We will email you the voucher for you to send on to your friend. 

If you'd like it made out to someone in particular (ie to have their name on it) please pop their name in the "Notes" field on checkout.

Combining two of our favourite loves this hamper contains:

• Hurdle Creek Still Aniseed Gin, 700ml
• Queen B pure Australian beeswax 25cm Column candle

Choose your favourite Queen B gift card and tell us in the Notes section when checking out what you'd like us to write on it and we'll send your hamper for you.

Hurdle Creek products are made and bottled on site in The Still House.  Their triple distilled base spirit is made from locally sourced grain using a traditional infusion mashing system which gives their gin a unique grain character. 

The juniper and a select blend of local and native botanicals - some of which are grown in their garden – are vapour infused into the spirit ensuing light, subtle flavours throughout their gins.

The Aniseed Gin 42%

The Hurdle Creek Still Aniseed Gin is a unique gin distilled from barley spirit, vapour infused with a balance between classic and aniseed botanicals.

A unique aniseed flavoured gin vapour infused with the traditional gin botanicals including juniper, coriander, angelica and cassia bark, with a blend of aniseed flavoured botanicals: aniseed, star anise, fennel, liquorice root and aniseed myrtle, fresh ginger and cinnamon myrtle.

Recipe ideas: G&T garnished with orange and sage, in long drinks with ginger beer and lime.

A great gift idea for to send to a lover of Queen B bee wax candles, but not sure what they would choose themselves? Send them a gift voucher, and let them choose their favourites. We'll send them a physical voucher with a gift card from you (please remember to tell us what you want us to write in the comments field when you check out).

Combining two of our favourite loves this hamper contains:

• Hurdle Creek Still Aniseed Gin, 700ml
• Queen B pure Australian beeswax 25cm Column candle

Choose your favourite Queen B gift card and tell us in the Notes section when checking out what you'd like us to write on it and we'll send your hamper for you.

Hurdle Creek products are made and bottled on site in The Still House.  Their triple distilled base spirit is made from locally sourced grain using a traditional infusion mashing system which gives their gin a unique grain character. 

The juniper and a select blend of local and native botanicals - some of which are grown in their garden – are vapour infused into the spirit ensuing light, subtle flavours throughout their gins.

The Aniseed Gin 42%

The Hurdle Creek Still Aniseed Gin is a unique gin distilled from barley spirit, vapour infused with a balance between classic and aniseed botanicals.

A unique aniseed flavoured gin vapour infused with the traditional gin botanicals including juniper, coriander, angelica and cassia bark, with a blend of aniseed flavoured botanicals: aniseed, star anise, fennel, liquorice root and aniseed myrtle, fresh ginger and cinnamon myrtle.

Recipe ideas: G&T garnished with orange and sage, in long drinks with ginger beer and lime.

The perfect gift for when you're not quite sure what someone would choose from our extensive range of Australian made goodness... this $250 Gift Voucher allows them to choose a memorable gift from you.

We will email you the voucher for you to send on to your friend. 

If you'd like it made out to someone in particular (ie to have their name on it) please pop their name in the "Notes" field on checkout.