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A tapas bar located within a busy hospitality and entertainment precinct has lodged an application to alter operations of its on-site micro gin distillery.

Buderim Distilling Co opened at 1/1-5 Ocean Street in August, offering a tapas menu to complement its drinks offering, which features gin and vodka that is distilled in-house.

The Maroochydore-based distillery uses hand-selected ingredients including citrus fruit, local mango, lemon myrtle leaves, spices, seeds and herbs to produce the small-batch spirits.

In December the company applied to Sunshine Coast Council for a material change of use to establish medium impact industry to allow it to distil alcohol for off-site distribution.

According to a planning report it would allow the existing 2m by 0.8m micro gin distillery to produce 2000 litres of alcohol per week, equating to 300 bottles, to be transported off the premises.

The application is now subject to public notification, which runs from January 13 to February 4.

Buderim Distilling Co has applied to distribute up to 300 bottles per week from its in-house micro distillery.

“The distillery will be operated by (one) staff member. Off-site distribution will be (one) van (per) week,” the report states.

“The proposed microbrewery will operate within the same operating hours as the remainder of Shop 1, ensuring that the noise generated will be in line with the existing operations and not cause greater noise impacts, or impacts outside of the current hours.

“As such, the proposed development will not cause any adverse impacts to the noise amenity of the surrounding area.”

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It is understood the area for the proposed microdistillery is already used to distil alcohol for use behind the on-site bar.

Buderim Distilling Co director Hayden Mokaraka said the application referred to a “minor alteration to the current plan” to reflect what the business was already doing on-site.

“Our primary business of bar and restaurant will remain the same, with the nano-distillery as ancillary only,” he told Sunshine Coast News.

The public can have their say on the application until February 4.

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