Melbourne’s own liqueurs were created by Eddie Baitz in 1946. Inspired by his father Clifford (who ran a Fitzroy wine bar and shop with celebrated vintner Samuel Wynn), Edward started experimenting with liqueurs back in his Melbourne High School days, and what started as an obsession with Benedictine became a quest for balance and invention. His first award for liqueurs was for Baitz Cherry Brandy in 1988, and it was followed by multiple trophies and medals, plus wilder and ever more ingenious liqueurs. Baitz Liqueurs is no longer owned and run by the Baitz family, but continues to be made in Melbourne and operated by our own family-run company, Alepat Taylor.