A bumper quandong harvest in the south of Western Australia helped by record breaking summer rainfall earlier this year has sparked something rather unique — boutique quandong booze.

The quandong is a crimson red native fruit, a member of the sandalwood family, that grows throughout much of southern Australia.

And with some fruit this year being the size of 'golf balls' local liquor barons are getting creative.

In Albany, what is believed to be the first ever quandong beer has been brewed and in Margaret River a local distiller has tried his hand at a quandong gin.

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