The first barrel of Bundaberg rolled out of the distillery in 1888. Production ceased from 1907 to 1914 and from 1936 to 1939, after two catastrophic fires which devastated the plant, the second of which spilled much of the distillery's inventory into the nearby Burnett River. Centenary Vat 100 is drawn and assembled from precious old stocks of Australia's finest Rum to celebrate 100 years of Bundaberg. Urban myth surrounding Vat 100 Centenary suggests that it was withdrawn from circulation and that any surviving bottles are a rarity.