Huge news! Launceston Distillery is now available in France through Premium Craft Spirits. They have a selection on hand of the whole range ready to be rolled out across the country. Keep an eye out across the home of Champagne, Cognac and all things French as Launceston Distillery rolls out across the fine country of […]
𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆! Our Bourbon Cask NCS five year old single cask 62.6% by That Boutique-y Whisky Company. An international whisky company that tours the world looking for the best whisky makers in all corners of the globe. Boutique-y purchase casks they think are great direct from the distillery […]
Introducing our Tasmanian Whisky Week 2021 release, the Launceston Distillery Muscat cask finish at 55% abv. Created in partnership with our friends on the Tamar River, Holm Oak Vineyards. Each year we receive an allocation of French Oak barrels that Holm Oak have used to age their muscat fortified wine. We then refill them at Launceston Distillery to mature […]
This years awards were held in late 2020. We submitted our three regular 46% whiskies, bourbon cask matured, apera cask matured and tawny cask matured into the unpeated whisky category. Each of the three achieved a Silver Award, which is categorised as being an “excellent” whisky. (View the results here) There was only one Gold […]
This year our whiskies again achieved high praise from Jim Murray: Batch H17-11, Apera 46%: 89.5 pts out of 100, (Very good to excellent), “Quite a statement whisky!” Batch H17-12: Tawny 63%: 94 pts out of 100, (Superstar), “A fruity but beautifully measured delight” Batch H17-13, Tawny 46%: 88.5 pts out of 100, (Very good […]
During Whisky Week 2017, we teamed up with the Tasmanian Whisky Academy and hosted “Secrets of the Art”, in Hangar 17. Over the day, the participants learnt how we established the Distillery and were shown how our whisky is made. This included filling a small Tawny cask with new make spirit that was distilled that […]
Our first release using peated malted barley has been bottled and is now available. Using Scottish peated barley, which was brewed, fermented and distilled at Hangar 17, the distilled new make spirit was matured in small American Oak bourbon casks for 2 ½ years. During the vatting process, some whisky which was matured in French […]
We are very proud to be supporting the Mawson’s Hut Foundation with their projects to conserve the huts erected by Sir Douglas Mawson at cape Denison in Antarctica. Australia’s greatest Polar explorer Sir Douglas Mawson led the 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE).They built and used what are now known as Mawson’s Huts at Cape Denison […]
We are pleased to have created a special release exclusively for The Whisky Club. This whisky was originally matured in small 20 L apera casks, then they were decanted and married together before being aged for a further period in Muscat casks from the Holm Oak Vineyard. The whisky was then bottled at cask strength […]
The Tasmanian Collection The Second Release of “The Tasmanian Collection” is now available. Matured whisky from fourteen distilleries, including Sulivans Cove, Lark, Overeem, McHenry, Old Kempton, Corra Linn, Nant, Spring Bay, Adams, Hobart Whisky, Hellyers Road, Iron House, Killara, and also from us at Launceston Distillery, was blended together to produce 236 bottles at 52.5% ABV, […]
At the 2019 Australian Distilled Spirits Awards in March, both our single malt whisky matured in apera casks (batch H17-05 ) and in tawny casks (H17-06) received silver awards.
In 2016 we filled a small tawny cask to support the work of RSPCA Tasmania in helping animals in need. The cask has now matured and 48 bottles of the limited edition at 46% alcohol were produced (500 mL each). These bottles are now available at our shop or at the Distillery for $250 each, […]
