About Hobart Whisky

WHO WE ARE

We are family-owned distillery, established in 2014, based in Hobart, Tasmania. Our philosophy is entirely based around making whisky for us, that we love, and want to share.

Despite being one of the first ten Tasmanian distilleries, we flew under the radar for quite a while, and in this time concentrated on making whisky.

Not all expressions are the same, and it’s important to us that everyone can drink them as we do. We hand bottle and label each release in our distillery with each bottle having its own identifying bottle number. Hobart Whisky bears testimony to our Tasmanian malted barley, fermented with style, gently distilled with grace, then sweetly rested in hand selected oak casks. Each small batch holds its own distinctive characteristics and signature.

PRODUCTION

While early distillations were done with wash from Moo Brew, our plan was always to be responsible for our own brewing. In 2017 we were able to set up our brewing and fermentation system which has been utilised since.

Production is done solely on a locally manufactured 1800L Knapp Lewer copper pot still. Each run is considered individually with cut decisions based purely on scent and taste.

For us it’s all about the perfect control of our product and telling a story.

OUR WHISKY

Early in our whisky journey we made the decision to mature predominantly in American oak ex-bourbon casks.

This decision was made for a number of reasons, primarily, the ex-bourbon gives us a great opportunity to impart our favourite flavours and characteristics in to the whisky, and secondly, we love ex-bourbon matured whisky which ties in to our ethos of making whisky we love.

We have found a lot of success in matured in ex-bourbon and then finishing in other casks including fortified and wine casks, among other things.

This allows us the ensure the whisky matures and is balanced without picking up too many tannins, being too cask driven yet youthful.

We do have various other casks that will go full term, however it’s yet to be seen how we will use these, they may yet be split and married with other casks to ensure we can make the perfect whisky, for us.

100% Tasmanian Malted Barley, brewed, fermented, and distilled a stone's throw from Hobart CBD.