Tasmania Distillery

The Distillery

Winner of the 'Small Business Award' category of -the Tasmania Export Awards

Tasmania Distillery was established in 1994 on the banks of the River Derwent at Sullivans Cove, the site where the British planted their flag and began to build the settlement that became the City of Hobart, Australia’s second oldest city. The distillery named the whisky it produced ‘Sullivans Cove’ to acknowledge the history of the site and the place it was distilled. The first distillations commenced in 1995 and its single pot still has continued to operate ever since. Over the years production continued and with a change of ownership in 2003 the barrelled whisky, still and equipment was relocated to Cambridge, a quiet village on the outskirts of Hobart. The pot still was put back into production and is yielding up to 120 x 200 litre casks of new fill whisky spirit per year. The Sullivans Cove Single Malt bottled today is selected from only the best barrels and each bottle is filled and labelled by hand. No chill filtering, colours or flavours are used. Being a small but growing company our strength results from an emphasis on quality rather than volume which is only possible due to the ownership structure. Unlike many other companies today producing premium quality single malt whisky, Tasmania Distillery is not part of a global corporation but is owned by a small group of dedicated, enthusiast businessman and distillers. Our Sullivans Cove single malt is rare and hard to find but when you do, I hope you appreciate its unique Australian flavours. It is different to the rest.

The Distiller

Patrick Maguire

We offer our premium product in three varieties to suit the individual pallet and taste. PURITY: Brewed and distilled using only Tasmanian barley and soft pure water. QUALITY: A hand crafted whisky with unique Australian characteristics, no colours or flavours are used. INDIVIDUALITY: Our distillers like their whisky to be as individual as they are. Each bottle of whisky is drawn from a single or a limited number of casks in the case of the double cask. As each cask offers a unique flavour and colour characteristic you can expect to find variances from one bottling to the next. REALITY: As chill or plate filtering is not a part of our process you may find sediment or suspended cloud-like translucent tufts in the whisky. This is known as flocking and is a normal, natural flavour and colour component of the whisky. Flocking occurs when the whisky is stored at low temperatures resulting in some of the particles falling out of suspension. If the whisky is returned to room temperature and shaken, the particles go back into suspension and disappear. The presence of flocking is an indication you have a genuine, full flavoured and naturally produced single malt whisky of the highest quality.

Stats + Links

Location : Tasmania, Australia
Distillery Manager : Patrick Maguire
Tasting Room : Yes

Website : Tasmania Distillery

What They Say!

World Whiskies Awards 2011 Winner of – Best Rest of the World – 12 years old and under 10 year old Sullivans Cove American oak ex-bourbon cask bottling
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Expert Ratings Jim Murray's Whisky Bible – Sullivans Cove Bourbon Maturation Cask No. HH0274 - 95/100
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