Australian 12-year-old whisky

If the mention of whisky makes you think of Scotland, then you need to recalibrate your geography.

Hellyers Road Distillery is Australia's largest boutique distillery with the first flow of spirits taking place on 29 January 1999 and first product sales in 2006. The Distillery is located in pristine dairy farming country on the outskirts of Burnie in north-west Tasmania and is the only one of Tasmania’s nine major distilleries operating in this part of the State. It is a fully-owned subsidiary of Tasmania’s second largest milk-processing company, Betta Milk, and was established following deregulation of the Australian Dairy Industry in 1996.

Hellyers Road Distillery came about through the foresight of Laurie House, the former general manager of the milk business who today remains a company director. House took up the lead set by local industry pioneers Bill Lark and Patrick Sullivan to produce single malt whisky leveraging on Tasmania’s burgeoning reputation for producing high quality food and beverage. Eighteen years on, the vision of these men has proven to be inspirational with Tasmanian single malts quickly becoming a major force domestically and overseas.

Like Sullivans Cove, Hellyers Road has been heralded internationally for the quality of its whisky. At last year’s prestigious Whisky Live event in Paris the distillery’s Pinot Noir Finish variety was judged ‘Best New World Whisky’ in a series of blind tastings. In 2010 its peated variety was recognised by the Malt Whisky Association of Australia as the nation’s best single malt. In 2012 the distillery released its first aged statement whisky – 10 Year Original, and now it will release its 12 Year very soon.

The Burnie Visitor Centre attracts upwards of 25,000 people each year, many of whom take advantage of a fully interpreted ‘Whisky Walk’ which also offers the opportunity to pour and wax seal your very own ‘Distillers Choice’ single malt.

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