The Whiskey Reviewer does not hold an annual awards panel. Yet we are also focused on all things whiskey, have a team of contributors, and because of those three points we have an unusual way of doing what are our de facto awards. Instead of handing out medals or drawing up a conglomerated list, every member of the team gets ...

The latest release from Hellyers Road Distillery merges the hallmark flavors of the distillery’s flagship American Oak profile (ex-bourbon) with French Oak (ex-Port) to deliver a unique addition to the range. The marrying of a special, triple distilled spirit, aged 12 years in American Oak, with a port matured single malt conjures a beautifully smooth single malt whisky bottled at ...

Sullivan’s Cove is planning to make a handful of brand extensions in coming years, and the first is to be Sullivans Cove American Oak Tawny, a single cask whisky. This whiskey comes from a single American oak cask that was previously used to age tawny (Australian port style) fortified wine. This differs from the traditional Sullivans Cove American Oak release, ...

Don’t Call Tasmania A Whisky Newcomer, Because They’ve Been Making It For A Generation By Richard Thomas In Tasmania, Lady Jane Franklin is known as one of the Australian island’s pioneers. However, she was also an enthusiastic supporter of the Temperance movement, famously declaring in 1838 that she “would prefer barley be fed to the swine than used to turn ...

By Emma Briones Rating: A- Australian whisky is blooming from its start in the 1990s. Nowadays there are many distilleries, most having adapted the Scottish way of whisky-making, and these are the ones to watch in the future. Hellyers Road, located in the north-west of Tasmania, is one of these distilleries. Founded in 1999, it has become the best-selling locally ...