Bakery Hill Distillery :: Australian Single Cask, Single Malt Whisky

Funny how you try to keep a little obsession quiet and then one day it appears in the ‘Bulletin’ for all the world to read.

Eight years ago I insanely decided to import a left hand drive Austin Healey 3000 from the U.S. and spend a bit of time doing it up.

When purchased, the car was a real crock, a basket case, cost me an arm and a leg even in that condition but the obsession was off and running.

The point of no return was reached one Saturday with the car stripped down to every last nut and bolt spread from one side of my garage to the other. For accuracy please include under the house, down the sideway and in the kitchen. The good news was from this point the only way was up. Read more…

A change from Classic to Peated Malt, new barrels from the cooper. August was an interesting month.

Well we have been distilling upeated Classic malt now for about 6 months and the time has come to change to Peated Malt. I enjoy the new smells in the distillery when this happens, the rich odours of sea weed and tar seem to be everywhere. The first batch of malt has just arrived and just begs to be turned into wash.

Usually before a major changeover like this we run the still on water to thouroughly clean it out and ensure no transfer of odour or flavour. This gives the pot a good scrub down as well.

Any low wines and feints collected over the previous 6 months needs to be separated while the spirit tanks needs to be drained into fresh casks so the collection of peated malt can commence. Read more…