The Whisky academy’s Foundations of Distilling in January 2019 kicked off the Summer Season in Tasmania this year. A lively crew from around Australia visited The Academy to get the low down on the sorts of things they need to think about, prepare for and undertake as they embark on…
We reckon Australian distillers have something unique on the Scots, but we still want to see where Uisge Beatha (The Water of life) originated. Join us in Scotland in June. When we were planning if we had to ask ourselves what would happen if: You take 10 whisky-loving people from Australia…
Tasmania’s Whisky Week provided a great chance for nine of our best whisky mates to join us for a behind the scenes look at Hangar 17 – the Launceston Distillery near Evandale. The crew arrived to a fresh August morning, welcomed by Distiller Chris Condon, whisky business partner Chris Byrne,…
The success of the Tasmanian Whisky Academy and our courses is forged on the back of an amazing and supportive distilling industry in Tasmania. Quite frankly. Without the help of the people in the industry in Tasmania the chance for people to connect with the knowledge here would be pretty…
We get asked (a lot) why they should do a whisky course and what students should expect to get out of doing The Academy’s Introduction to Distilling. Besides being great fun, where you get to meet distillers and talk about whisky, there’s a lot of benefit our students get from…
If you’re thinking of joining us for the Intro to Distilling this might help you decide!