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Destination Cellars had an adventure in gin exploration on Friday evening October 2nd in the beautiful surrounds of Hadleys Orient Hotel.

Here is the tasty line up of gins:

1. Poltergeist Navy Strength Gin – Tasmania – Shene Distillery

2. Mountain Goat Hopped Gin – Melbourne – Mountain Goat Brewery/Distillery

3. Cadenhead's Old Raj Dry Gin – UK – WH Cadenheads

4. Levantine Gin – Tel Aviv, Israel – Milk & Honey Distillery

5. Levantine Oak Aged Gin  – Tel Aviv, Israel – Milk & Honey Distillery

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The celebration of Destination Cellars five year anniversary! On Friday 25th of September at 7.30pm we celebrated in style alongside the distillers we collaborated with, in the Collins Room at the RACV Hobart Hotel.

These are the whiskies that were created for this occasion:

  • Sullivans Cove Double Cask Single Malt Whisky, 700ml, 47.6% ABV
  • Overeem Port Cask Single Malt Whisky, 700ml, 62,2% ABV
  • Lark Port / Muscat Cask Single Malt Whisky, 500ml, 48.0% ABV
  • Hobart Whisky Ex-Bourbon & Ex-Oloroso Sherry Cask Single Malt Whisky, 500ml, 61.3% ABV
  • Tasmanian Independent Bottlers RD0028 Single Malt Whisky
    • Old Kempton Sherry Cask, 500ml 62.5%
    • Old Kempton Sherry Cask, 500ml 50.0%

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A Tasmanian Whisky Event

Heartwood & Tasmanian Independent Bottlers teamed up again with Destination Cellars for an evening of great drams and erudite banter from Mr H in person in the beautiful surrounds of RACV Hobart Hotel on Thursday August 20th. 

Here's a line up to make you salivate:

1. You will get the first look at the latest release of the TIB Vatted Malt #4 at 49.9% abv Hot off the bottling line, Mr H has produced this "imminently slurpable" unique blend of three singe malts produced at Australian distilleries. This vatting was constructed from three separate casks that all previously held sherry. Bottled at 49.9%

2. TIB Vatted Malt #3 at 49.6% abv consisting of two ex-Sherry casks from 'a Renowned NSW Distillery', & a splash of peated ex-Sherry cask from local Adams Distillery. 

3. TIB Fleurieu Distillery Release 2 FL0011 Sherry Cask Single Malt Whisky  49.2% - a beautiful Sherried whisky - a huge hit when it was released last year, another whisky from the archives!

4. Heartwood ‘Don’t @#$%&* it up, Son’! Cask Strength Vatted Malt Whisky - Junior H's first crack under the Heartwood brand, Louis Duckett (Tim Duckett’s son) & it's a beauty! It consists of the first Tokay cask filled by Lark + some younger sherried whisky and the tiniest bit (‘0.003%) of youthful peated whisky. Bottled at 59.65%abv

5. Heartwood ?? "Special new release" you will get to be the first people to taste a new Heartwood release from Mr H. His generosity knows no bounds. 

TIB is run by local alchemist Tim Duckett (aka Mr H), producer of the famed high- octane Heartwood brand, who has created TIB to offer a more gentle style of whisky with less 'mongrel' than the Heartwood releases. Heartwood has won countless awards on some of the most prestigious whisky stages over the past decade and TIB is now following suit.

He sources spirit from Tasmania, mainland Australia, and New Zealand based on its texture and flavour profile. It is then matched to a specific barrel type. Currently they have selected 15 barrel types for maturation of the spirit including:
Sherry, Port, Bourbon, Muscat, Botrytis, Virgin oak, Re-educated 2nd fill, Rum, Bourbon Rum, Sherry Rum, Tokay, PX, Rye, Whisky beer. Also they will have oats, rye, & apple spirit. Exciting times.

TIB Awards: The Wizards of Whisky World Whisky Awards 2019 Australasian Producer of the Year 2019 Tasmanian Independent Bottlers. 2018 Independent Bottlers Challenge Winner.

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Redbreast Online Whiskey Event July 29th 2020

Destination Cellars joined forces with one of Ireland's most awarded whiskies, cracking some great Redbreast drams from their multi award winning range with Brand Specialist Jonathan Minihan.

Here is the Redbreast whiskey line-up:

1. 12 Year Old - Boasts the flavour complexity and distinctive qualities of Single Pot Still whiskey. Matured in a combination of bourbon and sherry casks, the distinctive Redbreast sherry style is a joy to behold in each and every bottle

2. Lustau - A unique collaboration between the Bodegas Lustau and the Midleton Distillery, Redbreast Lustau Edition is made from a mash of malted and unmalted barley and then triple distilled in copper pot stills. Having spent its final maturation journey in casks seasoned with the finest Oloroso Sherry in the Bodegas Lustau, the result is the ultimate sherried style of Redbreast.

3. 12 Year Old Cask Strength - Massive richness & full of complexity, showcasing the possibilities of Single Pot Still whiskey. Matured in a combination of ex-bourbon and sherry casks, this whiskey has an incredibly silky texture and is one to be savoured and remembered.

4. 15 Year Old - Redbreast 15 is comprised exclusively of Pot Still whiskeys matured in the finest oak casks for no less than 15 years. A careful balance of first fill and refill casks accentuates the assorted spices within Redbreast’s characteristic full and complex flavour.

5. 21 Year Old - The 21 year ageing process introduces new levels of depth, flavour and taste, creating a complex and rewarding whiskey. Abundantly aromatic and fruitful, and produced in very limited quantities, this 21 year old Redbreast is a joy to behold in each and every bottle.

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Destination Cellars joined forces with one of Australia's most awarded distilleries, Starward on Wednesday evening July 1st. We cracked some great drams from their multi award winning range with Brand Ambassador Lee Potter Cavanagh

Proudly made in Melbourne, Starward began with a simple idea. Imagine a whisky unshackled from tradition. Focusing on flavour and provenance, borrowing from the past and combining it with the best Australia has to offer. Our climate, our ingredients and our people. This whisky will challenge your perceptions of what whisky can be. 

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