Cellar Notes

Destination Cellars, Destination Cellars Events, Indian Whisky, Rare Whisky, Tasmanian Whisky, Whisky - September 5, 2018

3RD Birthday Celebration Tasting

Our third birthday evening started off with 2 Speyside classics from The Glenrothes Distillery, The Manse Reserve and the 2001 Vintage. We then unveiled a couple of new drams: an Indian single Malt from Rampur aged in ex-bourbon and ex-Shery cask, alongside the pre-release of Tasmanian Independent Bottler's TIB RD0014 Muscat cask. A 50%abv Brabazon edition 1 Sherry bomb from Teeling followed, and we finished the event with our special mystery dram - $1000 bottle of Jack Daniels Sinatra Centenary bottle.

Xmas Drams in July

On an especially beautiful winter sunny day we gathered at Hadley's Hotel to sample some Armagnac and whisky more suited to the traditional festive season with our Christmas in July event. Starting with 2 Bas-Armagnacs: the 1988 30YO Delord followed by the Tariquet 15YO cask strength, both were well received. We then moved on to the first of 4 whiskies, starting with a new 4 year old distillery in the beautiful Cotswolds region of England. This paddock to bottle dram matured in both ex-bourbon and ex-wine cask was a treat. Then on to the great staple from Overeem the Port Cask Matured, what...

The Octomore Eight Series Masterclass Event

Tasting the Octomore 08 series individually is an experience, but tasting them as a set and comparing and contrasting them with friends was one of the most enjoyable things a whisky lover could do. Bucket list stuff.

Rare Whisky Evening with Dan Woolley

Dan Woolley Australia's biggest whisky fan and Laphroaig Brand Ambassador presented some rather rare whiskies in the Lead Light Room at Hadleys on Friday 22 June

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Gin, Tasmanian Gin, The Retiring Gin - June 25, 2018

The Retiring Gin is Retiring

Last Call for The Retiring Gin It is with great sadness that I report that The Retiring Gin is to retire. Distiller Bert Shugg has confirmed that he is distilling his final batch in the coming days. But WHY, you might ask?!? The answer is quite simple. Bert distils his gin in the beautiful surrounds of Wilmot Hills in the shadow of Mt Rowland, and Wilmot Hills Distillery owner, John Cole (pictured below with Bert with Mt Roland in the background), is hanging up his distilling boots. "The spirit of The Retiring Gin is in the Wilmot Hills. It...