In our 'Barrels of Gratitude' series we are highlighting people who have made an impact on our business and also on our personal whisky journey. Today we are highlighting people closer to home. While doors were opening and new faces were becoming more familiar in Melbourne, at home in South Australia a nautical themed cocktail [...]
Gareth's very first visit to Whisky & Alement involved Luke McCarthy sneaking him in upstairs where Brian Hollingworth from Black Gate was presenting his fine single malts. Whisky & Alement have possibly the most diverse collection, and knowledgeable staff in Melbourne. This is due to the drive and philosophy of two leading bar owners in [...]
That evening with Seb Costello at Bad Frankie has always felt like a sliding door moment for us. It set in motion the meeting of many new Melbourne faces who have grown our knowledge and love of whisky. After visiting Kelvin and Yao at Elysian Whisky Bar, Gareth caught an Uber with Luke McCarthy to [...]
Launching into a new venture of any sort invokes different reactions from those around you. Some openly display doubt, others are cautionary...then there those extraordinary ones who are encouraging and inspirational. For us, Robert Schrapel from Bethany Wines has been that extraordinary person. Without him there would not have been a Fleurieu whisky. Robert [...]
In our 'Barrels of Gratitude' series we are highlighting people who have made an impact on our business and more particularly on our personal whisky journey. Today we are celebrating Kelvin Low and Yao Wong. Cheers guys! Gareth met Kelvin Low after his first trade presentation at Bad Frankie (Thanks again Seb!). Afterwards Kelvin was [...]
The closures and quieter weeks have also had benefits in being able to tackle and complete projects with less distractions. Fleurieu Distillery’s chief cook and bottle washer created a new ‘toy’ for us. This twelve head bottle washer is the latest innovation from the ingenuity of one Gareth Andrews and his programming and plumbing prowess. [...]
We have a bird outside our bedroom window... I'm not sure what kind it is, but it insists on waking everyone around 5 in the morning. On week days it isn’t so bad as distilling begins early for us on these crisp winter mornings and once you’re up, you do see the best parts of [...]
Copper stills are gorgeous pieces of human technology. This beautiful metal has wonderful malleable qualities because of the structure of the atoms within it, enabling to it to be easily fashioned into desired shapes. In addition to its awesome thermal conductivity, I found out the reason copper is used is that it also has the [...]
If cooking is a passion, choosing the oven in your kitchen is a big deal. Baked items whether mains, deserts, snacks or sweet or savoury, your confidence in the outcome is based on how reliable the oven is and your familiarity using it. The same analogy can be drawn when choosing a still. However stills [...]
Futura labeller Our pride and joy from our early days of brewing was a Meheen 4 head counter pressure bottling line and a Futura OMB labeller. Last week we said good bye to our bottling line and labeller as it was wheeled out of the Distillery onto trailers to their new home in [...]
