TRENDING DISTILLER'S NOTES
Discover stories from the forest, from whisky craftsmanship & sustainability to the people, places, and processes behind the distillery.
Behind The Bottle
Explore insights into our whisky, distilling process, sustainability, and the wild landscape that inspires every bottle.
How Australia's climate affects whisky maturation.
When people talk about Australian whisky maturing faster than Scotch, they're usually talking about climate. But what...
The Fermentation Mystery
Ever since we started making whisky in 2018, I've had a fermentation problem that appears without warning and then ...
From Gold to Grain – Pastures, Potatoes and Pot-Stills
410 O’Grady’s Road, Kinglake Central is a 50-acre hideaway nestled at the edge of the Kinglake State Forest, down a q...
Who is Kinglake Distillery?
Sam Lowe and Chantal Daniels
Sam:- “Among the many jobs that need doing in a small, two-person distillery, I make the...
How can Australia ever hope to take on Scotland at Single Malt?
It’s not enough just to be Australian. To set the single malt world alight our whisky needs to blow the doors off! Ki...
The Angel’s Share – A necessary evil.
No distiller loves losing whisky but it’s an important party of the ageing process.
"Angel’s share" is a term used to...
DISTILLER'S DIARY 7TH MAY 2024
Kinglake Distillery is totally off-grid and although we use gas to fire the still, all our other power is supplied by...