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DISTILLER'S DIARY - 21ST APRIL 2026
We are 100% off-grid at Kinglake Distillery and for electricity we use a combination of generator and solar power.
Th...
DISTILLER'S DIARY - 18TH MARCH 2026
Sourcing barrels for new underground dunnage.
Over the past seven years we’ve filled a wide range of casks, from our ...
DISTILLER'S DIARY - 27TH JULY 2025
New team members this year.
I’ve always been more of a ‘cat person’—maybe it’s a UK thing? But when I was younger, I ...
DISTILLER'S DIARY - 8TH JULY 2025
Flat out building a new house at the distillery for the past few months, we hadn't been out meeting customers for som...
DISTILLER'S DIARY - 26TH JUNE 2025
Our whisky mash-bill includes four different types of malted barley.
25% Simpsons Heavily Peated (From the UK)
50% A...
DISTILLER'S DIARY - 24TH JUNE 2025
Just been putting the finishing touches to our next special release. This is a real highlight for us 2-3 times a year...
DISTILLER'S DIARY - 4TH JUNE 2025
Kinglake Distillery is proudly off-grid, which means all the power for our distillery — and our new house! — comes fr...
DISTILLER'S DIARY - 22ND MAY 2025
Moving on with renovating our barbecue and viewing platform over the lake. It holds 18 millions litres and is the sou...
DISTILLER'S DIARY - 15TH MAY 2025
Deep in the heart of a run of production. We make our whisky from grain on-site and the most difficult part of the pr...
DISTILLER'S DIARY - 7TH MAY 2025
The agenda today includes a little paddling, could be a little warmer! :) The last owner of the distillery property b...
DISTILLER'S DIARY- 30TH APRIL 2025
Spent this morning trying to sort out the electrics. We're off-grid with a 3-phase solar system, backed up by a gener...
DISTILLER'S DIARY - 23RD APRIL 2025
We have our grain delivered in bulk 1 tonne bags. The road up to distillery is dirt and a little bumpy so sometimes d...