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Distiller’s Notes
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...