Hobart Whisky

Devils Distillery whisky barrels

We are a family-owned distillery based in Hobart, Tasmania, and our philosophy is entirely based around making whisky for us, that we love, and want to share.

We started developing our distillery in 2014 and started producing in 2015. Despite being one of the first dozen Tasmanian distilleries, we flew under the radar for quite a while, and in this time concentrated on making whisky.

Not all expressions are the same, and it’s important to us that everyone can drink them as we do. We hand bottle and label each release in our distillery with each bottle having its own identifying bottle number.

Hobart Whisky bears testimony to our Tasmanian malted barley, fermented with style, gently distilled with grace, then sweetly rested in hand selected oak casks. Each small batch holds its own distinctive characteristics and signature.

Production
While early distillations were done from wash bought from Moo Brew, our plan was be responsible for our own brewing. In 2017 we were able to set up our brewing and fermantation system which has been utilised since.

Our whisky production is done solely on a locally manufactured 1800L Knapp Lewer copper pot still. Each release is unique, craft distilled, individually cut with decisions based purely on scent and taste.

For us it’s all about the perfect control of our product and telling a story.

Our Whisky
Early in our whisky journey we made the decision to mature predominantly in American oak ex-bourbon casks.

This decision was made for a number of reasons, primarily, the ex-bourbon gives us a great opportunity to impart our favourite flavours and characteristics in to the whisky, and secondly, we love ex-bourbon matured whisky which ties in to our ethos of making whisky we love.

We have found a lot of success in matured in ex-bourbon and then finishing in other casks including fortified and wine casks, among other things.

This allows us the ensure the whisky matures and is balanced without picking up too many tannins, or being too flavour driven, yet youthful.

We do have various other casks that will go full term, however it’s yet to be seen how we will use these, they may yet be split and married with other casks to ensure we can make the perfect whisky, for us.

Hobart Whisky Signature is a single malt made from a marriage of small carefully selected American oak ex-bourbon casks. A satisfying light ex-bourbon cask single malt that delights with a solid malty foundation, some gentle spice and a long, complex finish.

Limited Releases
Alongside our Hobart Whisky Signature we continue to release other limited bottlings. These can be other cask finishes, or cask strength bottlings that are outside the style of our Hobart Whisky Signature.

Hobart Whisky was awarded Liquid Gold in Jim Murrays 2019 Whisky Bible with a score of 94. Hobart Whisky has been recognised with a range of awards since production started in 2015.

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