Distillery Update 30/8/22
Here's a logistics question? How do you get 6 wash backs, 3 spirit recovery tanks, and a CIP unit to the island? The answer is to hire a barge!. Th...
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DOG YEARS
V.i.t.r.i.o.l
our unique stills
We've gone back to scratch for still design and manufacture with a unique approach.
best in category
BOG MONSTER
Following our 6 medals at the NZ Spirits Awards we took home best in category for World Whisky.
Our Tenth award this year, so far picking up 4 golds, 2 silvers 3 bronze and best in category.
3 GOLDS, FOR WAIHEKE WHISKY AT THE 2022 SPIRITS AWARDS!
A fantastic result for the Waiheke Whisky team - taking away 3 Golds, 2 Silvers and 1 Bronze medal for the 6 expressions we entered into the 2022 spirits awards.
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still crazy
What started as one man's obsession has grown to become a full scale commercial distillery.
the process
how we make our whisky
Making whisky by the sea from fresh, salty rainwater, combined with organic Canterbury Malted Barley, gives us our unique taste profile. If you like salinity and seaweed with sweet nuts and cigar smoke with a toffee or two, you're in the right place. Our Island is our biggest ally.
cask selection and maturation
Traditional ex Bourbon casks rub shoulders with Chardonnay and Syrah ex wine barrels. Learn about our wood philosophy and experimentation.
OUR LATEST RELEases & NEWS
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kōrero pono
We come from an island
walk on the sky, the ocean above
lends its briny tang to sleeping casks
They age in dog years
peat-touched spirit breathing life
into the new world whisky fabric
Our horizon glows copper
distilling the past and the future
We Are Waiheke Whisky
Featured articles
Distillery build update 18/7/22
The slab is in. 30 tonnes of reinforced concrete with channel drains, 300kw of power and water inset. Its been a wet few weeks and progress is sl...
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