News – Waiheke Whisky

NZ Peated Malt production. A tour in pictures.

NZ Peated Malt production. A tour in pictures.

Our peated malt comes from the Gladfield maltings in Dunsandel, Canterbury in the South of New Zealand. Doug and Gabbie, are a husband and wife tea...

Distillery build update 22/6/22

Here is the first photographic render of the distillery. It gives some idea of the scale of the new stills, and the building. It's 7m high and 30...

Evolution of our logo & brand identity.

At Waiheke Whisky, we love to talk about our story, what we stand for as a brand. We've had lots of time to think about things as we made whisky a...

Šeriš: Our sherry finish range.

The Excursion of One Eager to Penetrate the Horizons, [Nuzhat al-mushtāq fī ikhtirāq al-āfāq ] otherwise known as the Tabula Rogeriana, or the map...

New distillery build update: 15/6/22

Winter is here and the distillery build is full steam ahead. The base foundations, piles and block walls are in place. Initial grading of the si...

Waihekes' Angels.

Dog years; thats the phrase we've christened for the aging of Waiheke Whisky. To put it mildly, our angels share is insane. Up to 15 % per year in ...

Bog Monster wins best in Category: World Whisky at NZSA

Friday 10th June 2022. Our heavily peated single malt, Bog Monster won the best in category for World Whisky at the New Zealand Spirits Awards Frid...

Our thoughts on labelling, transparency and batch production.

A large part of the language of whisky seems to be a combination of tradition and mystery. This weaves a picture of dark arts; secret methods and ...

Why NZ peat is different.

We set out not to make a facsimile of Scottish whisky in New Zealand, rather a Whisky of this country, using our barley, water, yeasts and in our c...

V.I.T.R.I.O.L

Visita Interiora Terrae Rectificando Invenies Occultum Lapidem. You will see this motto inscribed on the bottom of our bottles and hidden in the ba...

On Triangles, Geodesics and our spirit still.

The keen eyed will have noticed our spirit still doesn't look like many others of its ilk. The neck, Lyne arm and condensers are all familiar but ...

Why a screw cap? Closure on the matter.

In some ways the most controversial and yet the easiest decisions we made in our release planning. We looked long and hard at closures, the practi...

Our bespoke 700ml bottle design, a first look.

Making whisky in 2022 is not just about good liquid, we have a chance to break convention and innovate for a better future. Sustainability is not j...