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Our distillery is based at The Heke, a beautiful site with a restaurant, 2 bars, a function room and lots of space for kids, dogs and families. ...
Read moreThe barrel room, which will house our private casks, events and large tastings is now fully lined, with a great feature window showing the stills. ...
Read moreThe condensers. A bit more detail on the condensers and installation. These are shell and tube with externally mounted seal pots and vents. The co...
Read moreThe electric fire steam boilers are getting some attention this week. 3x 120 KW boilers are used to run the brewhouse and still house with a combin...
Read moreWe are getting out there now with our whisky, so we thought we would build a page that contains links to all our latest reviews, news and content ...
Read moreThe spirit safe is finally installed. The centre piece of the distillery, the spirit safe is both a historical and functional artefact, apart from ...
Read moreThe condensers are on. This was a huge geometry puzzle and Zane from Envoy did an outstanding job getting everything lined up. On our crazy pursuit...
Read moreThings are starting to come together. We decided to use an aluminium gantry instead of a traditional steel one. Aluminium is one of the most enviro...
Read moreIn the tradition of doing it all yourself, we decided to make our own PLC and design the HMI to control the brewhouse and the stills. Because ownin...
Read moreToday Raymond and his crane moved our stills into position on the slab. Ric worked his magic again, getting the stills over to the island in 2 high...
Read moreIf you have been following our progress over the last 12 years you will know we built our first set of stills, based around the principles of large...
Read moreHere'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...
Read moreWhat a wet and muddy site it is at the moment. Last weekend we moved the first of the brew house tanks onto the slab. The Hiab crane couldn't nego...
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