
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...
Read moreOur 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...
Read moreHere 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...
Read moreAt 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...
Read moreThe Excursion of One Eager to Penetrate the Horizons, [Nuzhat al-mushtāq fī ikhtirāq al-āfāq ] otherwise known as the Tabula Rogeriana, or the map...
Read moreWinter 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...
Read moreDog 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 ...
Read moreFriday 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...
Read moreA 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 ...
Read moreWe 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...
Read moreVisita Interiora Terrae Rectificando Invenies Occultum Lapidem. You will see this motto inscribed on the bottom of our bottles and hidden in the ba...
Read moreThe 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 ...
Read moreIn 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...
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