Whisky made the right way
We are passionate about creating whiskies that honour the best traditions of single malt whisky but also capture the essence of northern Tasmania.
Our whisky range uses different oak casks during maturation, infusing flavours from both the oak itself and the previous cask contents.
Below, you’ll find our selection of bottled whisky.
Caribbean Rum Cask (H17-54) – Limited Edition
This very special Caribbean rum cask whisky batch has been matured in American oak Bourbon casks and then finished in freshly emptied Caribbean Rum casks. It is a beautiful dark golden colour, and the nose is sweet and light with just a hint of candy, pineapple, and rum. This will entice you to sip and experience the bright, warming palate, which is sweet and zesty. The rum notes dominate, with brown sugar, pear and citrus peel. The lingering finish is spicy, making it the ideal summer dram.
- CaskAmerican Oak, Ex Bourbon/Caribbean Rum
- ABV46%, 500ml
- ReleaseNovember, 2023, 367 bottles
- Price$156
Bourbon Cask Matured - Cask Strength
Batch H17-51, two 100ltr American Oak casks. Cask C-086 and C-089. Both exhibited the classic award winning traits of the past Launceston Distillery Bourbon Cask releases of yesteryear. Both over 5 years in age and now married together to make this stunning release.
A rich and engaging whisky with a fragrant nose of toasted pineapple and vanilla following through with caramelised brown sugar and banana on the pallet. An amazing dram that shows the style of the distillery magnificently.
Double distilled and is non-chill filtered to retain depth of character. A depth of flavour that can only be achieved when using stock that has age behind it and even though this is over 5 years in age it is still our standard cask strength price.
- CaskAmerican oak, Ex-Bourbon
- ABV62.5%
- ReleaseJune, 2023, 309 bottles
- Price$210
Apera Cask Matured
Batch H17-50, This particular whisky was drawn from two single 100ltr casks, that was filled 2017 and emptied mid 2023 making this a 5 year + single malt whisky.
This whisky was then diluted to 46% and bottled drawing a grand total of 400 bottles. This full flavoured whisky was double distilled and is non-chill filtered to retain depth of character.
Apera Cask Matured (H17-50)- CaskAmerican Oak, Ex Apera
- ABV46%
- ReleaseJune, 2023, 400 bottles
- Price$156
Launceston Distillery Single Cask #C-069 Tawny Cask Matured Cask Strength
A special bottling from deep within the vaults, cask number #069, a Single Cask Tawny cask matured bottling at natural cask strength!
This, our fifth 100 litre single cask bottling and was the 69th 100 litre cask ever filled at Launceston Distillery!
This guaranteed 5 year old is as rich as it sounds with a nose of dried fruit and toffee. The palate follows up with flavours of tawny port and dark chocolate with a pleasant lingering and long lasting finish. Bottled at natural cask strength and drawing only 167 bottles.
This bottling sure to impress all that try it. With time in the cask and an amazing depth of flavour this dram is everything you want in a magnificent Tasmanian Single Malt.
- CaskAmerican oak, Ex Tawny
- ABV62.6%
- ReleaseMay, 2023, 167 bottles
- Price$210
Bourbon Cask Matured
Batch H17-49, matured in medium sized 1ooltr American oak bourbon casks. All whisky used is at least 5 years of age and is full life maturation.
Bourbon Cask Matured (H17-49)- CaskAmerican oak, Ex Bourbon
- ABV46%
- ReleaseMay, 2022, 356 bottles
- Price$156
Tawny Cask Matured
Batch H17-48, Tasmanian single malt. This rich, robust whisky was a vatting of casks which previously held tawny fortified wine (Australian-style port).
Full life maturation of over 5 years in 2 beautiful 100 ltr SA Cooperage tawny casks. Cask C-067 and Cask C-070 that were filled on 19/10/2017 and emptied early 2023. No finishing, no playing around with, just 2 excellent casks that let the flavour do the talking.
Tawny Cask Matured (H17-48)
- CaskFrench Oak Ex Tawny
- ABV46%
- ReleaseMarch, 2022, 456 Bottles
- Price$156
Bourbon Cask Matured - Cask Strength
Batch H17-47, one 100ltr American Oak cask. Cask number 062 (filled 27th of September 2017), making this a single cask release. Very rare that we release single casks, especially considering how little the amount of bottles we get from one cask is BUT THIS CASK WAS JUST TOO GOOD to blend.
A rich and engaging whisky with a fragrant nose of toasted pineapple and vanilla following through with caramelised brown sugar and banana on the pallet. An amazing dram that shows the style of the distillery magnificently.
Double distilled and non-chill filtered to retain depth of character. A depth of flavour that can only be achieved when using stock that has age behind it and even though this is over 5 years in age and a single cask bottling it is still our standard cask strength price! No wonder this is one of Jim Murrays favourite Australian whiskies.
This will not last long at all.
Cask Strength – Bourbon Cask Matured (H17-47)- CaskAmerican Oak, Ex Bourbon
- ABV62%
- ReleaseMarch, 2023, 144 bottles
- Price$210
Peated Single Malt
Batch H17-46: This smoky whisky was distilled using a blend of Tasmanian malt barley and richly peated Scottish malt, aged in a combination of bourbon and Tawny casks.
Now a popular release, this will likely be our only regular peated release for 2023.
With only 476 bottles, a small quantity compared to previous releases, this edition will not last long at all.
Peated Single Malt (H17-46)- CaskEx American oak Bourbon and European Oak Tawny Port
- ABV46%
- ReleaseMarch, 2023, 476 bottles
- Price$156
Apera Cask Matured
Batch H17-45, this particular whisky was drawn from one single 100ltr cask. Cask C-053 that was filled on the 6th of July 2017 and emptied on the 1st of February 2023 making this a 5 year and 6 month old single malt whisky.
This whisky was then diluted to 46% and bottled drawing a grand total of 234 bottles. This full flavoured whisky was double distilled and is non-chill filtered to retain depth of character.
Apera Cask Matured (H17-45)- CaskAmerican Oak, Ex Apera
- ABV46%
- ReleaseFebruary, 2023, 234 bottles
- Price$156
Tasmanian Whisky Week 2021 Release
This single malt was aged for 2 years in small Apera casks, then finished in a Holm Oak muscat cask for another 14 months before going into bottle.
This pack includes 1 x 500ml single malt whisky and 1 x 375ml muscat.
Shop- CaskFrench Oak, Ex Apera/Muscat
- ABV55%, 500 mL
- Release09 Aug 2021, 50 Bottles
- Price$196
Tawny Cask Matured - Cask Strength
Batch H17-20 Tasmanian single malt, matured in small french oak tawny casks.
Shop- CaskFrench Oak, Ex Tawny
- ABV63.5%, 500 mL
- Release12 February 2021, 204 Bottles
- Price$210
Single Malt Whisky 3 x 100mL Bottles
A 100 mL bottle each of our Bourbon cask matured, Tawny Cask matured and our Peated single malt whiskies.
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- CaskPeated, Ex-Bourbon & Ex-Tawny
- ABV46%, 3 x 100 mL
- Release2020
- Price$100
Wholesale
To access our whisky range, wholesale customers in Tasmania, please email info@launcestondistillery.com.au or call 03 6391 9140.
For wholesale customers elsewhere in Australia, please contact Alba Whisky.
Our Previous Releases
01 - 2018 Releases
02 - 2020 RELEASES
03 - 2021 RELEASES
04 - 2022 RELEASES
05 - 2023 RELEASES
06 - 2024 RELEASES
- 2018 Releases
These single malt whisky were matured in small casks. After maturation, a number of them were vatted together after about 2 ½ years, then allowed to ‘marry’ together for a further 2 months before bottling.
Batch H17-01, Apera cask matured, “The First Release” Limited Edition
This whisky was matured in small French oak casks which previously held apera fortified wine (Australian-style sherry). It was a celebration of the first casks ever filled at Launceston Distillery. 530 Bottles, 46% alcohol by volume, released in July 2018.
Batch H17-02, Tawny cask matured
This whisky was matured in a small French oak casks of South Australian origin which previously held tawny fortified wine (Australian-style port). 590 bottles, 46% alcohol by volume, released in July 2018.
Batch H17-03, Apera cask matured
This whisky was matured in small French oak casks which previously held Apera fortified wine (Australian-style sherry). 430 Bottles at 46% alcohol by volume were released in October 2018. Additionally, 30 bottles at Cask Strength (64% alcohol by volume) were released as a Limited Edition.
Batch H17-04, Bourbon cask matured
This whisky was matured in small American oak casks. 335 Bottles, 46% alcohol by volume were released in November 2018.
Batch H17-05, Tawny cask matured
This whisky was matured in a small French oak casks which previously held tawny fortified wine (Australian-style port). 668 bottles, 46% alcohol by volume, released in December 2018. 2019 Australian Distilled Spirits Awards Silver Medal winner.
Batch H17-06, Apera cask matured
This whisky was matured in small French oak casks which previously held Apera fortified wine (Australian-style sherry). 512 Bottles at 46% alcohol by volume were released in December 2018. 2019 Australian Distilled Spirits Awards Silver Medal winner.
- 2020 RELEASES
Batch H17-15, Apera cask matured
This whisky was matured in small European oak casks. 234 Bottles, 46% alcohol by volume were released in May 2020.
Batch H17-16, Peated Single Malt
Our first release using using Scottish peated barley, which was brewed, fermented and distilled at Hangar 17. The distilled new make spirit was matured in small American Oak bourbon casks for 2 and a half years. During the vatting process, some unpeated whisky which was matured in French Oak tawny casks was included. 650 Bottles, 46% alcohol by volume were released in May 2020.
Batch H17-17, Tawny cask matured
This whisky was matured in small European oak casks. 273 Bottles, 46% alcohol by volume were released in August 2020.
Batch H17-18, Bourbon cask matured, Cask Strength
This whisky was matured in small American oak casks. 242 Bottles, 61% alcohol by volume were released in December 2020.
Batch H17-19, Tawny cask matured
This whisky was matured in small European oak casks. 702 Bottles, 46% alcohol by volume were released in December 2020.
2020 Whisky Week Limited Edition
During Whisky Week 2017, we teamed up with the Tasmanian Whisky Academy and hosted “Secrets of the Art”, in Hangar 17. Over the day, the participants learnt how we established the Distillery and were shown how our whisky is made. This included filling a small Tawny cask (2016-06) with new make spirit that was distilled that day. The cask was matured for 2 and a half years, then diluted to 46% ABV.
This limited edition of 40 bottles were released to celebrate the 2020 Tasmanian Whisky Week in August 2020.
- 2021 RELEASES
Batch H17-20, Tawny cask matured, Cask Strength
This whisky was matured in small European oak casks. 204 Bottles, 63.5% alcohol by volume were released in February 2021.
Batch H17-21, Apera cask matured
This whisky was matured in small European oak casks. 397 Bottles, 46% alcohol by volume were released in July 2021.
Batch H17-22, Bourbon cask matured
This whisky was matured in small American oak casks. 483 Bottles, 46% alcohol by volume were released in July 2021.
Special Release for TWW21
This single malt was aged for 2 years in small Apera casks, then finished in a Holm Oak muscat cask for another 14 months before going into bottle.
This pack included 1 x 500ml single malt whisky and 1 x 375ml muscat.
50 Bottles, 55% alcohol by volume were released in August 2021.
Batch H17-23, Peated Single Malt
Made using Scottish peated barley and unseated Tasmanian barley, which was brewed, fermented and distilled at Hangar 17. The distilled new make spirit was matured in small American Oak bourbon casks for 2 and a half years. During the vatting process, some unpeated whisky which was matured in French Oak tawny casks was included. 600 Bottles, 46% alcohol by volume were released in August 2021.
Batch H17-24, Tawny cask matured
This whisky was matured in small European oak casks. 647 Bottles, 46% alcohol by volume were released in August 2021.
Batch H17-25, Muscat Cask Finish Special Release
This single malt was aged for 2 years in small Apera casks, then finished in a Holm Oak muscat cask for another 14 months. 367 Bottles, 55% alcohol by volume were released in October 2021.
Batch H17-27, Bourbon cask matured, Cask Strength
This whisky was matured in small American oak casks. 250 Bottles, 62.3% alcohol by volume were released in September 2021.
Batch H17-26, Tawny cask matured, Single Cask
This whisky was matured in one 100 ltr tawny cask. 167 Bottles, 62.4% alcohol by volume were released in September 2021.
Batch H17-27, Bourbon cask matured, Cask Strength
This whisky was matured in small American oak casks. 250 Bottles, 62.3% alcohol by volume were released in September 2021.
- 2022 RELEASES
Batch H17-44, Bourbon cask matured
This whisky was matured in medium American oak casks. 325 Bottles, 46% alcohol by volume were released in December 2022.
Batch H17-43, Bourbon cask matured
This whisky was matured in small and medium American oak casks. 209 Bottles, 46% alcohol by volume were released in September 2022.
Batch H17-42, Bourbon cask matured, Cask Strength
This whisky was matured in 100ltr American oak casks. 253 Bottles, 62% alcohol by volume were released in September 2022.
Batch H17-41, Apera cask Matured.
2 exceptional 100 ltr casks married together that were over 5 years of age. 445 bottles, 46% alcohol by volume were released in September 2022.
Batch H17-40, Tawny cask Matured.
This whisky was matured in small and medium European oak casks. 705 Bottles, 46% alcohol by volume were released in August 2022.
Batch H17-39, Tawny cask Matured.
This whisky was matured in small and medium European oak casks. 705 Bottles, 46% alcohol by volume were released in August 2022.
Batch H17-38, Peated cask
This whisky was matured in Bourbon & Tawny casks. 700 Bottles, 46% alcohol by volume were released in August 2022.
Special Release, The Rum Cask Finish
This whisky was a 5 year old second fill bourbon cask single malt whisky that was then aged for an additional 9 months in an ex Rum cask. 135 Bottles, 44.5% alcohol by volume were released in August 2022 for Tasmanian Whisky Week.
Batch H17-37, Tawny cask Matured.
This whisky was matured in small and medium European oak casks. 212 Bottles, 46% alcohol by volume were released in July 2022.
Batch H17-36, Bourbon cask matured
This whisky was matured in small and medium American oak casks. 412 Bottles, 46% alcohol by volume were released in July 2022.
Batch H17-35, Bourbon cask matured, Cask Strength
This whisky was matured in 100ltr American oak casks. 232 Bottles, 61% alcohol by volume were released in January 2022.
Special Release, Winter Solstice, Bourbon cask Matured
A once off experiment, a 20 litre peated cask made with 100% Flinders Island Peat. Never to be repeated and bottled at 49.8%. All local ingredients making a 100% Tasmanian peated whisky. 36 Bottles, 49.8% alcohol by volume were released in June 2022.
Batch H17-34, Apera cask Matured.
2 exceptional 100 ltr casks married together that were over 5 years and 10 months of age. 440 bottles, 46% alcohol by volume were released in May 2022.
Batch H17-33, Tawny cask Matured.
This whisky was matured in small and medium European oak casks. 400 Bottles, 46% alcohol by volume were released in April 2022.
Batch H17-32, Tawny Cask Strength Single Cask
A single tawny cask (#005) and bottled at a natural cask strength of 61%. 157 bottles in April 2022.
Batch H17-31, Peated cask
This whisky was matured in Bourbon & Peated casks. 410 Bottles, 46% alcohol by volume were released in February 2022.
Batch H17-30, Bourbon cask matured, Cask Strength
This whisky was matured in 100ltr American oak casks. 243 Bottles, 62% alcohol by volume were released in January 2022.
Batch H17-29, Tawny cask matured
This whisky was matured in small and medium European oak casks. 410 Bottles, 46% alcohol by volume were released in August 2021.
Batch H17-28, Bourbon cask matured
This whisky was matured in small and medium American oak casks. 530 Bottles, 46% alcohol by volume were released in Jan 2022.
- 2023 RELEASES
Batch H17-45, Apera cask Matured
This particular whisky was drawn from one single 100ltr cask, Cask C-053 that was filled on the 6th of July 2017 and emptied on the 1st of February 2023 making it a five year and six month old single malt whisky.
This whisky was then diluted to 46% and bottled drawing a grand total of 234 bottles. This full flavoured whisky was double distilled and is non-chill filtered to retain depth of character.
The Winter Solstice 2
Over five years ago, a single Tawny cask was filled with new-make spirit made from Baird’s Malted barley, supplied to Diageo, the owner of brands like Talisker and Lagavulin. Using peated malt, Chris created the spirit, ageing it in a 100-litre SA cooperage Tawny port cask for over 5 years. The result is a multi-layered single malt whisky with fruity notes of cranberries and caramelised sugars, complemented by a peat aroma. The palate offers rich smoked meats and Szechwan pepper flavours, with a hint of cranberry sweetness.
Bottled at 47%, only 160 bottles of this special release are available.
TASMANIAN WHISKY WEEK 2023 SPECIAL RELEASE
A Tasmanian Whisky Week 2023 Port/Rum cask finish. Matured in a unique hybrid cask made by combining old Port staves and rare rum staves in a 50/50 mix. A bourbon cask single malt whisky was aged in this cask for an additional year, resulting in this wonderful creation.
Only 120 bottles, specially labelled for TWW23 and 46%.
- 2024 RELEASES
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