::: Closed Australian whisky distilleries ::.
Australia is currently home to nineteen active whisky distilleries. However, there have also been a number of other whisky distilleries that operated in Australia in the past. This part of the website is focussed on those Australian whisky distilleries which have closed.
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:: Closed distilleries ::
Australia has also been home to a number of distilleries which are now closed, some of these are listed below.
- Booie Range Distillery. Queensland, Australia.
Corio Whisky Distillery. Victoria, Australia.
Infamous for the production of very low quality whisky.
Samuel Smith & Son (Smith's Angaston Whisky). Yalumba Winery, Barossa Valley, South Australia.
More information here: Smith's Angaston Whisky Vintage 1998.
Small Concern Whisky Distillery (Cradle Mountain Whisky). Tasmania, Australia.
The whiskies produced by the distillery are listed as still available for purchase through the website: The Small Concern Whisky Distillery - sales information and online ordering.
The water used to produce the whisky was sourced from a secluded mountain stream originating from the Cradle Mountain National Park, in the heart of the Tasmanian wilderness. The Small Concern Whisky Distillery produced two whiskies: Cradle Mountain Single Malt Whisky and Cradle Mountain Double Malt. The Cradle Mountain Single Malt Whisky is triple distilled, which is unusual for Australian Whisky. The Cradle Mountain Double Malt is a blend of Springbank Single Malt from Campbelltown, Scotland and the Cradle Mountain Single Malt Whisky.
Southern Coast Distillers. South Australia, Australia.
Southern Coast Distillers was founded in 2004 by Ian Schmidt, Tony Fitzgerald and Victor Orlow.
The distillery was officially closed in December 2012.
The distillery used malt from the southern mainland states of Australia - primarily 'Gairdner malt', but they also used 'Flagship' and 'Schooner'. The distillery was focussed on achieving a consistent high quality in their whisky, rather than a consistent taste. The distillery used smaller 100 litre oak casks for maturation and the whisky was bottled at 46% ABV.
The distillery produced the 'Southern Coast Single Malt Whisky' and also rum. The distillery had seven whisky releases: Batch 01 (bottled in 2007), Batch 02 (bottled in 2011), Batch 03 (bottled in April 2011), Batch 04 (bottled in December 2011), Batch 05 (bottled in January 2012), Batch 06 (bottled in May 2012) and Batch 07 (bottled in October 2012).
:: Closed bottlers ::
The Quoll. Tasmania, Australia.
Producers: T.A.P. & I.T. Duckett & Sons Pty Ltd
The Quoll did not distill their own whisky, but rather they bottled (or intended to bottle) whisky produced by Australian distilleries.
It's not clear if this whisky was ever offered for sale, however the following whisky range was proposed:
> The Quoll Australian Malt Whisky Pure Malt 8 Years Old - multiple distilleries
> The Quoll Tasmanian Single Malt Whisky 10 Years Old - Lark Distillery
> The Quoll Tasmanian Single Malt Whisky 15 Years Old - Lark DistillerySome brief information on The Quoll was published in the book Eyewitness Companions Whiskey (2008):
"The latest to open among the Tasmanian-based distilleries is Quoll. The Quoll is ageing its whiskey in small 22-gallon (100-liter) casks. Although this will speed up the ageing, they are still maturing the spirit for at least 8 years, so the first bottling will not be available to the public until 2009. A 'premium' 10-year-old and a 15-year-old will be made available in 2011 and 2014. All variations will be made using domestically sourced barley, water, and peat."