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Tasmania, located 240\u00a0km to the south of the Australian mainland, was permanently settled in 1803 as a penal settlement of the British Empire. Approximately 75,000 convicts there before transportation ceased in 1853.
\nAmong the colonizing population were the Irish and Scottish who started to produce whisky. The first legal distillery was opened in 1822.
\nAs the majority of the colony\u2019s grain crops were being distilled rather than processed into food, placing the population on brink of famine, the Governor had no option but to outlaw in 1837.
\nAlthough the prohibition did assist in restoring the colony\u2019s food stocks, it did not put an end to the distilling of whisky.
\nThis prohibition would last for over 150 years but in 1990, Bill Lark managed to get the law overturned and established Lark distillery in 1992, launching the modern Tasmanian whisky industry.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”7415″ img_size=”400×200″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
Sullivans Cove Distillery was established in 1994 at Sullivans Cove, making it the second oldest whisky distillery in Tasmania. In the early days, the reputation of the distillery was poor but in 1999 new ownership vastly improved the quality of the whisky being produced.<\/p>\n
The recognition arrived in 2014 when Sullivans Cove became the first non-Scottish-or-Japanese holder of the title “World\u2019s Best Single Malt Whisky” by the World Whiskies Awards. Whisky lovers started to put Tasmania on their map and Sullivans Cove on their list.<\/p>\n
Sullivans Cove Whisky is double distilled using Tasmanian barley with only the purest wilderness local water. The whisky is then matured in oak casks and allowed to settle and clear naturally. That is why the single malts retain full, creamy and lingering flavours.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Matured in 200L American Oak ex-bourbon barrels for a minimum of 16 years.<\/p>\n
Strong malt backbone and flavours of vanilla, caramel, stone fruit, white flowers and powerful oak.<\/p>\n
Non-chill filtered & additive free<\/p>\n
Medals<\/strong>: Double Gold \u2013 San Francisco World Spirits Competition \/ Gold \u2013 World Whisky Master \/Best Australian Single Malt Whisky 13 to 20 years\u2013 World Whiskies Awards \/ 95.5\/100 Liquid Gold \u2013 Jim Murray\u2019s Whisky Bible<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"yoast_head":"\n