Although whisky has been manufactured in Australia since at least the 1820s, the rise of artisan distilleries has just lately begun. Prior to 1990, the Distillation Act of 1901 prohibited distillers from operating stills smaller than 2,700 litres, which posed a significant barrier to entry for small-scale companies. After the Act was revised in 1990, numerous small distilleries in Tasmania and Victoria began to open. Since then, the whiskey business has grown significantly, and today, there are more than 300 distilleries, many of which have only recently begun distilling.
Despite this significant expansion in the whisky market, Australian products are just beginning to attract the attention of whisky lovers around the globe, as interest in ‘new world’ whiskies, from countries not traditionally associated with the spirit, is growing. Conveniently, this…
