Distiller's Diary
May 7, 2024
7th May 2024
Kinglake Distillery is totally off-grid and although we use gas to fire the still, all our other power is supplied by...
Apr 10, 2024
8th April 2024
Been away from work, enjoying Easter with kids but wow! What a difference couple of weeks make! Seems like autumn was...
Mar 20, 2024
20th March 2024
Weather starting to cool down a little, especially overnight, which is most important for brewing. So at the distille...
Mar 14, 2024
14th March 2024
Got so used to our super solar system providing all our power that haven't checked the generator for months. It's set...
Mar 13, 2024
13th March 2024
Filling a customer barrel today. As well as bottles of whisky, we sell small and large barrels to private individuals...
Mar 8, 2024
6th March 2024
Chantal is in the city today visiting our bar stockists. Together with bottle shops, these customers are super import...
Mar 5, 2024
5th March 2024
We watched a couple of very inspiring reels last night and realised that we're underselling our whisky when Chantal a...
Mar 4, 2024
3rd Mar 2024
Something we have really enjoyed whilst building our distillery and brand is having more flexible time to spend with ...
Feb 29, 2024
29th Feb 2024
Making new batches of whisky today which is mostly an outdoor process here at Kinglake Distillery. I use the forklift...
Feb 28, 2024
28th Feb 2024
50 Litre ex-bourbon barrels have been an enormous enabler during the early years of Kinglake Distillery. These barrel...
Feb 27, 2024
27th Feb 2024
Decided the green of our O'Grady's Stand core whisky was too vibrant, so we're making it a little darker. Just trying...
Feb 26, 2024
26th Feb 2024
Welcome to first diary post!
Someone suggested that a great idea to give more of an understanding of Kinglake Distill...