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BEST OF THE REST: TASMANIAN DISTILLERIES
TASMANIA DISTILLERY
Cambridge
www.sullivanscove
whisky.com
OVEREEM DISTILLERY
Cambridge www.overeem
whisky.com
BELGROVE DISTILLERY
Kempton
www.belgrove
distillery.com.au
Kristy, got a scholarship from the Scottish branch of the Institute of Brewing & Distilling to come over and learn more, and we had tremendous help from Denis Nicol, who was the distiller and manager at Laphroaig. After the Scottish industry helped me so much, I wanted to do the same on Tasmania.’ It’s not just in his native land that Lark
is in demand. Doug Clement, who set up the Kingsbarns Distillery in the East Neuk of Fife, called him in as a consultant before the Wemyss family became involved in the project, which is now producing its fi rst spirit. ‘I was a little bit nervous – what are the Scottish
people going to think about this crazy bloke from Tasmania coming over to help them?’ laughs Lark. ‘They’ve done a brilliant job at Kingsbarns.’ As well as making whisky, Lark is also
branching out into the tourism market, which he thinks will be a big growth area. Having run tours for many years, he’s now bought a 14-seater mini- bus to run half-day, full-day and two-day tours. ‘The two-day tour includes a full day out at
our distillery, where we take people through the whole process of mashing in the morning right
Above: Tasmania has a similar landscape and climate to Scotland, making it the perfect place to produce whisky.
WhAT arE The ScOTtiSh PEopLE GOinG tO ThiNk ABoUt ThIS cRAzY BlOKe fROm TasMAniA ComINg OVer TO heLp ThEM?
through to the end of the day when we break the heart down and put it into a barrel,’ says Lark. ‘The second day we drive them up to the peat bog that we own, Brown Marsh Bog, in the Central Highlands, so they can dig peat for us and smoke an ocean trout over a peat fi re and drink some Tasmanian whisky. We even have a traditional peat spade from Northumbria.’
Lark Distillery, Hobart, Tasmania
www.larkdistillery.com.au
WILLIAM MCHENRY AND SONS DISTILLERY
Port Arthur
www.mchenry
distillery.com.au
REDLANDS ESTATE
Plenty
www.redlands
estate.com.au
HELLYERS ROAD DISTILLERY
Burnie www.hellyersroad
distillery.com.au
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