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Transportation Whiskey: Meet the distiller!
6:30pm - 24th October 2024
Midnight Hotel, Braddon
Cost: $119 - 139
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MEET THE MAKER - In Person In Canberra From Tasmania
John came up last year for Whisky Capital, and Canberrans loved him & his whiskey! So this year we've brought him back again, and included him in several events throughout Canberra Whisky Week!
Come join John in-person at the Midnight Hotel for a full evening masterclass including half a dozen of his stellar whiskies as we drink and chat with the man who brought Pot Still whiskey distillation to Australia!
Transportation whiskey is the culmination of John Halton’s odyssey, a tribute to his ancestors from Ireland, some of whom received "transportation" during the mid-1800s, before settling in Cygnet, Tasmania. The distillery is named in reference to those English and Irish convicts who were sentenced to transportation. This involved travel from the British isles to Van Diemans land to serve 7 years of labour.
On one of his trips over to Ireland, John was at the Midleton Distillery, home of some of the worlds most revered single pot still whiskeys when a light bulb moment changed the course of his journey. He wondered why no one was making triple distilled, single pot still whiskey in Australia and went about changing that anomaly in good time.
After cutting his teeth in the Tasmanian whisky Industry, John started working on his dream of creating this Irish water of life, Tasmania’s versions of this iconic Irish style of whiskey and now it’s here, in all its Irish glory in very limited numbers.
A cheese & charcuterie platter is provided at in-person events. Please advise us via email if you have any allergies or dietary requirements that we need to be aware of.
The Lineup:
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A cheese & charcuterie platter is provided at in-person events. Please advise us via email if you have any allergies or dietary requirements that we need to be aware of.
This event is only for persons aged 18 years or older.
Distiller's Dinner
6:30pm - 25th October 2024
The Inn at Edgar's, Ainslie
Cost: $199 - 229
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Join us during Canberra Whisky Week for the ultimate intimate dinner with six Aussie distillers - ony 12 tickets total are available for this event!
The amazing folks at Edgar's will be serving us up a feast as we chat and drink with 6 Aussie distillers. With 1 distiller for every 2 diners, this is an intimate experience that you won't experience elsewhere this year in Canberra!
Each distiller is bringing a brand new release, or a yet to be released whisky for us to sample with paired courses of food from the Edgar's kitchen. With every guest sitting next to a distiller - get ready for a seriously good time chatting the night away with some legends of the Aussie whisky industry with a full dram from each distillery.
The Distillers:
- John Halton (Transportation Whiskey)
- Martin Pye (Riverbourne Distillery)
- Mark Newton (Snowy Mountains Spirits)
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The Fine Print:
This event is only for persons aged 18 years or older.
Photo and/or video recording of this event may occur.
If you have dietary requirements, please get in contact with us as early as possible.
Upcoming Flights
We've got a great selection of flights planned for the near future, with destinations including some favourite distilleries from Islay, and Speyside, in Scotland; a tour of Irish single casks, a meandering tour across Europe and Scandinavia, and some stunning sights from the United States of America.
We will also be taking off for some domestic destinations, where stories abound of the hard yakka that goes into setting up some of The New World's most loved distilleries - where we will try some of the boldest, meatiest, whiskies that have been slumbering away on this sunburnt country of ours!
Make sure your luggage is securely stowed, and your seatbelts are done up low and tight folks - some of these flights will be like none that have ever graced this beautiful capital of ours!