McHenry – 10 Year Old French Oak
Gold at the 2026 World Whiskies Awards for the distillery at the very bottom of the country – McHenry, on the Tasman Peninsula.
Hunter Island – Tasmanian Pot Still Whisky, Apera Cask Matured
One of the more interesting frontiers in Australian whisky: an Irish-style pot still, matured in Australian apera casks.
Hellyers Road – Anniversary Collection Grain 21 Club Blue Gum
The great streak act of Australian whisky – Hellyers Road has won at the World Whiskies Awards every year for more than a decade, at scale and at age.
Overeem – Pedro Ximénez Cask Matured
A Tasmanian cult single malt having a banner year – Overeem's 20th-anniversary Pedro Ximénez beat the country and cracked the world's top five.
Morris Whisky – Australian Single Malt, Muscat Barrel
Rutherglen has made legendary muscat for 160 years. Now it's ageing award-winning whisky in the very same barrels.
Callington Mill – Amphora, Single Malt
The whisky that won Best Australian Single Malt by finishing in clay, not oak – Tasmanian innovation at its boldest.