Distilleries
Lark
Published 13/08/2025
One of Tasmania’s finest distilleries is right in the heart of Hobart. The Lark Distillery was founded in 1992 after the owner realized that Tasmania had all the ingredients for a wonderful malt whisky that nobody seemed to be producing. Lark has developed into one of the leading distillers in the country and produces premium spirits using tried and tested methods. Over 150 malt whiskies are offered in the tasting room.
Lava Braeu
Published 13/08/2025
A touch of Kentucky wafts through the aging room, right next to Roman Schmidt’s brewery. A low hall lets the angels rejoice, because the annual evaporation loss, called “angels’ share”, is tropical 8%. Which is why you don’t leave whisky in the barrel for more than 4.5 years, because the distiller is strict. Whereby: You will look in vain for a distilling device on site, the know-how of the organic producer lies in the grain mash.
Littlemill
Published 13/08/2025
Had it survived Littlemill, claims to have been founded in 1772, would beat out both contenders Strathisla and Glenturret for the title of the oldest Scottish distillery. Alas it was not to be. Quietly Littlemill has disappeared from retail shelves. Like an extinct species it will never return. It stopped production in 1994 and a fire in the fall of 2004 was the final nail in the coffin. Littlemill was one of the oldest distillery in Scotland, established in 1772.
Loch Lomond Old Rhosdhu
Published 13/08/2025
Discontinued in 2000. Rhosdhu is the internal name for a single grain spirit produced using 100% barley
Lochlea
Published 13/08/2025
Lochlea distilled their first fresh whisky in 2018, putting them in good company in the Lowlands.The Lowlads region is enjoying a significant revitalisation, as no other whisky region has seen more new whisky distilleries founded in recent years. Lochlea is particularly proud of its regional connections. Only barley from their own cultivation is used for the single malt distilled so far. The Lochlea Distillery’s whisky is produced under the motto “dare to be honest”.