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s. and quiet succes n io at in m er et d inspiration, ationally distilling story of n ow kn tle e is lauded intern lit ov ’s C ia s n’ va lli Su d It is Austral Andy ter Lark an general manager whisky distiller af ith w ird e th ’s ok ia sp an y sk sm hi Ta Explore W ceptional quality. ex w him in. of s ie sk hi w for its thenticity that dre au nd ra b e th t Bower abou Hellyers Road celebrated a big win when named the Best Australian Single Malt Whisky at the 2021 World Whisky Awards for its Henry’s Legacy Freestone Cove. Recently appointed General Manager Andy Bower says it’s not the first time the distillery has come home with a gong after passing the taste test with the world’s best whisky palates. His challenge is getting the team at Hellyers Road excited about it because what motivates them is a pure and unabashed passion for the product more than the international awards it accumulates.
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Bower says it’s about time the award-winning distillery was more vocal about its plethora of wins; the team should be proud that their hard work and dedication is being recognised on a global scale. “The Best Australian Single Malt Whisky” is not the first time they have won awards. The World Whisky Awards website is full of awards Hellyers has won, and nobody knows it; it is the best-untold whisky story in town,” says Bower. The story of Hellyers Road began with an unlikely group of would-be distillers who
were making a buck in the dairy business close to a town called Burnie in Tasmania’s northwest. Already accustomed to building, growing and milking things, these innovative farmers knew their environment was perfect for sourcing ingredients of purity and quality. In the late 1990s, they thought it might be an excellent place to build a distillery. It turns out their vision was ahead of the time, with Tasmania now boasting over 80 distilleries. Not many Australians would know about the whisky’s namesake, Henry Hellyer, but he was an explorer and an iconic figure in the establishment of Tasmania. Brought over by
