Whipper Snapper Distillery East Perth
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I guess I started probably about 10 years ago. It was a bit of a crazy idea. Where all good ideas start is at a pub over a beer between myself and my brother-in-law. We both shared a passion for whisky, making it. So, we wanted to really knuckle down and learn how to make a really good tasting bourbon. That’s my preferred drink anyway, and my brother-in law’s preferred drink was a single malt. So, we had a bit of a clash at what we were going to start off making but we narrowed down on the niche which is bourbon-style spirit.
So, we wanted to make that here in Perth, Australia. It’s quite a unique space to do it in but we didn’t think it was really possible. We thought it was a bit of a crazy idea, really, but we went travelling, met a lot of interesting characters over in the States. One particular guy was a guy called Tom Cooper and he was really instrumental in getting us off the ground and helping us create the bourbon-style whisky we wanted because, I mean, making bourbon…anyone can make whisky, really, but there’s a lot of theory and science and a lot of chemical engineering and process engineering, stuff you need to know but really, when it comes down to it, you need to learn that art of making a bourbon.
And that’s where Tom came into it. I spent a long time with him the States learning the art of making a bourbon whisky and we brang it back here. A lot of my family and friends got involved helping us build this place here in Perth. It took us awhile. We did it on a shoestring budget, we had no money, really, to start with, build a lot of stuff ourselves, but eventually what we got out was a little craft distillery and we call it Whipper Snapper Distillery.
Well, we wanted to produce a whisky, obviously. Good whisky takes time. It was one of the most important things I’ve always learnt was it takes time. So, unfortunately, we couldn’t just have a magical whisky appear out of a cask. So, we wanted to make a white spirit, wanted to do it a bit different. That’s what we’re all about at Whipper Snapper – how we make our product.
So, first thing we made was a moonshine. We did a traditional moonshine, so obviously made with a corn base, distilled nice and high off the steel and then cut back down to about 40%. So, nice and easy. So that was our entry product into the market. It is actually Australia’s first moonshine. Surprisingly done quite well across Australia, I think a lot of bar scene, especially the local bar scene have picked it up and mixed it in cocktails. It’s get pretty exciting for some of the mixologists out there.
The next product we did was a Barrel aged moonshine, a bit of a slight take on the traditional moonshine. What we did was stick the moonshine in a cask, fresh American oak, for about six weeks, gave it a bit of colour. And there’s two reasons we did that, a bit of education aspect as well. It’s just to show people that every whisky starts off clear and white, not a lot of complexion, or a lot of character and flavour there. Six weeks in fresh oak, you get this hit of colour and a lot of flavour starting to develop but still got that classic moonshine taste.
Then, about four, five months away and we get our actual whisky to come out. It’s pretty exciting but we’re always trying to break new grounds in different styles of grain whiskeys and we’ve got a very special whisky coming out very soon as well. So, yeah. It’s called project Q!
I guess here in Australia, definitely here in the west and especially the local Perth bar scene, they’re all thirsty for that next product and next craft beer and the next craft spirit, so we’re going to be on the cutting edge of making new spirits. So, this year, we’ve got obviously our first release, our first release whisky, which is a take on a bourbon-style whisky. Then we’ll have a very unique whisky come out as well. But, I guess, going forward, we’re just going to create new styles of whisky. We want to really concentrate on the grains that are grown here in West Australia. I mean, all our grains in our products are West Australian. We hope they always will be.
The next product I want to start working on with a local farmer, from where I’m from, is a wheat whisky quite popular in the craft industry over in the States as well. So, I hope to start working on that and if we can start getting new products into the local scene and that can champion products like that and get it across and I think over in the west, we love pioneering new things. So, it’s a home of the craft beer so let’s make it the same for whisky.
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Whipper Snapper Distillery in East Perth offering premium Whiskey
A passion of whiskey and great friendship is where our Whipper Snapper Distillery journey begins….
Whipper Snapper Distillery is Perth's first urban distillery, crafting premium moonshine and whiskey made from 100% local Western Australian ingredients.
Our first products 'Crazy Uncle' Moonshine and 'Crazy Uncle Barrel Aged' Moonshine is available from our cellar door, plus many more of the distillers experimental whiskies.
Open from daily for coffee and tastings. Distillery tours and Whiskey Workshops are available.
Whipper Snapper Distillery
139 Kensington Street East Perth WA Australia 6004
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Whipper Snapper Distillery in East Perth offering premium Whiskey
A passion of whiskey and great friendship is where our Whipper Snapper Distillery journey begins….
Whipper Snapper Distillery is Perth's first urban distillery, crafting premium moonshine and whiskey made from 100% local Western Australian ingredients.
Our first products 'Crazy Uncle' Moonshine and 'Crazy Uncle Barrel Aged' Moonshine is available from our cellar door, plus many more of the distillers experimental whiskies.
Open from daily for coffee and tastings. Distillery tours and Whiskey Workshops are available.
Whipper Snapper Distillery
139 Kensington Street East Perth WA Australia 6004
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Whipper Snapper Distillery in East Perth offering premium Whiskey
A passion of whiskey and great friendship is where our Whipper Snapper Distillery journey begins….
Whipper Snapper Distillery is Perth's first urban distillery, crafting premium moonshine and whiskey made from 100% local Western Australian ingredients.
Our first products 'Crazy Uncle' Moonshine and 'Crazy Uncle Barrel Aged' Moonshine is available from our cellar door, plus many more of the distillers experimental whiskies.
Open from daily for coffee and tastings. Distillery tours and Whiskey Workshops are available.
Whipper Snapper Distillery
139 Kensington Street East Perth WA Australia 6004
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WA whiskey among world’s best
Whiskey is normally associated with ghosts, grizzled old men and ancient castles shrouded in fog.
But now a few young guys, unburdened by the spirits of dead orphans, have been changing the game and distilling their own delicious drams all the way over here in sunny Perth.
The folk at Whipper Snapper Distillery are taking advantage of WA’s unique resources to create spirits that are being celebrated the world over.
Tim Hosken, production engineer and distiller at Whipper Snapper, says their approach is about “taking the best of what we’ve got in Perth, so our natural grains that we have, our climate, and using those factors to get really unique but just top-shelf whiskeys”.
In fact, it increasingly seems that WA is an ideal part of the world in which to be making spirits, as evidenced by the emergence of multiple craft distilleries in the last few years.
In the city, Whipper Snapper is experimenting with WA grains sourced direct from farmers in our Wheatbelt. Not far away, Mark Harris of Sin Gin is making excellent use of the native botanical lemon myrtle.
A little further out from the city you’ll find Old Young’s and the Great Northern Distillery in the Swan Valley.
Down south, Limeburners Distillery in Margaret River are using quandongs to flavour their gin. In Wilyabrup, The Grove Distillery is making organic absinthe out of Aussie grains.
If you were to head north, you’d find Illegal Tender Rum Co in Dongarra. Their name refers to a time in Australian history when rum was our unofficial currency, and their spirits are spiced using indigenous plants including Kakadu plum, lemon myrtle, quandong, wild rosella and wattleseed. Some spirits are even aged in ex-Margaret River wine barrels.
Hoochery in Kununurra promises “bloody good dinky-di Kimberley Spirit to enjoy around the table”.
Sugar cane growing in the Ord River Valley is harvested and turned into Canefire by the Kimberley Rum Company. Matured at the Great Northern Distillery in the Swan Valley, it lacks the harsh taste of other rums made from molasses.
But it’s not just the West Aussie ingredients that make the difference. Tim says that the climate here in Perth helps accelerate the whiskey maturation process. Our warm WA days mean that the processes that create flavours inside an oak barrel occur faster.
This has helped the young distillery find its feet quickly, as well as allowing them to experiment with unique recipes. “Most exciting for us now is that, essentially every year from now, we have a new style of whiskey coming out, which will be great.”
Whipper Snapper’s focus on West Aussie assets has helped them become the toast of many international towns. Their very first whiskey, the Upshot, has taken out the prize for Best International Corn Whiskey at the American Distilling Institute as well as the Best Australian Corn Whiskey at the World Whiskey Awards.
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Perthication Podcast - EP. 010 - Jimmy from Whipper Snapper Distillery
Today we chat with Jimmy from Whipper Snapper Distillery straight out of East Perth! We talk about Whiskey, supporting the local farmers and the fun journey that is life! Jimmy is the man and I am stoked to chat with him
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Four Pillars Distillery - Melbourne's Yarra Valley
Four Pillars was established with a focus on gin. But great gin doesn’t just make itself. Four Pillars recognised that their real focus would need to be on the craft of distilling. If they could elevate this area of expertise in Australia, and bring a modern Australian sensibility to the process, then maybe they could make a gin worth shouting about.
In October 2015 they moved into their new home, a gorgeous old timber yard on the main drag of Healesville, about an hour's drive from the CBD of Melbourne. The Four Pillars Distillery houses their original copper still Wilma and her two new siblings, Jude and Eileen. All three of their stills are manufactured by Carl in Germany and deliver unbelievable purity of spirit, drawing extraordinary botanical flavour from the combination of rare, native and traditional botanicals we use.
Four Pillars currently have six gins in our range (and counting) and two marmalades that are made using the fresh organic oranges that are steamed during the distallation process. Everything they do is designed to elevate the craft of distilling in Australia, and we hope you agree we're on the right path. The judges at prestigious international competitions must think so, as since the launch in 2013 their three main variants have won gold medals at major competitions around the world.
But don't just take our word for it! Come and see and taste it all for yourself. Our distillery also houses a fully functioning tasting room and a bar serving G&T paddles, build-your own Negronis, Scotty's Ginger Mules, beer, wine, tea, coffee and really good nuts and olives. There are also tours, masterclasses, and all manner of fun.
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Hippocampus Distillery West Perth
Alex Poulsen Distiller at Hippocampus talks through the history, process, and future plans for the West Perth spirits maker. Producing Western Australian organic Vodka and Gin, Hippocampus supplies nationwide after operating for 12 months to January 2016.
Hippocampus is the second distillery to open in the Perth CBD and produces small batches of 200 hand crafted bottles. By March 2016, Hippocampus should be open to the general public at 19 Gordon St West Perth. Pop in (it's just across the road from Gordon St Garage) and enjoy a sample, or two.
Nip of Courage - Belgrove Distillery Introduction
Belgrove Distillery is the only rye distillery in Australia, it is also the greenest distillery in the world. Belgrove Distillery is powered by bio-diesel, so all distilling and farming equipment is run on recycled cooking oil. The rye is grown onsite, the left over mash from the distilling process is fed to the sheep, who provide fertilizer for the next crop of rye. Peter Bignell is sixth generation Tasmanian farmer and the head distiller at Belgrove Distillery. Support Australian Craft Distillers. Proudly distributed by Nip of Courage. nipofcourage.com
Legal Loophole | 9 News Perth
Subscribe here: Get more breaking news at: Perth's only inner city whiskey distillery says Government red tape is strangling business. It's currently illegal for the Whipper Snapper Distillery to sell their whisky mixed with soft drink. But they are allowed to give it away for free.
Australian whiskey set to take on international markets
Last year a small Tasmanian whiskey distiller named Sullivan’s Cove stunned the world when it won first prize for Best Single Malt at the World Whiskey Awards. This is the latest in a growing number of awards that are being won by Australian whiskey distillers.
At the same time whiskey consumption is on the rise, especially among drinkers under 35, and small whiskey bars are popping up everywhere. So is now the time to get into the Australian whiskey game? Lauren MacKenzie reports.
Australia lost its way on alcohol - Stonehouse
Aaron Stonehouse visits Whipper Snapper Distillery in East Perth to talk about some of the challenges facing the alcohol industry in Australia.
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Startup West - Its coming! 24th October 2014
All great industries have an annual event to get together and celebrate their industry. TV has the Logies, Music has the ARIA’s and the Perth startup community now has Startup West!
Time Is Running Out!
Startup West will kick off Perth’s very first startup festival on the 24th October 2014 in the freshly launched Whipper Snapper Distillery in East Perth (near Claisebrook Station).
If you’re a Perth startup big or small, young or old, or an active member of the startup community, this event is all about you! It is your passion and hustle that has helped build Perth’s growing and vibrant startup scene and we think it’s time we celebrate.
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So come along for an evening of fun, food, music and drinks to celebrate your hard work throughout the year. Connect with fellow founders, technical peeps, commercialisation experts, startup groups you didn’t know about and entrepreneurs who have the ‘scars’ to show you how to be successful.
What: Startup West
When: Friday, October 24, 2014
Where: Whipper Snapper Distillery, 139 Kensington St, East Perth
Cost: $30 pp, includes food, softdrink and 2 alcoholic beverages.
What’s in store:
5:30 Doors Open, welcome drinks
6:00 Welcome and Official Opening Speech by The Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor, Lisa-M. Scaffidi
6:30 Pitch Frenzy
7:00 Startup Launches
7:30 Olé Paella and Jumplings food time
8:15 Keynote speaker
9:00 Awards ceremony
10pm Last drinks and wind down
Tickets are limited, don’t miss out!
startupwest.org.au