Gilbey’s Distillery

Australian Whisky Archive Closed Distillery

Wolfgang Sievers. State Library Victoria
Maggie Diaz. State Library Victoria
Sunday Times, 1936
Present-day site

Gilbey's Distillery was an enormous distillery and bottling plant responsible for a plethora of Australian whisky and gin brands.

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Australia’s dram – a history of the nobbler

September 12, 2021

Australia once had its very own term for a pour of spirits – the nobbler! Here we uncover the rowdy origins of this vintage call and find out how it became so ingrained in Australian drinking culture.

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Warrenheip Distillery

May 29, 2021

The Warrenheip Distillery (Brind’s Distillery), was Australia’s most renowned 19th century malt whisky distillery. Built in 1863, it hailed the start of a new era of Australian whisky production.

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Derwent Distillery

October 23, 2020

The original Derwent Distillery, Tasmania’s second legal still, started life as a brewery (sort of) before eventually turning to distilling in 1823.

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Victoria Distillery

August 07, 2020

Victoria Distillery, built by Thomas Aitken, the founding father of Victoria Bitter, produced triple distilled malt whisky in the late 1800s.

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Corio Distillery

April 30, 2020

Unearthing the complicated story behind a giant of Australian whisky production.

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Federal Distillery

March 09, 2020

Established in Port Melbourne by the Joshua Brothers in 1884, the Federal Distillery was once one of the largest in the Southern Hemisphere.

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