New Zealand Whisky

What we have here is a passion project, many years in the making.

We wanted to put our own, beer-inspired mark on our whisky. So instead of making a wash from pale distillers malt, we started with what can best be described as a porter. Dark, chocolatey and malty, fermented with a Belgian saison yeast. After distilling this twice, we aged it in three different barrels:

First it spent a year in barrels that held our famed Imperial Stout, Bumaye.

Then it went into brand new, heavily charred American Oak barrels for two years.

Finally it spent three more years in Bourbon barrels that also held another Imperial Stout.

The finished result is a whisky that is rich and complex. Full of sweet, chocolatey notes from the barley and the stout barrels, layered with complex alcohols, esters and phenols from the fermentation and distilling. This is all rounded off by vanilla, coconut and caramel flavours from the oak.

56% ABV.

An exquisite trinity of three hand-selected casks, drawn from some of our oldest stocks and reduced to 52% abv.  This 700ml bottle comes in a beautiful oak frame.

Burnt toffee. Vanilla cream. Sun-scorched nectarine. Pepper.

Our earnest work’s desire realised.

Pre-order now - Buy one to drink and one to keep.

Currently available in New Zealand only. Delivery early September.

1501 bottles only / Delivery early September

700ml 52% ABV

Single Malt Whisky aged 3 1/2 years in 50 and 100 litre virgin French oak barrels

100% New Zealand Single Malt Whisky. New make spirit made from 100% Canterbury grown and malted barley. Mashed, fermented and double pot still distilled and aged more than 3 years in a 50 and 100 litre virgin French oak barrels in Christchurch NZ.

Toffee and milk chocolate, oak/wood and soft floral undertones on the nose
Oak, dark caramel, dark cocoa, new leather, creamy tannin, floral and anise on the palate
Slightly drying, oak tannin finish

700ml, 46% Alc/vol

Scapegrace Single Malt. Loam soil wheat distilled with mineral rich water pulled from beneath New Zealand?s Southern Alps. A whisky defined by the character of the land itself.

Cask Type: Virgin French Oak

Aged: 3 years

Cask Size: 200L

Grain Type: Manuka Smoked Laureate

Tasting notes: Spiced walnuts, cider apples & sweet hay

Alc/Vol: 46%

 Cask type:  virgin French oak

Aged: 3 years

Grain type:  manuka smoked laureate

Bottles: 4366

Tasting notes: warm smoky embers, mocha and bitter chocolate.

Introducing Allier. A celebration of NZ single malt whisky and one of the most important French Oak forests: Allier. 

This whisky is made from unsmoked New Zealand grown malted barley and has been matured in a second fill wine cask from the Allier forest, central France. Initial grape notes from the wine have been pulled off in the first fill. What?s left, and what has been imparted is beautifully smooth, balanced, and compliments the malty NZ whisky.

The bottling is giving generous notes of pain aux raisin, dark chocolate, custard, hazelnut.

No of bottles: 312 - limited edition

Cask no: 65

Malt: 100% NZ grown, unsmoked.

Cask spec: Second fill, French oak. 

Silver Outstanding medal winner IWSC UK 2017
Gold Medal winner San Francisco World Spirit Competition 2016

Thomson - Thomson Whisky brings you an update from the barrel. Made from 100% New Zealand grown malted barley, smoked using Manuka wood, and distilled through a hand beaten copper pot still, it?s our Manuka Smoke release in its youth. This ?work in progress? bottling offers natural smoke, cinnamon, clove, and Manuka oils.No chill filtering
No colouring

Thomson Rye and Barley is made from New Zealand grown grain.  This we've crushed, mashed, fermented and finally double distilled through our hand beaten copper pot stills.

Small cask aged for maximum flavour.

Two Tones refers to the two kinds of cask used for the maturation of this blended whisky; European oak which formerly held New Zealand red wine & American white oak used exclusively for whisky.

This limited edition Walkman flask contains Thomson Two Tone blended whisky.

Two Tone refers to the two kinds of cask used for the maturation of this whisky; European oak which formerly held New Zealand red wine and American white oak used exclusively for whisky. 

Find sea air and caramelised fruits on the nose, followed by red berries, apricot and spice on the palate. In place of an age statement the infinity symbol marking this bottling is symbolic of the marriage of casks.

No colouring

40% ABV

Just in time for Christmas! People have been asking for a cask strength Manuka Smoke bottling for ages… and now it's here. It's called Full Noise, denoting the cask strength abv, and the deeper, more abundant smoke notes. This is a big limited edition, cask strength, single malt.

Cask: American oak ex Bourbon.  

Malt: 100% NZ grown, Manuka smoked.

Thomson White Rye is made from New Zealand malted Rye and Barley.  This we've crushed, mashed, fermented and finally, double distilled through our hand beaten copper pot stills.

Unaged spirit - so fresh and so clean, clean.

Dyad is our wine barrel finish range. This release distilled in 2015 is made from unpeated New Zealand malt. Double distilled in copper pot stills and firstly matured in a refill bourbon barrel, before being finished in a French oak ex Chardonnay barrel from our friends at Mudbrick Vineyard on Waiheke Island. A rich and inviting nose leads to a complex palate with some umami character. An oily mouthfeel, well balanced with both sugar and lemon notes. A long finish with hints of a nutty, yeasty character from the Chardonnay.