Loch Brewery & Distillery

Loch Brewery Distillery Featured

Founded 2012, Gin 2013

Location: Loch, Victoria

“A Little Loch-ness”

Loch is a small town of 200 families and has been witness to changing times since its birth in 1876, as has the 1902 Union Bank. Both are now home to this brewer / distiller. Only six years ago and with fearlessness Loch Brewery and Distillery began producing English beer of bitterness, gin with attentiveness and, by the time you are reading this, whisky of incredible smoothness. Hard to believe that back in 2013 making gin was an act of craziness. They were roughly the 12th to do so in Australia – so still early by that measure. Everyone should try a little Loch-ness.

Craig and Mel are a lovely, hard working partnership. He working for an international logistics company, and she for a publishing company. They had a dream founded upon single malt whisky. Craig spent time in Tasmania learning as much as he could about making whisky. Their dream grew wings and over twelve years of planning and building, Loch Brewery & Distillery was born. They now produce traditional ales and single malt whisky. Then there was Mel’s mum, May, who introduced them to martinis, so gin was added to the menu.

Methodology

Mel and Craig started making gin in a 30 litre alembic pot still. That graduated to 100L alembic still which uses grape spirit as the base. For them gin is lovely to make. The range of botanicals include both traditional and locally grown native botanicals. They hand grind all of these with a stone wheel and mortar and pestle. They are then added directly to the pot and the spirit is gently distilled.

Gins

Distillery Information

Loch Brewery & Distillery
44 Victoria Road
Loch Victoria 3945
Australia
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