Heather Tillott's guest appearances

Heather Tillott

Drinks Adventures

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Knock Tales Whisky Podcast with Gordon Bruce

Sam Reid

Sue Hodder

John Gauntner

Matt Houghton

Bakery Hill Distillery

Botham Wines

Andrew Derbidge

Hervé Dantan

David Vitale

Jared Brown

Janice McDonald

Desmond Payne

Cam Mackenzie

Howard Park

Kathleen Davies

OwlTail

Quirky production, prohibition and never selling your soul to the (mechanised) devil: Gordon meets his whisky making match in Heather Tillott, Head Distiller of cult Tasmanian whisky brand Sullivans Cove in this edition of Knock Tales.Starting out in Australia’s famed wine business, Heather fell in love with whisky after touring a few of Tasmania’s distilleries, and soon after took up a post at Sullivans Cove on the island’s beautiful south coast.In a fascinating half hour, Heather charts the region’s whisky making journey: from penal colony where whisky production was prohibited until the early 1990s; to leader of the global craft distilling boom. Along the way she shares the secrets of Sullivans Cove's world record breaking medal streak and their plans to up sticks and take the distillery back to its roots on Hobart’s waterfront. Meanwhile Gordon gets philosophical about the long life cycle of single malt whisky and how it feels to be laying down stock that he won’t be rolling back out of the warehouse – as well as revealing why he’s so terrified of wine experts when they pay him a visit at Knockdhu.

Quirky production, prohibition and never selling your soul to the (mechanised) devil: Gordon meets his whisky making match in Heather Tillott, Head Distiller of cult Tasmanian whisky brand Sullivans Cove in this edition of Knock Tales.Starting out in Australia’s famed wine business, Heather fell in love with whisky after touring a few of Tasmania’s distilleries, and soon after took up a post at Sullivans Cove on the island’s beautiful south coast.In a fascinating half hour, Heather charts the region’s whisky making journey: from penal colony where whisky production was prohibited until the early 1990s; to leader of the global craft distilling boom. Along the way she shares the secrets of Sullivans Cove's world record breaking medal streak and their plans to up sticks and take the distillery back to its roots on Hobart’s waterfront. Meanwhile Gordon gets philosophical about the long life cycle of single malt whisky and how it feels to be laying down stock that he won’t be rolling back out of the warehouse – as well as revealing why he’s so terrified of wine experts when they pay him a visit at Knockdhu.

Heather Tillott, Sullivans Cove Distillery, Tasmania

This week on the Drinks Adventures podcast I play a conversation with Heather Tillott, production manager at Sullivans Cove Distillery in Tasmania.If you have any awareness of Australian whisky you've surely heard of Sullivans Cove, known internationally for some of the incredible accolades it's won in the last few years.In March 2018, Sullivans Cove won World's Best Single Cask Single Malt at the highly prestigious World Whiskies Awards.This followed the distiller's French Oak expression being named World's Best Single Malt outright at the World Whiskies Awards in 2014.For an Aussie distiller to win one of these awards is remarkable, but two in such a short space of time is quite stupendous really.Heather Tillott started in the beverage industry in wine production in the New South Wales Shoalhaven region.She moved to Tasmania after a life change, thinking she would continue in wine. But a chance visit to Sullivans Cove put her on course to become a distiller.I caught up with Heather at Sullivans Cove earlier this year.You can find all other shows, show notes, transcripts and many helpful links on the podcast website, DrinksAdventures.com.au, and you can email me at hello@drinksadventures.com.au.Follow James Atkinson on Facebook here, Instagram here and Twitter here.

This week on the Drinks Adventures podcast I play a conversation with Heather Tillott, production manager at Sullivans Cove Distillery in Tasmania. If you have any awareness of Australian whisky you've surely heard of Sullivans Cove, known internationally for some of the incredible accolades it's won in the last few years. In March 2018, Sullivans Cove won World's Best Single Cask Single Malt at the highly prestigious World Whiskies Awards. This followed the distiller's French Oak expression being named World's Best Single Malt outright at the World Whiskies Awards in 2014. For an Aussie distiller to win one of these awards is remarkable, but two in such a short space of time is quite stupendous really. Heather Tillott started in the beverage industry in wine production in the New South Wales Shoalhaven region. She moved to Tasmania after a life change, thinking she would continue in wine. But a chance visit to Sullivans Cove put her on course to become a distiller. I caught up with Heather at Sullivans Cove earlier this year. You can find all other shows, show notes, transcripts and many helpful links on the podcast website, <a href="http://DrinksAdventures.com.au" rel="noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">DrinksAdventures.com.au</a>, and you can email me at hello@drinksadventures.com.au. Follow James Atkinson on Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/byjamesatkinson" rel="noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>, Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/byjamesatkinson/" rel="noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> and Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/byjamesatkinson" rel="noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.

Heather Tillott of Sullivans Cove Distillery on making world-beating whisky

A podcast for lovers of wine, beer, liquor (incl. whisky, whiskey, bourbon, gin, vodka, tequila etc) and cocktails, Drinks Adventures hosts wine makers, brewing and distilling experts, sommeliers, bartenders &amp; more.Whisky upstart Sullivans Cove won World's Best Single Malt at the World Whiskies Awards three out of four years running.Sullivans Cove Whisky head distiller Heather Tillott reveals the secrets to its success in this episode of the Drinks Adventures podcast.You may also like:Wine episodes on Drinks AdventuresBut we also hear from Heather about her career background starting in wine production in the New South Wales Shoalhaven region.She moved to Tasmania after a life change, thinking she would continue in wine. But a chance visit to Sullivans Cove put her on course to become a distiller.I caught up with Heather at Sullivans Cove earlier this year.You can find all other shows, show notes, transcripts and many helpful links on the podcast website, DrinksAdventures.com.au, and you can email me at hello@drinksadventures.com.au.Follow James Atkinson on Facebook here, Instagram here and Twitter here.

A podcast for lovers of wine, beer, liquor (incl. whisky, whiskey, bourbon, gin, vodka, tequila etc) and cocktails, Drinks Adventures hosts wine makers, brewing and distilling experts, sommeliers, bartenders &amp; more. Whisky upstart Sullivans Cove won World's Best Single Malt at the World Whiskies Awards three out of four years running. Sullivans Cove Whisky head distiller Heather Tillott reveals the secrets to its success in this episode of the Drinks Adventures podcast. You may also like:<a href="https://drinksadventures.com.au/2019/11/04/wine-podcast-episodes-on-drinks-adventures/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wine episodes on Drinks Adventures</a> But we also hear from Heather about her career background starting in wine production in the New South Wales Shoalhaven region. She moved to Tasmania after a life change, thinking she would continue in wine. But a chance visit to Sullivans Cove put her on course to become a distiller. I caught up with Heather at Sullivans Cove earlier this year. You can find all other shows, show notes, transcripts and many helpful links on the podcast website, <a href="http://DrinksAdventures.com.au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DrinksAdventures.com.au</a>, and you can email me at hello@drinksadventures.com.au. Follow James Atkinson on Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/byjamesatkinson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>, Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/byjamesatkinson/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> and Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/byjamesatkinson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.

Whisky in Tasmania with Sullivans Cove Whisky head distiller Heather Tillott