Hellyers Road Distillery

We booked for lunch at Hellyers Road after the distillery tour and neither experience disappointed. The tour is an interesting and informative behind the scenes look at the operation of a distillery and the process for making a good whiskey. If you're a whiskey lover, it's worth paying for the taste of their 19 year old. And is you're REALLY a whiskey lover, you'll invest in the opportunity to bottle your own (complete with wax sealed lid and numbered bottles). The tour takes about an hour so plan your dining accordingly. We started with the soup of the day - tomato - which was declared a winner... until the mains. The whiskey cured trout was raved about and probably topped the excellent fillet steak and the delicious pie. All serves were generous and tasty (did I mention the whiskey cured trout?). Service was friendly and polite, if a little slow (but we weren't in a rush). Would definitely return for a meal when next in the area.

Do the $114 tasting. Don't question it. Just do it. Wow. The staff are all knowledgeable and friendly. The tasting itself is as engaged or low key as you want - we opted to taste the 3 staff-assigned drams after chatting with them on our own personal preferences. Nailed it. Each was fantastic, and we brought 2 bottles. Internet is a bit patchy up there, so recommend taking a physical card for purchases. Best whisky in Tasmania so far.

Always worthwhile bringing tourists here. Interesting distillery tour, and the unique opportunity to fill your own bottle from a cask. Peaceful surrounds, nicely landscaped with art and some awesome wartah trees at the driveway entrance. Also worthwhile staying for lunch at The Distillery Restaurant . On our tight budget we intended to share a ploughman's platter but accidentally got served a ploughman's Feast, the most expensive item on the menu. No regrets there, the waitress apologised for her mistake but we decided to pay for it as it was absolutely magnificent! We consider ourselves lucky as we would have been to cheap to order it otherwise!

Pleasant visit at the distillery cellar door. We had done the tasting of 3 different whiskies and 3 different cream liqueurs paired with handmade whisky chocolates. Great chocolate pairings on the cream liqueurs. Had the original, 12 year old and the Leven's limited edition. The Leven's was viscous, thick, luscious and simple delicious, barrelled in ex Spanish sherry olorroso cask is amazing. Will be back for more! The tour involves a single tasting whisky, which I think is a bit disappointing. I would have done it if I got to taste some core whiskies as well.