Yeah. I got some explaining to do. I’ll start by admitting that my countrymen and I don’t know doodly-squat about Australia. And especially the southern-most state of Australia, Tasmania. So, since I did the long flights to get myself to the other side of the planet,...
I'm kidding. There is nothing terrifying about Tasmanian wombats. They're plump, bumbling little bearcub critters that waddle around and eat grass and stuff. They don't look quite as stoned as koalas or as big as capybaras, but you get the picture. It does make you...
McHenry Stargazer Barrel Aged Gin is like nothing you've ever tried before. The process involved moving new-make gin into an American whisky cask, and every month transferring half of that cask to the next, then the next, then the next... For a whole year. And once...
Let’s assume you’re in a room in a building. Maybe it’s a fantastic room and it has windows and a comfy chair and snacks, but what happens if you get curious about the building? You go outside and turn around to see where you’ve been, and in turn see the stunning...
I was running around the McHenry Distillery today, taking photos and video. Bill was a whirlwind of activity, doing all sorts of things. Hammering the rings on casks, picking things up, moving things… Scotty was a blur with the forklift, moving heavy things, and...
It seems that everyone in Tasmania, and perhaps all of Australia, knows Bill McHenry. And to be fair, it seems every distiller in the country knows every distiller. I keep running into this. “Oh, Bill is great. Tell him I said hi.” I do, and Bill tells me how he met...
It's the most dangerous creature in Tasmania. You won’t hear it coming. You’ll be walking through an old-growth forest in lush, green Tasmania, with giant eucalyptus trees, fifty meters overhead, when it hits you with a force and fury that can be utterly devastating,...
As an American of a certain age, until rather recently, I knew three things about Tasmania. A character on Bugs Bunny. The place that birthed Errol Flynn. Errol Flynn’s nickname with the Hollywood press was the same as the character on Bugs Bunny. That’s about it....