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Tara Australian Poitín ("pot-cheen")
is handcrafted in the Shoalhaven, from Australian malted and unmalted barley which is milled, mashed, fermented, and triple-distilled to produce a smooth white spirit that is bottled straight from the still with no maturation. Before there was whiskey there was Poitín - the ancient ancestor of all distilled drinks. It was first made by Irish Monks back in the 6th Century in monasteries and known as "uisce beatha" (pronounced ishka baha) meaning the water of life. The word uisce is where the word whiskey comes from. Triple distilled in a traditional copper pot stills, Poitín was celebrated in song - the stuff of myth and legend. 
Living in the Shoalhaven, we also find inspiration in the Shoalhaven's illicit distilling history from the Irish and the Scots - as far back as 1882, the rugged Cambewarra ranges that overlook Tara Distillery were notorious for their illicit whisky stills. Newspaper reports of the time tell of brave police trudging through mountain tracks to find stills, and ingenious water-supply methods (even using hollowed-out cabbage trees as pipes). This spirit was renowned throughout the colony, with illegal shipments regularly leaving Berry and Bomaderry, and there was reportedly much sadness when these renegade distillers were hauled into Nowra Police Court for their comeuppance. We honour the Shoalhaven's illicit spirit-making past and continue to shape it's future by creating a a smooth Australian Poitín crafted to rival the old.
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Tara Pot Still Whiskey
We are very excited to be flying the flag for pot still whiskey in Australia. Tara Pot Still Whiskey is a mixed mash bill of Australian grains which go through a process of milling, mashing, fermentation, and finally are triple distilled in our traditional copper pot stills and matured in oak barrels.
Tara Single Malt
We are currently laying down barrels of Australian malted barley which has been double distilled.
Water
Tara Distillery uses only the purest rainwater from the wild elements to produce a locally inspired spirit.
Environment
Situated in Nowra Hill on the windswept south coast of NSW. We lay between the pristine white sand beaches of Jervis Bay and the stunning remote wilderness of the Morton National Park, overlooking the picturesque summit of the Cambewarra Ranges. The cool moist maritime environment can produce temperature fluctuations from day to night and season to season, so our barrels work hard expanding and contracting.
Sustainability
Sustainability is a key focus at Tara Distillery. We harvest our rainwater, run on steam stills, feed spent grain to our local cattle and aim to re-use every part of the process for waste minimisation.
We are very excited to be flying the flag for pot still whiskey in Australia. Tara Pot Still Whiskey is a mixed mash bill of Australian grains which go through a process of milling, mashing, fermentation, and finally are triple distilled in our traditional copper pot stills and matured in oak barrels.
Tara Single Malt
We are currently laying down barrels of Australian malted barley which has been double distilled.
Water
Tara Distillery uses only the purest rainwater from the wild elements to produce a locally inspired spirit.
Environment
Situated in Nowra Hill on the windswept south coast of NSW. We lay between the pristine white sand beaches of Jervis Bay and the stunning remote wilderness of the Morton National Park, overlooking the picturesque summit of the Cambewarra Ranges. The cool moist maritime environment can produce temperature fluctuations from day to night and season to season, so our barrels work hard expanding and contracting.
Sustainability
Sustainability is a key focus at Tara Distillery. We harvest our rainwater, run on steam stills, feed spent grain to our local cattle and aim to re-use every part of the process for waste minimisation.