Tasmania’s Whisky Centre for Excellence opened its doors to the public for the first time today.
The centre which is located at Redlands in Tasmania’s Derwent Valley has been designed to add value to the whisky industry through a number of research initiatives, including how different types of barley impact on flavour, ABC News reports.
The Centre is in partnership with Natural Resource Management South and the University of Tasmania.
Owner of the Redlands’ Estate, Peter Hope believes that the new centre will have a great impact on export sales of whisky.
Tasmania has been known for producing some of the world’s finest single malt whisky for some time, but it wasn’t until recently that Australia’s most southern state well and truly cemented its place on the world whisky stage.
Tasmanian small batch distillery, Sullivan’s Cove took home the award for the world’s best single malt at the World Whiskies Award for its French Oak Cask single malt, beating high profile entrants The Glenlivet, Bunnahabain, and Japanese Yamazaki for the award.