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Welcome to Hellyer's Road - Friday 4th July 2025

East Coast Whisky
7 days ago
1 min read

It is super exciting to feature an entirely new to our tastings distillery, especially one with such a great profile, and that hails from the far side of the planet. So here is our first Antipodean whisky adventure, featuring all the way from Tasmania, Hellyer's Road.

We have tried to build the perfect introduction for you, both with very recent releases imported just for this tasting, and some peaty classics. We promise a great evening, a must for any true whisky lover.

The Drams

Aurora Australis 40%

Roaring Forties 40%

Dark Harmony 53.5% peated sc black ipa finish

The Journeyman 46.2% 12 bourbon & 5 port

Oloroso de Jerez 10 46.2%

Peated 7 46.2%

Original 15 46.2%

Slightly Peated 15 46.2%

Peated 2004 61.7%

Slightly Peated 17 French Exclusive S.C. 59.7%

Original 18 French Exclusive S.C. 61.4%

Peated 18 French Exclusive S.C. 58.4%

Voyager 19 57%

If you would like to join us, please either reach out through WhatsApp, where we host the ever growing international East Coast Whisky community. or by emailing dram@eastcoastwhisky.com

The tasting will be held live on Zoom from 7.30-10pm on Friday 4th July, and if you can't make that, there will be a recording available afterwards. Drams are available in 15, 20, 30 ml sizes.

I guarantee this will be one of the most surprising & delightful tastings we run this year, so I hope you can join us.

Frederick Maitland

@eastcoastwhisky