Start with the classics
Every serious list needs its anchors — the Islay benchmarks, the Highland staples, the Japanese standards. Ours covers the canon first because a flight without reference points teaches nothing.
The coastal argument
We're a waterfront bar, so the list leans maritime — Old Pulteney, Talisker, coastal Tasmanians, Australian distillers working near salt air. Once you taste the through-line, you can't untaste it. The lounge was built around that idea.
"A whisky list should read like a map — we stock the bottles worth travelling for."
The rare cabinet
A locked cabinet holds the bottles we pour by the dram only — closed distilleries, single casks, the stuff you buy with your heart. Ask your host; the cabinet opens for the curious, not just the spendy.
How to read it
Don't read it — tell us what you like. 'Smoky but not medicinal' gets you four pours across three countries in a flight built for your palate. That's the whole point of the Distiller's Flight.
Key takeaways
- 180 bottles across scotch, Japan and Australia
- The list leans maritime by design
- The rare cabinet pours by the dram
- Flights are built to your palate, not a script
The non-whisky door
Half our regulars don't drink whisky at all. The same hosts build rum, agave and low-alcohol botanical flights — the library is a method, not a mandate.
Take the flight
Flights run 6pm–10pm nightly, vinyl from nine. Book a seat through the concierge or walk up the stairs and follow the turntable.
Written by
Hamish Greer
Bar Director
Hamish curates the lounge's whisky library and hosts the Distiller's Flight evenings.