Originally posted by Drinks Digest, below is a launch update on the World Whisky Awards.

Another big win for Waubs Harbour 

Waubs Harbour took out Category Winner for its Waubs Original whisky at the World Whiskies Awards 2025.

“This is the Olympics of awards in whisky so to win a Category Award is huge for our little Tasmanian distillery, especially to back it up two years in a row,” said co-founder Tim Polmear.

Waubs Harbour is a maritime Tasmanian family run distillery that sits literally metres from the edge of the ocean in Bicheno on the far east coast of Tasmania.

After purchasing a shuttered oyster hatchery and neighbouring old abalone farm buildings for their maritime maturation environment, the whisky distillery now spans across four buildings at the gulch in Bicheno, reminiscent of Scottish maritime distilleries such as Laphroig and Lagavulin.

Waubs Harbour’s Waubs Original won Australia’s best Small Batch Single Malt, 12 yrs & under and now has a shot at the title of Australia’s Best and World’s Best Single Malt. 

Waubs Original, bottled at 43%, was matured in American Oak ex Bourbon casks to highlight the Waubs maritime salted toffee characters with a layer of tawny port cask for a creamy raisin and butterscotch finish.

Its Founder’s Reserve whisky was also highly awarded with a Silver in its category of Australian Single Malt, 12 yrs & Under.  Founder’s Reserve, bottled at 62%, was made using their highest quality ex-tawny port casks as rated by their head distiller, reserved to be bottled at cask strength. The high strength retains oils and intense flavour. Big sultana port notes with a little chocolate and long salted caramel finish.

“We’re absolutely thrilled with the result and these awards are confidence that the whisky we’re making is truly world class,” said Co-Founder Bec Polmear.