Whisky Whiskey 101: Cape Byron The Original Single Malt Whisky

21 July, 2025

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The Cape Byron Distillery is located within a 2-1/2hr drive from my home in Brisbane, Australia. I’m not accustomed to being so close to a Distillery and in my Whisky journey, this turned out to be the first one I’ve ever visited! I managed to obtain six samples of their offerings…today I talk about the history of how the Distillery came to be, how Eddie Brook and Jim McEwan met and how they collaborated to create the distillery and, obviously, I review their entry-level offering simply called The Original.
Duration 15 minutes and 15 seconds

Show Notes

Bottle Statistics: Drink Score: 🥃 Cost:C2, Quality:Q3
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Episode Gold Producers: 'r', Steven Bridle and Kellen Frodelius-Fujimoto.
Episode Silver Producers: Mitch Biegler, Shane O'Neill, Jared Roman, Katharina Will, Chad Juehring and Ian Gallagher.
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John Chidgey

John Chidgey

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