As a small batch distillery, Canberra Distillery are unconstrained by the need to produce volume and can focus solely on quality. Many modern distillery’s purchase ethanol from industrial facilities and re-distill it to add a flavour. The Canberra Distillery starts with just the raw ingredients: water, yeast and energy (grain, potato, fruit or sugar). The processing, distilling and bottling is performed by hand in Canberra. To make spirits you have to first master the science of making alcohol and only then can you begin to practice the art of distilling. "First with the head and then with the heart." To make fine spirits, the Canberra Distillery only uses the “Heart” cut of the distillate - the best and most unadulterated part of the spirit run.