Updates

I'm really excited that we're going to have our first ever live events coming up. 

1. Selwyn Winter Festival

2. Christchurch Farmers' Market

Canada Day is July 1st each year in Canada and it recognises the day that the British North American Act of 1867 came into effect, which united the...

Hello everyone!  This week we submitted a renewal of our alcohol licence with the Christchurch City Council to get an off-licence for remote sales...

Spirits competitions are sometimes considered to be a bit of a waste of time to younger distilleries, but we thought the NZ Spirits Awards was a gr...

Since August 2020, we've been working on Batch NF2. It takes a lot of work to make a great Gin base, and we use 100% Canterbury malted Barley for it.

Good things take time and we're really excited to announce that Batch NF2 is ready for sale.

Bourbon, bottles, gin, whisky, corn, and a new still - all of this and more is covered in this big distillery update.

 

The story of Herrick Creek is one of adventure and pushing the boundaries. Importing foreign moose to establish a colony here in New Zealand's ...

We all have pretty mixed feelings for 2020, ourselves including. However, 2020 for Herrick Creek was a momentous year and we wanted to share those wins with you. 

We're really excited that our first batches of Nine Fathoms Gin and Smokin' Right Rear Moonshine are available. Our first batch of Original Moonshine will be available soon as well!

Keep an eye out for updates on our NZ Whiskies and our Explorer Series Bourbon. 

We've named it "Biscuits" because the early records of the young moose calves in Wellington mention their love for the stable worker's biscuits. Batch 4 is New Zealand Malt Grain Whisky, made from 50% Corn, 25% Wheat, 25% Barley - all malted.

Before batch 1 was even in the barrel we had already started mashing in for Batch 2. It's intended to be our first un-aged release and it started l...

Yesterday afternoon we barrelled our first batch of whisky. It's a pretty unique mash bill and I'm glad it came out of the still quite unique as well.