Starward is one of Australia’s foremost distilleries, established as the New World Whisky Distillery in a Melbourne aircraft hangar in 2007 and quickly garnering attention, positive reviews and international awards for their modern, forward-thinking Starward Australian single malt whisky, which was first released in 2013. 

Such was the rapidity of New World’s ascent thereafter that the distillery attracted an undisclosed investment from Diageo’s Distil Ventures arm at the end of 2015 and was moved into new expanded premises in Melbourne’s Docklands district the following year, with new equipment, an increased production capacity and a new name: Starward Distillery.  

Starward expanded again in 2020, and now boasts a production capacity of 200,000 litres of pure alcohol per annum - a minnow in Scotch whisky terms, but comfortably the largest Australian malt whisky distillery.