Beachtree Distilling Co.
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Sunshine Coast craft distillery producing Australia's first and only certified organic single malt whisky (Australian Certified Organic). Master distiller Steve Grace engineered the whisky using organically grown Australian single malt grain, matured in American oak ex-Shiraz barrels. Solar-powered distillery. Named World's Best Craft Producer at the World Drinks Awards in both 2024 and 2025, and World's Best Sustainable Distillery 2025. Also produces award-winning organic gin, vodka, rum, and liqueurs.
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The Beachtree Distilling Co. Tale
On Queensland's Sunshine Coast, where the Pacific meets the hinterland hills of Caloundra, Steve Grace built something unprecedented in Australian whisky. Not just another craft distillery, but the continent's first and only certified organic single malt operation—a distinction that demanded reimagining every step from grain to glass.
The Beachtree Distilling Co. rises from this subtropical landscape powered entirely by the Queensland sun. Solar panels drink the relentless coastal light, transforming it into the energy that drives Grace's vision. Here, in a region more famous for surf breaks than single malts, he engineered a whisky that would challenge the world's assumptions about Australian craft spirits.
The grain arrives certified organic, each kernel traced back to Australian soil free from synthetic intervention. Grace, serving as master distiller, guides it through copper stills that hum with solar electricity, the entire process a testament to sustainable craft. But it's in the maturation where Queensland's character truly emerges. American oak barrels, seasoned with Australian Shiraz, cradle the new-make spirit through the Sunshine Coast's humid cycles. The subtropical climate accelerates the conversation between wood and whisky, each season's heat and coastal moisture coaxing deeper complexity from the organic grain.
This isn't merely environmental consciousness—it's a complete philosophy made manifest in copper and oak. Grace's operation extends beyond whisky into organic gin, vodka, rum, and liqueurs, each category bearing the same meticulous attention to provenance and process.
The whisky world has taken notice. World's Best Craft Producer at the World Drinks Awards in 2024, then again in 2025. World's Best Sustainable Distillery in 2025. These aren't participation trophies—they're recognition that Australian whisky has evolved beyond imitation into innovation.
Standing in the Beachtree stillhouse, solar-powered and salt-aired, you witness more than distillation. You see Australian whisky's next chapter being written in organic grain and Queensland sunshine, proof that the continent's craft spirits have found their own voice under the Southern Cross.