About us:

Discover our devotion to handcrafted excellence from traditional recipes said to date back to 330ad,Greek Australian Tom Christopoulos has breathed new life, into a thrilling range of spirits. Spirits which are unrivaled by any you have ever experienced. As you’ll discover, while Tom’s life experience has been broad, his true passion is for the age-old traditions of spirit making he has inherited from countless generations.

Supported in his quest for excellence by his family, Tom began creating commercially his range of exciting spirits as recently as 2016. With exceptional quality products 1946 Distilling has collected over 60 awards for our spirits. 1946 Distilling now expanded into premix RTD Ouzo flavors with their Cerberus range!

Our products:

Creators of fine grape distillates, ouzo, liqueurs, gins and ready to drink Premix Ouzo! A diverse range of high quality smooth drinking spirits.

Distillery:

Proudly located residentially, our new home in the upcoming months will be at Woodville! Watch this space!

Awards:

San Francisco World Spirit Competition 2022

• Ouzo and Cola – Gold
• Ouzo and Raspberry – Gold
• Ouzo and Orange – Gold
• Ouzo and Lemonade ( No Sugar) – Silver

Tasting Australia 2019

• Best Alternate Spirit + 1 Gold – Traditional Tsipouro

Sip Awards 2020

• Traditional – Double Gold
• Tsipouro With Star Anise – Platinum
• Tsipouro 500 – Double Gold

Melbourne International Spirit Competition  2020

• Traditional – Gold

*Winner of Australian Brandy Distiller Of The Year 2020

Sip Awards 2021

• Traditional – 1 Gold + 1 Consumers Choice Award
• Tsipouro With Star Anise – Platinum + 1 Consumers Choice Award
• Ouzo – 1 Gold

San Francisco World Spirit Competition 2021

• Ouzo – 1 Double Gold + Best Of Class For Ouzo

San Francisco World Spirit Competition 2022

• Ouzo – 1 Gold

Melbourne International Spirit Competition 2022

• Blood Orange and Pomegranate Gin – 1 Double Gold

*Winner of Best Adelaide Gin Distillery Of The Year 2022

Trophies

• Australian Enterprise Awards – Winner of Best Handcrafted Producer 2022
• Australian Enterprise Awards – Best Traditional Spirit Wholesaler 2023