King Island Distillery Wins Grant For Growth and Innovation
King Island Distillery Cheers to a Tasmanian Government Grant! (As Featured in the King Island Courier 13.2.25)
To my fellow GIN, spirits, cocktails and liqueur lovers! I'm so GINcited to share some GINtastic news-as featured in the King Island Courier - King Island Distillery has been awarded a wonderful $6,823.95 grant through the Tasmanian Government's Enabling Small Business Grant Program! This incredible opportunity will allow us to enhance our local small business and continue crafting top-quality spirits, cocktails and liqueurs for you all to sip on and smile. A huge, heartfelt thank you to the State Government for approving our application - it means the world to our micro Australian award winning manufacturing distillery!
The Tasmanian Government's $1 million ‘Enabling Small Business Grant’ program was incredibly popular, with applications processed in a lightning-fast 24 hours! This GINcredible program supports small businesses across Tasmania and we're so GINourmously grateful to be among the recipients. Our grant will fund some exciting technology improvements at Happy Heidi’s 100% locally owned and operated distillery, ensuring we keep creating our local artisan products. We contributed our own 30% cash contribution to show our commitment and we are GINcited with the results! This includes new technology, small-scale manufacturing equipment and upgraded operating system.
This GINvestment is a game-changer for the Island’s Distillery! Since Heidi Weitjens company King Island Distillery Pty Ltd operation commenced over a decade ago in October 2014 these technology upgrades will streamline production, boost efficiency and ultimately deliver an even more exceptional products like King Island Native GIN to our cherished customers. It showcases our commitment to sustainable growth and handcrafting genuine spirits here on our GINspirational King Island.
A massive thank you goes to Principal Computers in Hobart. Their professionalism and outstanding customer service made the whole process GINcredibly smooth and enjoyable. Happy Heidi the sole owner of King Island Distillery is truly grateful for their expertise!
Heidi Weitjens also expresses sincere gratitude for the support from the Small Business Month workshop run by Business Tasmania - Kelly Brown and Braddon Business Centre - Warren Moore. They were helpful in giving us an understanding about the grant application and I highly recommend their all round expertise and knowledge to other small businesses.
King Island Distillery Customer Testimonials (from Google Reviews):
"Limoncello Gin had me at 1 sip.
Just order it and get it in the freezer!
Magnificent.
Thank so much!
Great experience learning about the local gin and distillery!” Mark Steggall - Local Guide • 12 Google reviews • 17 photos
"We visited the King Island Distillery on a recent trip to the island and had a wonderful time. Heidi was a delightful host with a real depth of knowledge, humour and experience distilling spirits. We had generous tastings of the range of drinks, and our order was shipped back to Melbourne promptly and trouble-free. We would highly recommend a visit.” Graeme Cross - 1 Google review • 0 photos
We’re absolutely brimming over with GINcitement to share the positive outcomes of our upgrades as they pour out from Happy Heidi’s distillery in Currie, King Island, Tasmania. We look forward to continuing to distilling the islands best local spirits and we truly GINppreciate your ongoing support of King Island Distillery. Cheers and Thank you Heidi Weitjens.
Follow our King Island Distillery Pty Ltd journey on Social Media.
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And be sure to visit us on King Island to experience the local GINspiration for yourselves!
Direct Distillery Door Sales and Local Artisan Spirits Tasting
Call: Happy Heidi on 0488 CHEERS | 0488 243377
Email: heidi@kingislanddistillery.com
Thank you to all the GINspiring people in my world, I am grateful to you all for your support, business, stories, recommendations and reviews!!!
Best wishes and happy cheers always from King Island, Tasmania,
Heidi Weitjens
Founder and 100% Local Owner, Operator & Artisan Distiller
King Island Distillery Pty Ltd since 2014
https://kingislanddistillery.com
Link to Advisors For Businesses in Tasmania:
You can learn more about: The Tasmanian Business Advice Service providing free business advice to Tasmanian small businesses.
Experienced advisors can help you with a wide variety of topics. To find out more about the support available to you, click the button to the Business Tasmania website: https://www.business.tas.gov.au
At the Braddon Business Centre Inc. Website: You can learn more about: The simplest path to the best advice, and it's free! Business advisory services for business owners. Focusing on small business development. https://www.braddonbusiness.com.au
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