This Project is a Starward first, using barrels shared between two distilleries. Ex-Nova red wine casks were sent to Red Ridge Rhum Distillery in 2022 to finish an artisanal, pot distilled rum made from wild fermented sugarcane juice.

After their sunny, rum soaked holiday in Queensland, our casks returned home to Port Melbourne in 2023, where we filled them with red-wine matured single malt whisky and left them to rest for another three years.

The result is a fun, festive whisky that combines the classic red fruit notes of Starward Nova with the tropical funk of fresh cane rum. Just like it’s jaunty tropical label, this whisky is fun, fruity, bold and unmistakably Aussie, ready to let its hair down for the festive season.