Tasmania, poured properly.

A tucked-away bar on Brisbane Street, pouring Tasmanian gin, whisky, wine and craft beer.

Find usWhat's on
Looking down the long, narrow bar from the back of the room towards the Brisbane Street windows, shelves of bottles glowing amber along the wall.

Over sixty Tasmanian gins on the back bar.

Plus a wall of local whisky, Tasmanian wine and whatever’s on the beer taps this week. Small batch means the shelves keep moving, so ask what’s new.

A single orange coupe on the dark timber bar, a curl of peel on the rim and the bottle shelves blurred behind.

From the bar

Five signatures, the classics done our way, and gin and whisky paddles poured in order.

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The Collective

The distillers, brewers and winemakers behind our bar.

Meet the makers
  • 7K Distillery
  • Abel Gin
  • Adams Distillery
  • Alchymia Distillery
  • Battery Point Distillery
  • Bear South
  • Blackmans Bay Distillery
  • Bridport Distilling Co
  • Bright Night Gin
  • Callington Mill Distillery
  • Dasher + Fisher
  • Derwent Distillery
  • Drifters End Distilling Company
  • Edge of the World
  • Endangered Distilling Co.
  • Furneaux Distillery
  • Gypsy Whisky Co.
  • Hellfire Bluff Distillery
  • Hellyers Road Distillery
  • Hillwood Whisky
  • Hunter Island Whisky
  • Iron House
  • Just B Distillery
  • Lark Distillery
  • Launceston Distillery
  • Lawrenny Estate Distillery
  • McHenry Distillery
  • New Norfolk Distillery
  • Old Kempton Distillery
  • Overeem Whisky
  • Sandy Gray
  • Section 44 Distillery
  • Spring Bay Distillery
  • Strait
  • Sullivans Cove
  • Tasmaniac Distillers
  • Taylor & Smith Distilling Co.
  • The Splendid Gin
  • Turner Stillhouse
  • Waubs Harbour Whisky
  • Broad Arrow Wines
  • Freycinet Vineyard
  • Home Hill Winery
  • Milton Vineyard
  • Priory Ridge Estate
  • Rush Wines
  • Small Wonder Wines
  • Deep South Brewing Co
  • Spotty Dog Brewery
  • Spreyton Cider Co
  • Willie Smith’s
  • Punch & Ladle

The room

Long, narrow and lit low, with a wall of bottles running the length of it.

  • A full house on a weeknight, string lights strung down the ceiling and the brick wall lit warm.
  • Two bartenders pouring side by side, two coupes waiting on the bar.
  • Pendant lamps hanging over the bar, a whisky barrel sitting on the back counter.
  • A bartender shaking a drink, lemon wedges and a coupe lined up on the bar.
  • A corner shelf of bottles lit from below in pink, the wall above washed amber.
  • An old fashioned in a cut-glass tumbler, catching the light on the timber bar.
  • A bartender working beside the barrel, the bar crowded with bottles and glasses.
  • A tulip glass of something golden and a pint on the bar, a guest leaning in behind.
  • An orange coupe with a twist of peel, a bowl of oranges and bar spoons beside it.

What’s on

Tasting nights with the people who make it, mostly through winter.

See what’s on
Michael Bernhagen grinning as he shakes a cocktail in front of the back bar's bottle shelves.

The owner

Meet Michael

Michael Bernhagen is a gin lover who wanted a place to show off the best of Launceston and Tasmania. He’s always on the lookout for the next local distillery worth pouring.

“I believe in our state, our producers and our product.”

The Gin Time neon sign

Come in, pull up a stool.

No bookings, just walk in. 63A Brisbane Street, Launceston.

  • Monday4pm to 10pm
  • Tuesday4pm to 11:30pm
  • Wednesday4pm to 11:30pm
  • Thursday4pm to 11:30pm
  • Friday4pm to 11:30pm
  • Saturday4pm to 11:30pm
  • Sunday4pm to 10pm
Find usCall (03) 6344 5583
The Barrel Collective's shopfront on Brisbane Street at night, the Open sign lit in blue and the long bar glowing amber behind the glass.