Bird Blended Malt Whiskey has won Best Blended Malt Whisky at the 2026 Melbourne Royal Australian International Spirits Awards. Fleurieu Distillery also won Best Australian Single Malt Whisky with Tapestry, giving the producer both malt-whisky trophies. The collaboration between Bird in Hand and Fleurieu Distillery has been named Best Blended Malt Whisky at the 2026 Melbourne Royal Australian International Spirits Awards. Bird Single Malt came first, but the bottle that won in Melbourne this year is Bird Blended Malt Whiskey. The 2026 Melbourne Royal Australian International Spirits Awards trophy presentation | Image: SuppliedFull List of Winners at the 2026 Australian International Spirits AwardsBelow is the full list of champion, category, consistency and Best in Class winners from the 2026 Melbourne Royal Australian International Spirits Awards.