YACK Station Precinct is now home to a whisky and gin distillery, artisan baker and rustic coffee haunt.

Backwoods Distilling Co opened their distillery door in February 2021 and have already welcomed thousands of visitors to sample their boutique batches of whisky and gin.

With several international awards under their belts, the distillery door is the best place to get your hands on the sell–out spirits, with some exclusive bottlings only available for visitors to their tasting room.

A new Salted Lime Gin was recently added to the range and another batch of the popular Muscat Gin is due this autumn.

Last year's batch of Muscat Gin, which is made in collaboration with Scion Wine, sold out in record time so make sure you get in early.

Backwoods was joined by the Happy Baker in August 2021, an artisan bakery that offers sourdough breads and a range of delicious pastries.

Visitors line up early in the morning to get their hands on the traditional sourdough breads and mouth–watering pastries.

The most recent member to the Yack Station team is The Guard – a coffee and jaffle joint, operated from a guard's van which also has a service window inside Backwoods distillery.

Owned by the team behind Tiny Beechworth – who recently won the award for Best Jaffle in Victoria (and 3rd best in Australia), they have their famous jaffles on the menu and churn out the coffees in record time, using local roastery Sixpence, as their bean supplier.

Backwoods Distilling Co is open Thursday to Sunday and you can follow them on @backwoodsdistillingco.

The Happy Baker is open Thursday to Saturday and you can follow them @happybaker.yack.

The Guard is open Thursday to Monday and you can follow them @theguard.yack.