phan ▁Elli ott ▁Category : Fil ms ▁set ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁Category : Austral ian ▁comedy - d rama ▁films <0x0A> </s> ▁A ▁micro dist illery ▁is ▁a ▁small , ▁often ▁bout ique - style ▁dist illery ▁established ▁to ▁produce ▁be verage ▁grade ▁spirit ▁alco hol ▁in ▁relatively ▁small ▁quantities , ▁usually ▁done ▁in ▁single ▁batch es ▁( as ▁opposed ▁to ▁larger ▁dist ill ers ' ▁continuous ▁dist illing ▁process ). ▁While ▁the ▁term ▁is ▁most ▁commonly ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁micro - dist iller ies ▁have ▁been ▁established ▁in ▁Europe ▁for ▁many ▁years , ▁either ▁as ▁small ▁cogn ac ▁dist iller ies ▁supp lying ▁the ▁larger ▁cogn ac ▁houses , ▁or ▁as ▁dist iller ies ▁of ▁single ▁m alt ▁whis ky ▁originally ▁produced ▁for ▁the ▁bl ended ▁Scot ch ▁whis ky ▁market , ▁but ▁whose ▁products ▁are ▁now ▁sold ▁as ▁n iche ▁single ▁m alt ▁br ands . ▁The ▁more ▁recent ▁development ▁of ▁micro - dist iller ies ▁can ▁now ▁also ▁be ▁seen ▁in ▁locations ▁as ▁diverse ▁as ▁London , ▁Switzerland ▁and ▁South ▁Africa . ▁ ▁Through out ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁world , ▁small ▁dist iller ies ▁operate ▁throughout ▁communities ▁of ▁various ▁sizes , ▁mostly ▁without ▁being ▁given ▁a ▁special ▁description . ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁extended ▁period ▁of ▁Pro hib ition ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁however , ▁most ▁small ▁dist ill ers ▁were ▁forced ▁out ▁of ▁business , ▁leaving ▁only ▁the ▁corpor ate - domin ated ▁meg ad ist iller ies ▁to ▁res ume