Whisky review: Australian wine cask ryes and malts
On tasting: Backwoods Batch 2, The Gospel Projects Tawny Cask, 5Nines Single Cask Pinot, Spirit Thief Shene French Oak Grenache, Spirit Thief Belgrove Coastal Peated
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On tasting: Backwoods Batch 2, The Gospel Projects Tawny Cask, 5Nines Single Cask Pinot, Spirit Thief Shene French Oak Grenache, Spirit Thief Belgrove Coastal Peated
Tastes like progress: Launceston Distillery Bourbon Cask, Hobart Whisky The Signature, Chief’s Son The Tanist, 5Nines Vatted Lightly Peated.
From the rich and malty core range, to the huge single cask bottlings, we take a deep dive into Corowa Distilling Co.’s single malts.
Archie Rose’s first single malt, a sherry cask from Otter Craft Distilling, paddock to bottle Joadja single malts and our first look at Riverbourne Distillery.
Epic boilermaker pairings from Lark, Wolf of the Willows, The Gospel Distillers, Stomping Ground, Pirate Life, Limeburners and Loch Brewery & Distillery.
Mixing it up with Australian corn, rye, oat and quinoa whisky: Dugite, The Grove Corn Mash, Nonesuch Single Grain, Wild River Mountain Whisky, Whipper Snapper Quinoa and Belgrove Oat Whisky.
A rare look at two legendary Heartwood bottlings: Release the Beast and The Beast is Back.
A first look at Furneaux whisky, the island distillery off an island making maritime malts.
It’s an exciting time if you’re a fan of the smoky stuff, with Australia now producing some fantastic heavily peated whiskies.
Australian independent bottling is on the rise, and we take a look three of the up-and-comers.