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South Island is the NZMWC’s bestseller, that used to be marketed as Lammerlaw single malt. It matured exclusively on American ex-bourbon casks.Fruity nose that I can only associate with the color yellow…

The Cask Strength Collection contains a series of single malts that vary in age from 21 to 26 years. They are (obviously) bottled at cask strength, ranging from 50 to 65% ABV. The only exception is this…

The Cask Strength Collection contains a series of single malts that vary in age from 21 to 26 years. They are (obviously) bottled at cask strength, ranging from 50 to 65% ABV. This cask from 1988 has an…

The Cask Strength Collection contains a series of single malts that vary in age from 21 to 26 years. They are (obviously) bottled at cask strength, ranging from 50 to 65% ABV. This cask from 1989 has an…

The Cask Strength Collection contains a series of single malts that vary in age from 21 to 26 years. They are (obviously) bottled at cask strength, ranging from 50 to 65% ABV. This cask from 1990 has an…

David Baker is the man behind the Bakery Hill Distillery in Australia. They use Australian ‘Schooner’ barley for the production of their single malt. This is their first expression: Bakery Hill Classic…

Bakery Hill released their Classic Malt also at cask strength. This bottling has an ABV of no less than 60,5%, so I had best keep some water at hand.The nose starts rather closed and needs some time to…

For their Double Wood expression David Baker uses small bourbon casks and French wine cask for the second maturation. Judging by the color, it was a cask for white wine.The nose is honeysweet on nougat…

For a few years now, Bakery Hill releases a peated malt, making use of Australian peat. Their first releases were made with peat from the UK, though. This Peated Malt is one of the latter.Wet wood! That…

The Peated Malt from Bakery Hill also exists on cask strength. While they now use Australian peat, the first releases were actually created with peat from the UK. It’s one of those that I will be trying…