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It was named Spirits Business magazine’s World Whisky Grand Master 2012, Wizards of Whisky Australasian Distiller of the Year 2012 and Southern Hemisphere Whisky of the Year in Jim Murray’s 2013 Whisky Bible. Demand for the Port Cask has become so intense lately that we have a 2-month waiting period for larger orders, probably in no small part due to us drinking most of the stock ourselves! This single cask expression currently varies from 11 to 12 years in age and is a big, fat, chewy whisky full of rich toffee and molasses notes. You could almost be forgiven mistaking it for Demerara rum at first impression!
Sullivan's Cove
Sullivans Cove has been distilling single malt whisky in Australia's Tasmania region since 1994. Using all local barley, local water, and no additional coloring, their whiskies are finally making the long trek from down under to the United States. The French Oak expression is the richest of the bunch, darker in color and richer from the ex-Port wood. Cakebread flavors, similar to sherry-aged malt, dominate with more spice from the wood coming through on the finish. It's delicious whisky. The price may seem a bit high at first, but it's actually line priced with similar American craft whiskies of the same age. Anchor charges $100 for their 11 year old rye and that doesn't need to be exported and shipped thousands of miles over seas. Sullivans Cove brings a view of what our craft whisky movement may look like a decade from now.
K&L
A single barrel bottling from French oak Port cask HH0425. Bottle 19 of 180 total.
Yours Truly
The Distillery: Tasmania Distillery
| Established: 1994 |
| Silent since: False |
| Address: Hobart TAS 7000 |
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Tasmania Distillery was established in 1994 on the banks of the River Derwent at Sullivans Cove, the site where the British planted their flag and began to build the settlement that became the City of Hobart, Australia’s second oldest city. The distillery named the whisky it produced ‘Sullivans Cove’ to acknowledge the history of the site and the place it was distilled. The first distillations commenced in 1995 and its single pot still has continued to operate ever since. Over the years production continued and with a change of ownership in 2003 the barrelled whisky, still and equipment was relocated to Cambridge, a quiet village on the outskirts of Hobart. The pot still was put back into production and is yielding up to 120 x 200 litre casks of new fill whisky spirit per year. As experience and knowledge advanced, the distillers began to produce a spirit that has matured into a whisky of the highest quality. In fact the whisky has won gold, silver and bronze medals at Malt Whisky Society of Australia’s blind tasting in 2005, is the winner of the 2007 World Whiskies Awards ‘Best Other” whisky, is consistently scoring in the 90’s (up to 95 points) in Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible. Another admirer is French Whisky critic, Grégoire Sarafian who awarded Sullivans Cove whiskies a string of awards including Best Single Malt Matured in bourbon casks, Bottling of the Year 2007, Best Double-Matured or Finish single-malt, Bottling of the Year 2007 Meilleur single-malt, The Most Gourmet Cask of the Year 2007, Distillery of the Year 2007 and Best Whisky from all other parts of the World 2007. The distillery won the ‘Small Business Award’ at the 2008 Tasmanian Export Awards. As has been the case with Australia’s wine producers over the last two decades, the whisky producers from Down Under are now breaking down barriers and traditions with a no nonsense “can do” approach and bringing the pleasures of single malt whisky to more people than ever before. In Australia and around the world a growing number of devotees are discovering Sullivans Cove. Distributors in Asia, Europe, Canada and New Zealand have been appointed and business in these regions continues to gather momentum. As the word gets out, growing numbers of distributors from other countries are offering their services. These are positive indications the distillery and its Sullivans Cove whisky are travelling on the right track. The Sullivans Cove Single Malt bottled today is selected from only the best barrels and each bottle is filled and labelled by hand. No chill filtering, colours or flavours are used. Being a small but growing company our strength results from an emphasis on quality rather than volume which is only possible due to the ownership structure. Unlike many other companies today producing premium quality single malt whisky, Tasmania Distillery is not part of a global corporation but is owned by a small group of dedicated, enthusiast businessman and distillers. Our Sullivans Cove single malt is rare and hard to find but when you do, I hope you appreciate its unique Australian flavours. It is different to the rest. Tasmania Distiller produces its whisky using a 1860's design replica Alembic Charentais copper pot still.
from Tasmania Distillery