Sawyers Bay Single Malt Unpeated Double Oak Ex Bourbon and Sherry (UDO2)

Big stewed apple nose, caramel and fruit. The fruit character holds through the palate, opening up a really juicy profile of raspberry, apple, vanilla, currants. On the finish, the spice remains on the front of the palate while soft fruit lingers. A gentle but decadent whisky. "I love playing around with Double Oak. My first experience in the spirits industry was working as a cocktail bartender in Melbourne. We would spend countless hours blending, tasting, adjusting, tasting again, and tryin...Read More...

Big stewed apple nose, caramel and fruit. The fruit character holds through the palate, opening up a really juicy profile of raspberry, apple, vanilla, currants. On the finish, the spice remains on the front of the palate while soft fruit lingers. A gentle but decadent whisky.

"I love playing around with Double Oak. My first experience in the spirits industry was working as a cocktail bartender in Melbourne. We would spend countless hours blending, tasting, adjusting, tasting again, and trying to find ways to make our drinks interesting, with depth of flavour and good aroma. This fueled my love for blending casks. As much as purity from a single cask can be exciting, so can it be when you have different tannins, different oak influence, sweet, dry, spicy, dense, light flavours to play with.

This blend was beautifully simple, two quarter casks, one ex Bourbon one ex Apera, filled at a similar time with our unpeated spirit, cut quite high to preserve its lovely strawberries-and-cream quality. Matured for 3.5 years before being decanted. One Heaven Hill Bourbon cask, with a medium toast and heavy char give us confectionary notes, bright spice and great caramel, charred sugar. The other cask being ex Apera (Australian sherry) gives the spirit body, and that amazing juiciness that is dominant in this whisky.

I'm amazingly pleased with how this whisky came out after resting, slow proofing and bottling. It's texture is great, and it is SO moreish.

Perfect as a digestif after a big Sunday roast, as we found out when we tested this one standing on the deck at Emita, Flinders /sland, looking out over the endless ocean to the west." – Tom Ambroz, Head Distiller

Furneaux is a distillery based on Flinders Island. Through deep care and respect for provenance, they make spirits that reflect the rugged and beautiful spirit of the land around them. 

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