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1257 Kensington Road NW
1 (403) 283-8000 / atyourservice@kensingtonwinemarket.com
$134.99
This is the first Aussie single malt we've seen in a few years. Local demand in Auz is so great, that few of their whiskies leave home anymore. O'Grady's Stand Single Malt is the core whisky from Kinglake Distillery. It is made with 4 different malts, 3 of them sourced from New South Wales and malted locally (one of which is roasted to the level of chocolate malt), and the balance is peated malt from Scotland. The spirit is cut to emphasize a heavy, oily spirit, which is matured in "small format" ex-Bourbon casks. 500ml / 46%
500 mlAndrew's Tasting Note (Bottled 22/2/22)
Nose: caramel, chocolate, leather, and bonfire smoke; juicy malt; chocolate-dipped bacon, with whipped cream; nutty, baked apple, and mandarin oranges.
Palate: round, rich, and malty with building smoke, and more juicy malt; still on the bacon dipped in chocolate with whipped cream (served at our last whisky festival); nutty with more baked apple, candied orange peel and fittingly a touch of Aussie licorice.
Finish: drying, coating, and smoky with fading bacon dipped in chocolate.
Comment: I'm not sure what I expected, but it surpassed my expectations... this is young but tasty, and full of potential... and sure it's 7 weeks shy of what could legally be called whisky in Canada or the EU, but lets not split hairs!
$67.99
Bottled at 40% this New Zealand single malt whisky was matured in ex-New Zealand red wine European oak casks, as well as ex-Bourbon barrels.
Producer Description
"Thomson Whisky brings you an update from the barrel. Made from 100% New Zealand grown malted barley, smoked using Manuka wood, and distilled through a hand beaten copper pot still, it’s our Manuka Smoke release in its youth."
