Limeburners Peated Australian Single Malt Whisky (700ml)

Limeburners Peated Australian Single Malt Whisky (700ml)

Volume: 700ml          ABV: 48%          Age: No Age Statement          Country: Australia

The Great Southern Distillery was first opened in 2004 by Cameron Syme, who spent time working for a multinational commercial law firm, at that time he had 10 years’ experience as an accountant in Australia and the United Kingdom and gained a UK Trades Board “General Certificate in Distilling”. Cameron’s research was very thorough taking him 14 years to collect enough resources and information to create something extra special.

His heritage was in fact from Scotland where his family history of distilling took place, so owning a distillery seemed like it was destiny. The distillery is very small by world standards but they like it this way as it helps to spend more time producing quality single malt whisky. Each batch of spirit is produced and bottled by hand which means that they only produce spirit of the highest standard.

Peated Whisky is a smoky style of whisky.  In the initial stages of production the barley has been malted by burning peat, which adds a distinctive smoke flavour that carries right the way through the distillation and ageing process.

Made and hand bottled at the Great Southern Distillery in Albany on the harbour’s edge in Albany, this complex and elegant single malt whisky is distilled in traditional small batch copper pot stills from premium local barley. This whisky has been made using a peat from near the ‘Valley of the Giants’ and has been matured in an ex-bourbon American oak cask.

Our Tasting Notes

Nose: Floral, garden herbs, citrus notes of grapefruits and lemon, soft cinnamon spice and slight earthiness.

Palate: Smoked oak, damper, tattie scones and nutmeg.

Finish: Sweat peat, wood shavings and bold spices.