95.105 Into the Carpenter’s Kitchen

Description

From the team

This is a super cool malt and we’re really excited to share it with you all as our second Aussie-exclusive for 2025. This was selected by our team’s Marketing Manager, Adam Ioannidis, way back in February. You can expect some charred BBQ and BBQ Samboy chip notes on the palate; leave it in the glass long enough and you might even detect some of the 7-11 slushie syrup coming out. The palate gets even better with smoked, honeyed cashews coating your mouth. A 14-year-old HTMC-matured cask-strength whisky.

Tasting Panel notes

Watching as a distinguished carpenter sprinkled lavender flowers over an apple turnover, we noticed a platter of honeycomb chunks topped with vanilla pods. To taste, we were gifted the texture of runny honey, with flavours of blancmange and freeze-dried strawberries. Water warms the dram. Oven-fresh apple strudel, baked orange and vanilla ice cream with mace and dark cherry jam delighted the nose, while the palate was Belgian fries, truffle mayo and oregano. It had a dry finish. After 11 years in an ex-bourbon barrel, we transferred this to a first fill, heavily toasted, medium charred barrel for the remainder of its maturation.