Spring Bay Tawny Cask

Spring Bay Tawny Cask

Official bottling
Single malt - Tasmania
Amber red
46% ABV
Dram

Nose: Red grapes, cloves, raisins, cherries, brown paper, damson jam, hints of chocolate. 
Mouthfeel: Medium body, thickens, turns oily, turns syrupy. 
Tasting:  Bitter sweet. Red grapes, toffee, cherries, damson jam, oats, fresh baked bread, white pepper, hints of chocolate. 
Finish: Medium. Cherries, toffee, damson jam, fresh baked bread. 

Comments: 

Matured in Australian fortified wine casks, lots of cherry cordial and maybe something Ribena-like. It’s sweet and young, and takes the cask influence well. Good whisky.

Verdict:

I like this.

Spring Bay Bourbon Cask 2019

Spring Bay Bourbon Cask 2019

Official bottling
Single malt - Tasmania
Amber gold

46% ABV
Dram

Nose: Cream, malted grains, butterscotch, honey, vanilla, white pepper, white grapes, hints of butterscotch. 
Mouthfeel: Medium body, tingly, loosens, astringent. 
Tasting:  Sour sweet. Malted grains, cream, lemon zest, barley sugar, white pepper, fresh baked bread, toffee, hints of oats. 
Finish: Short. Malted grains, white pepper, toffee, barley sugar, oats. 

Comments: 

Not Springbank, in fact quite literally the other side of the world. Sweet and honeyed, lots of barley, without the muscular industrial flavours of its close-namesake. Interesting and promising.

Verdict:

I like this.