Bakery Hill 5yo Batch 1

Bakery Hill 5yo Batch 1

That Boutique-y Whisky Company 
Single malt - Victoria
Golden
50% ABV
Dram

Nose: Chocolate, peat, smoke, sea salt, leather, dried apples, hints of seaweed. 
Mouthfeel: Light body, slippery, hot, tingly. 
Tasting:  Bitter salty. Peat, chocolate, malted grains, sea salt, brass polish, orange zest, hints of dried apples. 
Finish: Medium. Brass polish, germolene, sea salt, dried apples, hints of seaweed. 

Comments: 

Peated Australian whisky! It’s rather good, made in the Islay style, with a great deal of complexity. It’s quite saline, lots of sea salt and seaweed. There’s an underlying sweetness, but also some mellowed chemical notes. Excellent stuff.

Verdict:

I like this a lot.

Bakery Hill Double Wood

Bakery Hill Double Wood

Official bottling
Single malt - Victoria
Dark gold
46% ABV
Dram

Nose: Vanilla, raisins, chocolate, malted grains, hints of cranberries, hints of brass polish. 
Mouthfeel: Heavy body, thickens, sticky, warm. 
Tasting:  Sweet. Vanilla, cranberries, strawberries, chocolate, orange peel, raisins. 
Finish: Medium. Chocolate, grapefruit, malted grains, hints of cranberries. 

Comments: 

Fruity and chocolatey, nothing very much wrong with it... but it's not particularly interesting. Pleasant whisky, for sure, and I enjoyed the slightly bitter notes in the finish, but that's really all there is to say.

Verdict:

I like this.

Bakery Hill Peated Malt

Bakery Hill Peated Malt

Official bottling
Single malt - Victoria
Light amber
46% ABV
Dram

Nose: Raisins, dried cranberries, vanilla, peat, smoke, hints of soy sauce. 
Mouthfeel: Medium body, thickens slightly, sticky, mouth coating. 
Tasting:  Bitter. Black tea, peat, vanilla, dried cranberries, hints of gooseberries. 
Finish: Medium. Black tea, gooseberries, orange peel, peat. 

Comments: 

A very gentle peated malt. There's barely any smoke, instead there's plenty of fruity eatery notes, maybe some savoury hints of the nose. Tannic bitter notes predominate once I take a sip, in fact it's a little astringent while somehow reaching all the crevices in my mouth. Decent finish, could be longer.

Verdict:

I like this.

Bakery Hill Classic Malt

Bakery Hill Classic Malt

Official bottling
Single malt - Victoria
Gold, tinge of rose
46% ABV
Dram

Nose: Raisins, lemon zest, brass polish, green apples, hints of iron filings. 
Mouthfeel: Medium body, thickens, oily, sticky. 
Tasting:  Bitter. Raisins, green apples, iron filings, oak, vanilla, hints of ginseng. 
Finish: Short. Toast, sea salt, lemon zest, raisins. 

Comments: 

A malt from Victoria! Quite bitter, even tart on the nose. Very fragrant, not the in-your-face bitterness that you get from peated barley. Slightly metallic flavours, but not unpleasant. Interesting whisky, I'll be trying to get more from this distillery.

Verdict:

I like this.