Tasmanian whisk(e)y

[Harry in WashDC]

Here's a link to a nice little story on whisk(e)y tastings in Tasmania. Apparently, this Australian island has nine or so distilleries. It's from the Washington Post Travel section on Sunday 16 November 2014 and was written by Eagranie Yuh who did the tasting tour there.

Any of you Down Under SBers familiar with any of these?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/2014/11/13/21fe634a-5f9c-11e4-9f3a-7e28799e0549_story.html

[tanstaafl2]

Here's a link to a nice little story on whisk(e)y tastings in Tasmania. Apparently, this Australian island has nine or so distilleries. It's from the Washington Post Travel section on Sunday 16 November 2014 and was written by Eagranie Yuh who did the tasting tour there.

Any of you Down Under SBers familiar with any of these?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/2014/11/13/21fe634a-5f9c-11e4-9f3a-7e28799e0549_story.html

I am not down under but I have bottles of Lark and Sullivan's Cove both of which I got in the States, and a gift pack of Hellyers I traded for with a non SBer from Down Under.

Hellyers Road Gift Pack 250ml x3 (original, slightly peated, peated), 80 pf

Lark Single Cask Port finished, 86 pf

Sullivan’s Cove Double Cask Single Malt, 80 pf

An American Oak and a French Oak version from Sullivan's Cove also are around. But they are pricey and relatively low proof. None were bad although the Hellyers was clearly young and my least favorite, especially the unpeated version. They may have better options available now in "Tassie".

But my favorite by far is one not from Tasmania. It is called Angaston and apparently is obscure even in Australia and also obtained by trade with the same person I got the Hellyers from. My understanding is it is not even being made anymore and I have begun to get stingy with what is left of the bottle as I will likely never be able to replace it. It's Called Smith's Angaston and I have 12yo from 2000. It is also low proof (there was a cask strength version but we couldn't find one) but it is damned tasty.