Kinglake O'Grady's Stand Single Malt Whisky
REGION: Kinglake Central, VIC
SIZE: 500ml / ABV: 46%
A mash-bill of four different malts, three from Griffiths NSW, one of which is roasted to chocolate, together with a heavily peated malt from the Scottish borders in the UK.
"All our whisky is made in Kinglake, by us, from scratch. We’re in close contact with the whisky from the moment we grind the malt until the new spirit finally fills the barrel. The foundation of exceptional whisky is water. Our single malt is made from a mountain stream rising on the distillery property. It’s natural, pure and totally unfiltered. We want to know the provenance of everything that goes into our whisky. 80% of our barley is farmed and malted in New South Wales and each grower is known to us personally.
Our 2500 litre copper pot-still was handmade for us by Tasmania’s premier still-maker Knapp Lewer. It was engineered to produce the heavy, flavourful spirit we’re looking for. Our off-grid whisky distillery was specially designed to take advantage of its rural location. Eucalypt-dominated vegetation disperses fine drops of volatile oil into the atmosphere. The oil drops increase the risk of fire, perfume the air and scatter the blue light rays of the spectrum. Our ferments are long and washbacks are left open to the local pollens and yeasts."