Archie Rose Distilling Co. Good(e) Whisk(e)y 700ml 46%

A serendipitous, accidental whisky that was meant to be!

Details
700ml: 46%alc
Region: Rosebery & Banksmeadow, NSW
Bottler: Archie Rose Distilling Co.
Cask Type: American oak/Apera/Tawny/Bourbon
Style: A vatting of single malt & rye malt
Barrelling Date: Between 2016 & 2019
Disgorging Date: Between 2019 & 2022

Description:
Here’s a unique whisk(e)y that almost never was!
The expression is a mix of 10 different malts, 6 grain varieties and 2 mixed grains. A marriage of almost 100 casks mostly heavy charred with some lightly and medium toasted barrels thrown in the mix. The barrel types are a mingling of mainly American oak and ex-Apera with some Tawny port and ex-Kentucky bourbon barrels. The oldest whisk(e)y is approx. 5 years old with the youngest at 2 years old.

The story of how Good(e) Whisk(e)y came to be is best explained by Archie Rose;
“When Cellar Hand (now Distiller) Mr Goode accidentally vatted our Single Malt and Rye Malt Whisky together he was crestfallen. The mixture of the two whiskies meant that spirit could be neither Single Malt nor Rye Malt Whisky anymore.

A curiosity to see what this serendipitous concoction might taste like drove Master Distiller Dave Withers and Senior Blender David Fisher to grab a glass and inspect the spirit themselves. On nosing and tasting the spirit it was found that the two whiskies offered the expressive oak of the rye with the charismatic flavours of the roasted malts. It was pronounced that the hybrid whisky was “good” and that the mistake of the still startled Mr Goode should be memorialised with a release.

To ensure we could share the serendipitous folly of Mr Goode further, we decided to add a few more barrels of Single Malt and Rye Malt Whisky to the blend, finessing the flavour and ensuring we can tell more whisky lovers about the beauty of chance in the whisky world”