Hellyers Road 19 Year Old Peated Cask Strength, Bourbon Cask Matured 700ml 61.3%

Limited Edition Cask No: #4085.05 – Full term, First Fill AO Bourbon with a yield of 70 bottles.

Details
700ml: 61.3%alc
Age: 19-year-old
Region: Burnie, Tasmania
Cask type: Bourbon
Bottler: Hellyers Road
Distillation Date: 2004
Release Date: 31st of October 2024

Description:
Distilled from heavily peated Scottish barley back in 2004, this whisky has spent 19 years evolving in a single first-fill American Oak ex-Bourbon cask. Its journey has created a whisky that’s intensely smoky, decadently rich, and layered with remarkable depth – a true masterpiece from the distillery’s early days.

This release is one for the history books. As the oldest peated single malt ever released by an Australian distillery, it offers a sensory experience that’s as unique as it is rare. Only limited bottles are available in Australia, with the remainder sold in Europe. Each bottle is housed in a unique presentation box hand-crafted by local master wood worker Rob van Tholen from prized Tasmanian Blackheart Sassafras and Myrtle woods.

Interesting fact.
The team at Hellyers Road told us that this cask was the subject of intense lobbying by the distillery’s European export partner La Maison Du Whisky. To satisfy both them and local sales, the bottle allocation was split in two with half going to France and the other half (70 bottles) staying here in the local market.