Highwayman Batch #5 Australian Single Malt Whisky 500ml 56.9%

The 5th IB release from four different cask interactions that yielded 30 bottles.

Details
500ml: 56.9%alc
Age: NAS
Region: Byron Bay, NSW
Cask type: Tawny, Red & Rye
Bottler: Highwayman
Release date: 30th of April 2020
Individually numbered

Bottling Notes

This is the fifth release from the (independent bottling) liquid library of Dan Woolley’s extensive, global whisky adventures that was aged at Lord Byron Distillery in Byron Bay. From all around our great country of Australia, spirit has made its way on the highway to Byron Bay to age in the rarest, hand selected oak casks to mature into Highwayman single malt whisky.

This fifth release of Highwayman is extremely different to any other whisky Dan Woolley’s made. This expression has seen four different oak interactions. The first cask started in French oak ex tawny before being transferred into French oak super heavy char ex dry red wine and the second cask was matured in French oak super heavy char ex dry red wine. These 2 casks were then married together post-aging and given a second maturation in an American oak ex rye whiskey barrel before being bottled at cask strength. Unfiltered and bottled at cask strength, each bottle is numbered and signed with handwritten details on the back label. Bottle necks are hand dipped in black wax and presented in a branded bottle bag.

This release also sold out in under 10 minutes on the Lord Byron website and we’ve decided to open and sample every expression that Dan creates for our own individual tasting notes. Check them out below.