This is the first blunderbuss edition from 2020, a collaborative effort from Bakery Hill Distillery and Hop Nation Craft Brewers. The Blunderbuss combines Bakery Hill's signature richness with the unique savoury complexity of Hop Nation’s Russian Imperial Stout, ‘The Kalash’. Six years in American Oak ex-bourbon barrels were followed by a final year in a very special barrel - once home to the distillery's Peated Single Malt, then used to mature The Kalash.
In classic Australian style, this whisky has absolutely rippled flavour out of its cask. However, while I was expecting spiky youth in the spirit and the abv, it drinks with a maturity and ease that belies these facts. I have since bought two bottles. Absolutely delicious and as good, if not better, than it’s Scotch peers