The first core release OG1 from Kinglake bottled in February 2021. Actually OG2 False Start was bottled first in 2020 so technically was the first bottling but some natural yeast had got into the mash and given it a funky flavour which was far removed from the flavour profile they were going for. in the end they released False Start because some people that tasted it loved the funky flavour. OG1 is the first Kinglake release in the style they intended. Distilled at Knglake in Victoria and aged in bourbon barrels this is the first batch from Kinglake.
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