Sullivans Cove Cask#DCOR01 Exclusive To The Oak Barrel - 45.9%ABV - 30ml

The very first Old & Rare edition of Sullivans Cove's Double Cask line, released exclusively with The Oak Barrel.

Following an extended setting period at the distillery, as dictated by Distillery Manager Heather Tillott, the bottles have now arrived at The Oak Barrel, and it is showing even greater complexity and integration than the initial bottled samples.

Launched Friday 27 August 2021 in a live stream as part of Sydney Whisky Forum 2021 this is the first designated 'Old & Rare' Double Cask expression.

Talking about the whisky in the stream Tillott said, "A large chunk of this is bloody old. About 55% or so is 18-year-old or 20-year-old whisky. It’s pretty significant for a Double Cask, the average age for a Double Cask is 13… there’s a spread but the vast majority is around the 11-12-13 years old. This one, the vast majority is around 18 or 20-years-old [in ex-bourbon cask] – that’s a significant proportion so that’s going have a significant impact on the style, every part of it.

"From how it feels in your nose, the aromas from the style of whisky that was being produced back then, the texture, the flavour profile.

"It’s a practise that works really well, it’s an excellent complementary mix when you’ve got that really settled, thick, old, it knows who it is old wise man sort of whisky and then you can have some bright, youthful elements pulling in and making quite the marriage."