Upshot Australian Whiskey

Complex, interesting, a bite in the beginning followed by a smoothness the more you drink it, all the while opening up different flavours over time. Great value for money.

Nose: Strong sweet caramel and vanilla, and an almost floral touch on first approach. Palate: Sweetness disappears into some spice on the mid palate. Thin. Finish: Medium finish length which takes the spice from the palate in an oaky/woody direction. It’s clearly very young, be interested to see what they come up with as older or cask strength offerings come up.

Sickly sweet cherry, strong alcohol burn and like a burnt nuttiness to it smells like turpentine a little bit

A pretty straightforward, vanilla-and-oak bourbon. Likably oily texture. Strongly reminiscent of Maker’s Mark’s basic expression.

On ice

No. 3 on the Whipper snapper tasting flight. Slightly older than lower strength sibling it was stronger on the wood tanins and nutmeg characteristics. There was something else there as well I couldn't pick. Water opened it up and softened the tanins. Another good effort. I ended up picking up a bottle of this and opened up later with the brother in law in Melbourne. I enjoyed it even more by itself. Very good example of the style