“Made and hand bottled at the Great Southern Distillery in Albany on the harbour’s edge in Albany, this complex and elegant single malt whisky is distilled in traditional small batch copper pot stills from premium local barley. This whisky has been made using a peat from near the ‘Valley of the Giants’ and has been matured in an ex-bourbon American oak cask.” N: very light and cooling. Fragrant malt with a little gristiness, cardamon spice. Light citrus, very thin vanilla, mulled pear, and the slightest sense of damp earth and petrichor. P: light texture, fragrant spice notes are forward: cardamon and cinnamon turning to cracked pepper. Delicate mulchy and vegetal smoke is woven through a young fresh oak and lightly caramel malt. F: medium. Light wood shavings, dried Banana, possibly a nutty hint and very subtle cool vegetal smoke. If you have had the American Oak from Limeburners then this will not surprise you. The influence of a quite strong oak over the Limeburners newmake is a slightly gristy malt with banana influence. The addition of a gentle peat is to unlock a cooling damp woodland feel. Everything here is well made, but perhaps its individuality is underdeveloped. This is clearly an entryway to Limeburners peat expressions, but a far cry from the emotive depths of the Darkest Winter offering. Distiller whisky taste #264 [Pictured here in one of the three Limeburners cellar doors; Giniversity in the south west of Western Australia] Limeburners Running Scores American Oak: 3.75/5 Port Cask: 3.5/5 Sherry Cask: 3.5/5 Peated: 3.75/5 Darkest Winter: 5/5 Directors Cut, Topaque: 4/5 Dugite: 2.75/5 Tiger Snake Sour Mash: 3/5