Battery Point Distillery tasting, Hobart, Monday August 10th 2024, Whisky #4 Nose: Orange zest, vanilla, whisky. Palate: Orange zest, vanilla, bitters, sherry, nuts, honey. Finish: Medium. Lingering burnt honey and orange. This was created as an exclusive for the 2024 Tasmanian Whisky Week. The distillery took some of their whisky that had been matured in a PX sherry cask for 2 years and transferred it to a tiny ex-bourbon wood cask for 6 months of finishing. This 20 litre cask had previously been used to age (!) 20 litres of Old Fashioned cocktail as an exclusive for the 2023 Dark Mofo Festival. Just 43 bottles were produced. Was this whisky with a finish or flavoured whisky? Was this interesting? Was it even a good idea? Don’t ask me. It was pleasant enough to drink but completely forgettable. Apart from the publicity and novelty value I didn’t see the point and I’d rather have tasted a freshly made Old Fashioned. However to be fair, Battery Point is a very young artisan distillery (their annual output is about 20% that of Daftmill) and they are still in their experimentation stage. We also tasted a whisky they had matured in a whey stout barrel and they have done another that was finished in an IPA barrel. I believe Battery Point is looking to relocate to a larger site (the current distillery is tiny). If they can achieve the required transition of scale and settle on a successful house profile they have a bright future. “Average” : 75/100 (2.5 stars)