Australian Whisky
Overeem Ex-Port Single Cask Bottled Exclusively For Whisky Fair 2017
Overeem Ex-Port Single Cask
Bottled Exclusively For Whisky Fair 2017
Cask OHD-110 labelled as OBWF-2017.
Bottled at 60%, 120 bottles produced.
This rare Australian collectors whisky is finally available again. 1 bottle only.
Cask History:
Whisky Fair selected, OHD-110, was a 100-litre port cask and will be offered in Overeem’s elegant 700ml bottles.
Years of supply issues (read: zero stocks) have kept Overeem away from Sydney Whisky Fair, but they returned in 2017.
The Overeem distillery began as a hobby for owner Casey Overeem, who commissioned a Hobart-made Knapp Lewer copper pot still and placed it in his garage. Some people put cars in their garage, other people put bars. Casey put a distillery.
Production started in 2007, with Casey filling 100 litre ex-port and ex-sherry casks. These came to maturation after five or six years, on average, and became one of Australia’s most cult-loved whiskies.
Part of the initial Aussie whisky push, when Lark’s Bill Lark, Limeburners’ Cameron Syme, Bakery Hill’s David Baker and Sullivans Cove’s Patrick Maguire were telling the story Australian single malt whisky, Casey and daughter Jane Overeem became much loved fixtures on the Australian whisky scene.
A tough slog initially (“We make whisky in Australia?”) it was soon to be in a post-international award recognition world that demand for Overeem would quickly outstrip supply. Any period of time in the past that Casey decided to take some time off for a holiday was suddenly felt half a decade on, when both sherry and port cask expressions were unavailable for over a year respectively.
In January 2014 Casey sold the Overeem business to Lark, the distillery his good mate and Australian whisky Godfather Bill Lark had established, although the stills remained in his shed at the end of the driveway at their family home.
After a period of planning and hand-over, the stills have now been moved and Overeem is now well-and-truly a sister brand to Lark. Excitingly for drinkers, the slow trickle of releases has started again.
After robust negotiations Overeem agreed to sell Whisky Fair the full cask of OHD-110 and bottle it at 60%. An ex-port cask, it yielded 120 (and three quarters) bottles. It has been labelled OBWF-2017 and the bottles are individually numbered from 1 to 120.
OHD-110 was distilled on or about 6 May 2011 and settled 2 May 2017, making it just three days shy of six years old and right in that five-to-six year window of when Overeem expressions shine. We understand that this was distilled by Casey Overeem himself.
Overeem Red Wine Matured ‘Rare Release’ Single Malt Whisky 43% ABV 700ml
Colour: Rose Gold
Aroma: Mixed spices, cut dry grass, and coconut. Dried cranberries, dark berries, hints of vanilla
and oak.
Palate: Super complex tannins from the ample oak influence. Blackcurrant, orange, cinnamon,
grapefruit, anise, and red liquorice.
Finish: Barley Sugar and more complex oak.
Cask Number: OHD-100
Individually numbered bottles
147 bottles were released in this very rare & limited distillery release.
Packaging: Display box with two branded Overeem - Glencairn whisky glasses
700ml | 43%alc
Redlands Distillery - The last ‘Paddock to Bottle’ RD010 Single Malt Whisky 500ml 46%
Award winning Paddock-to-bottle Tasmanian single malt whisky. Crafted from estate grown, floor-malted barley and distilled & matured onsite in specially selected small oak wine casks.
The result is a beautifully balanced Tasmanian single malt whisky with rich.fruity characteristics and a long, lingering finish.
Distilled by our good mate and local legend Dean Jackson.
This is the final release under the 'Redlands Distillery' label, who will be now producing whisky under their ‘Old Kempton Distillery’ label.
500ml | 46% ABV Tasmania, Australia
Redlands Distillery Cask Strength Pinot
Redlands Distillery Cask Strength Pinot Small Cask Matured #08 64.4% 500ml
PRODUCT INFORMATION
Bottled: 17/05/17
Cask No: RD065
Cask Type: Pinot
Distiller: Dean Jackson
Released on World Whisky Day 2017 at Old Kempton House for the Tasmanian/SMWS whisky dinner.
Riverbourne Distillery - The Riverbourne Identity (First Release)
Martins first offering of 44 bottles is the Riverbourne Identity Single malt whisky which was made using a mixture of Westminster and Buloke barleys and then matured in an American Oak cask (number 3) and bottled at 61.3%alc. The whisky brings an aromatic nose and is a sugary raisin musty floral bomb.
500mL | 61.3% Alc/Vol
One Only. Bottle 39 out of 44.
Photo for Illustration purposes.
Spirit Thief French Oak Tempranillo Cask 1st Release ‘Hector Musselwhite’
French Oak Tempranillo Cask 1st Release ‘Hector Musselwhite’
Tasmanian Single Malt Whisky
Bottle 62 of 110
Aroma – Lapin cherries, blackberry notes and candied orange | Palette – grassy citrus, milk chocolate and meringue | Finish – spice, rich oak and lingering cocoa.
Limit: Purchase limit of 1 bottle of each style per customer.
WHAT’S THE STORY?
The Spirit Thief labels are genuine Hobart Penitentiary criminal records from very early 20th century, a time when Hobart Town was a hard place to live and survive. Hector Musselwhite (our Tempranillo cask label) was sentenced in 1908 for 6 charges of ‘false pretence’ and given 6 months Gaol time. Arthur Jennings (our Shiraz cask label) was, according to his record, a hairdresser and sentenced in 1904 for 6 months Gaol time for being ‘Idle etc’. We feel these men (and women) were (most-likely) hard done-by and now pay tribute to them on our labels a century later. Each new release of Spirit Thief will feature a different ‘Thief’.
THE DETAILS:
This first release batch of whisky was distilled at the original Redlands Distillery in Plenty, Derwent Valley by Dean Jackson and Robbie Gilligan (now Chair of the Tasmanian Whisky Producers Association), matured in part at Plenty and then moved to Kempton, now home to Old Kempton Distillery and was bottled and filtered at Belgrove Distillery. Every bottle is individually numbered. Check your label!
WHERE CAN I FIND IT?
If you missed out on purchasing a bottle from us direct, you can find Spirit Thief at the following excellent bars around the nation, with a lot more to follow. And if you’re a bar manager and you want to stock us, please get in contact.
Starward Projects Bourbon Cask Single Malt Whisky 500ml 52%
Sold out at Starward distillery in just under 4 hours.
Rare release - perfect for collectors of Australian whisky.
Cask strength Australian Whisky.
Australian whisky made with 100% Australian barley and matured in ex Makers Mark & Wild Turkey barrels, designed to showcase Starward's wonderful spirit. Super-limited amount.
Nose: Oodles of bright tropical fruits including roasted pineapple, green bananas, and honeydew melon with a background of lemongrass and sweet white chocolate.
Palate: Sweet and buttery, think millionaire's shortbread with caramel biscuit notes, returning to tropical fruit freshness with a subtle pinch of white pepper.
Finish: Indulgent and sweet vanilla custard, coconut and banana with a drizzle of honey.
Tasting notes by Master of Malt
500ml | 52% ABV | Victoria, Australia
Sullivan's Cove Double Cask Winter Feast Special 2017
Sullivan's Cove Double Cask Winter Feast Special 2017 Australian Single Malt Whisky 47.1% 700ml
PRODUCT INFORMATION
Cask Number: WF2017
Bottle No: 34 of 80
Cask Type/s: Ex-Bourbon American Oak, Ex-Apera French Oak
Bottled for Dark Mofo 2017.
Thornbury Spirits Sullivans Cove American Oak 57.5% 17 YO 500 ml HH0367
Thornbury Spirits Sullivans Cove American Oak 57.5% 17 YO 500ml
From the range of the ‘world’s best single malt 2014’ it was distilled in 2000 by the Australian ‘Godfather’ of whisky Bill Lark at Sullivans Cove and has been ageing in American Oak barrels for 17 years. The barrel that this whisky originates from is the Sullivans Cove HH0367 American oak barrel.
Bottled by Thornbury Spirits in 2018 at a cask strength of 57.5%, it is a must have for any serious whisky bar, collector or connoisseur.