Iniquity Gold Batch #6

Australian Single Malt Whisky

The Distillery

Iniquity whisky is distilled by the Tin Shed Distilling Co in South Australia. The Bird featured on the Iniquity whisky bottles looks a lot like a double-headed Phoenix, an ancient mythical bird, it also resembles the Piping Shrike, which appears on the flag of South Australia. Sitting, as it does, on a strand of barbed wire, the bird proclaims their South Australian heritage and the difficult journey travelled in realising their dream. One head looks back to the distilling traditions of the past and the other looks to the future and their philosophy.

Iniquity Gold batches are few and far between and only come from the best of the best casks from this distillery.

Originally filled into a single Shiraz 225 litre cask in November 2017, six months prior decanting the cask was topped up with 2 YO Heaven Hill bourbon cask whisky to add complexity and take the sharp edge off the Shiraz cask whisky.

The Region

South Australia, Australia

The Whisky Review

60.1%
ABV
2 Years
Age
Barossa Valley Shiraz and Heaven Hill Bourbon
Cask Type
Non Chill Filtered
Chill Filtration

Nose 5/5

Intensely Fruity with figs, raisins and blackberry jam hit you first, followed by caramels, malt and charred oak, rounded out by orange peel, cedar wood and muscat notes. Amazingly there is essentially no ethanol bite on the nose here, which considering its ABV is astounding.

Palate 4.5/5

Syrupy and sweet, fantastic mouthfeel. Blackcurrants, woody spices, bready, cinnamon, ginger, citrus, clove with slight herbal notes of and minerality. Nice warmth here, but not much burn for the ABV.

Finish 4.8/5

Incredibly long finish, great way to end this spectacular dram. Buttered rye bread, sticky dark fruits, vanilla, citrus all dance along the finish as it tapers off, with a tannic oakiness coming late

The Verdict

I loved everything about this whisky. Beautiful nose with intense, complex and well balanced notes and almost no ethanol sting allows you to bury your nose in this for days.

The flavour packed, syrupy palate backed up the fantastic nose and is rounded off with a stupidly long finish that repeats the great complexity and balance of the nose.

This is one of the best whiskies i’ve had to date, which is baffling considering the young age of the whisky, i’m definitely going to have to keep my eye on Iniquity offerings from here on out.