Belgrove
Belgrove
DISTILLERY:
Belgrove Distillery, Tasmania, Australia
ABV: 49.8%
AGE: 4 Years
CAT: Single Malt
BATCH: #1
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ABOUT THIS AUSTRALIA SERIES BOTTLING
Belgrove is known for its internationally renowned Ryes made by ‘Mad Scientist’ Peter Bignell, a Tasmanian farmer turned distiller. Peter is known for his unconventional equipment and techniques, you may recognise him from a certain celebrity chef’s recent TV series...
Belgrove’s still is built from reclaimed copper from fallen power lines, and is direct fired using cooking oil from a local roadhouse. The grain is malted in a reclaimed tumble dryer, and milled it in an old meat mincer. The distillery came into being in 2008 after harvesting an unexpectedly large crop of rye.
Nose
Barbequed pineapple, smoky mezcal, earthy with green fruits and peppery rye malt.
Palate
Fireplace embers, lemon and honey, milk chocolate and white sugar.
About the Label
Our label is a whiteboard (a colourful one) flow chart of the process Peter uses to make his 100% Australian Rye Whisky.
It starts with his Belgrove Farm rye, malted in a modified tumble dryer. The Grist is indeed ground in a reassigned meat grinder. After mashing an industrial sewage separation machine separates the wort from the draff.
Chip shop oil fires the homemade still, and the whisky matures in his farm buildings.
The Chef? Well those lines on the forehead and colourful language should say it all…
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