Spirit Thief Distilling Co. were originally started as a small scale whisky club with friends who were interested in sampling and exploring whisky mainly matured in Australian red wine casks. These friends were very keen on starting to make an impression in the industry and so developed an independent bottling label. Their successful independent bottling business soon extended into a gypsy distilling company. What’s gypsy distilling you may ask! We Spirit Thief do not have a specific distillery location but instead use other distilleries to produce their spirit. Almost like steeling the excess spirit from a distillery that is overproducing. They then choose their own high quality ex wine casks and mature the whisky. When ready they bottle this at it’s perfect alcohol strength giving you the satisfaction of whisky that was loved and cared for throughout its full maturation period.

This whisky was matured in seasoned French oak casks which had previously held Shiraz wine sourced from South Australia’s award-winning Main & Cherry wines in the McLaren Vale region. The barrels had been re-coopered (redesigned, freshened up) and given a medium toast and char to integrate the spirit into the wine and the wood. Bottled at 48.3% ABV and released as part of the Cellar Reserve Series with limited production of only 850 bottles.

Producer’s Tasting Notes

Nose: Expressing are all the joys of American oak with creamy vanilla and strawberry jam aromas.

Palate: Luscious notes of caramel fudge, custard apples and toasted hazelnuts.

Finish: Reminiscent of sweet pastry brioche and decadent maple syrup, together with baking spices and a little cinnamon zest to round it all out.