• Belgrove Twitter Cask 100% Rye Whisky 2015 - Historic
  • Belgrove Twitter Cask 100% Rye Whisky 2015 - Historic

Belgrove Twitter Cask 100% Rye Whisky 2015 - Historic

$495 AUD

62.6% ABV

500ml

Bottled on 2 September 2015.  As stated on the label, as signed by the distiller, Peter Bignell, the rye is grown, malted, fermented, distilled, barrelled and bottled at the distillery. This was a very limited cask strength single cask expression reflecting the distiller’s love of experimentation, invariably with very pleasing results, but why it is called the “Twitter Cask” by the distiller is explained as follows. “As the Twitter Cask was being produced I posted a photo (on Twitter) every day. From the dry rye grains, steeping, sprouting, fermenting, double distilling then barrel filling. It took about 14 days”.  Now we know!

Whilst in outward appearance it is no different from the regular 100% rye whiskies from Belgrove, the tell tale handwritten sticker on the back of the bottle is the give-away that this is indeed the “Twitter Cask”.  Unlikely ever to be repeated, its scarcity amongst the rarities of Tasmanian whiskies is legend!

This product is located in Australia.

Distillery

Belgrove Distillery

Belgrove is at the micro end of the spectrum of Tasmanian distilleries and is one of a range of small but intriguing producers. The most hands-on of these is Peter Bignell’s paddock to bottle rye whisky operation. Both barley and rye are grown on site, harvested, malted, distilled, and the resulting spirit aged in wood and bottled at the distillery by hand. The farm and distillery equipment are bio-fuelled using waste cooking oil from a nearby fish and chip shop! Water used for production is rainfall captured on the roofs of the farm and distillery buildings. And the residual pulp from the distilling process is fed to Peter's livestock as an alternative to their normal feed. They, in turn, provide fertilizer for the next crop of rye - a truly environment friendly operation!

There is invariably something new and exciting coming out of Belgrove and we shall try and have them on the website as they become available.

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