Bakery Hill Distillery :: Australian Single Cask, Single Malt Whisky

In March 2005 the Malt Whisky Society held their Annual Malt Whisky Judging.

72 malts were submitted for the competition.

Those judged worthy of Gold were:

Aberlour a’Bundah
Ardbeg 10
Bakery Hill Peated CS
Bowmore 17
Cutty Sark 25 Blend
Glenfarclas 105
Glenfarclas 30
Glenrothes 1973
Highland Park 18
Lagavulin 16
Laphroaig 10
Sullivans Cove Port Finish CS

The gold medalists were then judged “Head to Head” at the Australia’s 2nd Malt Whisky Convention in Sydney and I am pleased to announce the following results.

Trophy to Ardbeg 10
Second Place Bowmore 17
Third Place Bakery Hill Peated CS

With over 120 of the worlds best malts on show this would have to be one of the greatest malt conventions that whisky lovers can easily attend.
Friday night was the traditional “meet and greet” for all the delegates and presenters and then off to the malt shovel brewery for a quiet pre convention “Malt” of a different type. Read more…

It was with great pleasure that I received an e-mail from one of the “Friends of the Distillery” saying that their wine group included Bakery Hill Peated Malt in their annual whisky tasting.

The club included my peated malt in a line up with “seven malts from Scotland - several of which are more or less unavailable in Australia.”

“Your peated malt was rated 2nd overall, and I’m still wondering why a narrow majority prefered the Aberfeldy Provenance 10yo.”

The e-mail went on to say:

“The cask strength is absolutly magnificent, the sort of single malt that is shared with real friends not mere acquaintances”