Sold outIn short · Starward (Australia), 6 years.
“A very inviting aroma of cherry chocolates, banana chips and brandy snaps as well as fresh pineapple juice, but at the same time a deeper scent of butterscotch, brown…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 148.1 is a single cask of Starward, in Australia, 6 years old, bottled at 58.3%. Every Society bottle numbered 148.x is from Starward.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
Founded in 2004 as New World Whisky, in a former aircraft hangar, Starward set out to make an Australian whisky that tasted of its place. Its signature is maturation in red-wine barrels from the Barossa Valley,. The result is bright, fruity and bold. In 2022 it was named distillery of the year in San Francisco. Independently owned.