Craft Works GT

Sydney Whisky Show May 20th 2023. Whisky #4 Nose: Burnt cereal, stewed fruits, malt extract, beef stock, charcoal. Palate: Malt and tannins in the arrival with a very brief cherry-sweet flourish. An unusual development with a heavy charcoal note that defeated my powers of both identification and description. Burnt carob beans? Burnt walnuts? Burnt oak? Finish: Medium. Malt and heavy char. Unlike the other whiskies from Craft Works that I tasted at the show, this one was based on their own distillate rather than a sourced product. I had a hard time finding something positive to say to the proud distillery owner who poured this dram for me. It was weird and unpleasant but fortunately there were spittoons available so I could rid myself of it as soon as possible, with the lame excuse that I was “pacing myself”. “Inferior” : 65/100 (1.5 stars)