Island Coast Whisky 8 Year Old SMWC Edition

Cask Strength, 8 Year Old Tasmanian Single Malt…straight out of the CASK…just for our members! Now the sister cask of our Members Extra this month (same spirit, identical barrel) was bottled a year ago and won Silver in Tokyo Spirits Competition, ours is CASK STRENGH and a YEAR OLDER!

Welcome to the Island Coast Whisky 8 Year Old SMWC Edition!

Distilled from a mash of Tasmanian Barley and pure Tassie rainwater. Matured in an ex-bourbon (Buffalo Trace) American oak cask in Tasmania for 8 years. Initially filled into the cask at 63.5% – it was disgorged at 63%abv – and ‘our’ portion of it bottled at this final abv.

Now 8 Years ago, Kirk filled two, identical, 200L ex-Buffalo Trace Bourbon casks with his all-Tasmanian spirit. Last year one of these casks was bottled and won Silver in the 2024 Tokyo Spirits Competition. This month’s release is the ‘sister-cask’ of that Silver medallist, and is another year older!

Nose: Big leathery notes with a creamy caramel backdrop, mushed sultanas, grated apple with a flowery herbaceous notes mixing in nicely

Palate: The 63%abv hits with a ‘whoosh’ rather than a ‘bang’. It’s B.I.G. – but not like a sledgehammer if you get my drift. That huge alcohol rush diminishes (evaporates? ;)) quickly with remarkably little residual heat or pepper and is replaced with huge flavours – big malty, vanilla cream, marmalade, bubble-gum notes with a waft of aniseed in the mix.

Finish: Rather crisp in the finish. Whilst the sweet, fruiter notes dissipate early on, there’s a real gingery warmth that lasts and lasts with bursts of Christmas biscuit spices swirling all around it – and there’s also somewhat of a salty-caramel ‘tang’ there as well in the fadeout.

This is a massive Tassy dram that – at 63% abv – could really knock your head off… if it wasn’t just so damn well behaved and cuddly. Instead of pounding you into submission, it gives your whole upper body a bear-hug from inside somehow. Think John Candy rather than Jack Dempsey. And like John Candy – this whisky isn’t a one trick pony. It transforms throughout the journey – the nose is more savoury than the fruity palate, with a long, spice-driven finish.

American Oak ex-Bourbon Cask (Buffalo Trace barrel) at 63% ABV, matured for 8-years. A single malt single cask release, non-chill filtered.

All our whiskies are distilled from the finest quality Tasmanian ingredients with pristine Tasmanian water in an environment of the freshest of fresh air on the planet. While this release is at cask strength, all our bottle strength releases are diluted with Tasmanian rainwater, known to be some of the cleanest rainwater in the world.
This unique & limited premium Tasmanian Single Malt Whisky from Tasmania, an Island surrounded by the most diverse and picturesque Coast lines you’ll find around the world. While Island Coast Spirits officially launched 4-years ago, we had several barrels laying down maturing well before the business launched.

This barrel’s sister barrel won Silver in 2024 at the Tokyo Whisky & Spirits Competition. A released we issued at 64%. With both barrels being filled at the same time at 63.4%.

This particular release at cask strength is a Single Malt Whisky Club special and offer only – and is not available through our online store or with any of our stockists.