IN THE BLOOD - RED GUM FINISH SINGLE MALT WHISKY (700ML)

Red Gum isn’t your average timber. It’s dense, stubborn, and unforgiving - more Kyuss desert riff than smooth Highland reel. Most coopers won’t touch it. Kinglake and their coopers did, and the result is unmistakably Australian. On the nose: raspberry liqueur and dark chocolate. On the palate: chocolate, young pinot noir, and pink grapefruit. And then comes the long, structured finish - dark beer, clove, malt extract, cumin, black cherry. It’s whisky that doesn’t just hit notes; it grinds out a full-tilt riff and lets the feedback ring. Call it whisky with grit in its DNA - or, if you prefer, whisky that plays like No One Knows on repeat. And the name? In the Blood isn’t just branding. It’s a sly nod to the fact that this whisky feels inherited, not invented - bushland, spring water, pollen, even the grit of Red Gum woven into its character. It’s as if the landscape itself ran in the family vein and finally found expression in a bottle. Some whiskies are learned behaviours; this one’s instinct. This isn’t the dram you sip politely by a fireside with slippers on. It’s the dram you pour after a long mountain hike, or after a gig when your ears are still humming with distortion. So pour a glass. Let the Red Gum bite. Turn the volume up. In the Blood doesn’t want to be tamed - it wants to be played loud. Alex Woods www.timeandtide.info 700ml 46%