NED Grand Reward Personalised Bottle

NED Grand Reward is the pinnacle of the range, where exceptional whisky meets tawny cask elegance. The finest casks of NED Australian Whisky are extra matured in Tawny barrels, sourced from historic Kelly Country. Described by our distilling team as 'an iron fist in a velvet glove', it is our most luxurious and refined whisky yet.

Grand Reward is the culmination of years of innovation and experimentation. Driven by a want to create a whisky that truly represents Australia and its people, we looked to Kelly Country for inspiration. A large part of the Ned Kelly and Kelly Gang story took place in the north east Victorian highlands, between towns like Beechworth, Glenrowan and across the border in Jerilderie. It's from within this area that we source the barrels that make our utterly unique whisky.

A GOLD CLASS WHISKY

Grand Reward was recently awarded Gold at the 2024 Australian Distilled Spirits Awards The judges said: "Lovely soft nutty oak and vanilla on the nose, well integrated with spirit. Smells very true to style. Soft ripe fruit, lovely sweetness and texture through the palate backed up by really high quality oak character that lingers through the finish. Complex and very well executed."

THE WHISKY

This whisky utilises a very carefully hand-picked parcel of NED Australian Whisky barrels which are selected for their quality and complexity. They are then further matured in ex-Tawny casks until the vanilla, caramel and chocolate of the whisky and the dried fruits, Christmas cask and red berry notes of the cask are perfectly integrated.

Bottled at 50% - or 100 Proof on the American scale - we retain the power of the whisky and highlight the elegance of the sweetness. An iron fist in a velvet glove, a whisky to sip and savour.

We source our Tawny barrels from the Rutherglen region, Victorian high country that was well travelled by Ned Kelly and the Kelly Gang. With diverse geography and abounding natural beauty, it in this same hills and flats of Kelly Country that these barrels once matured tawny fortified wine. Made in a similar style that Portugal's region-protected Port is made, the tawny produced here is rich and sweet, typically with notes of dried fruits, nuts, spice and toffee. After soaking into the barrel, our whisky draws this sweet fruitiness out of the wood and onto itself.

We believe it to be unique in Australia as a corn mash-bill whisky part or wholly matured in ex-Tawny casks, released as an ongoing concern.