By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ As a horror fan and a whiskey author, I’m slightly disappointed every year when autumn never brings together my two interests, this despite the two being firmly rooted in the season. As it happens, Halloween lands in the middle of the time of year when all the most ardently sought …
Clonakilty, a family-run and seaside distillery nestled on Ireland’s southwestern coast, has launched its Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey. Crafted from the barley grown on the Scully family farm, perched on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean in County Cork, Clonakilty Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey embodies the unique coastal terroir that has been shaped …
By Alex Southgate Rating: A I’m a firm believer in not having too much of a good thing. That being said, it’s nice to be able to get two expressions from the same distillery in one go. This is great for a number of, but the main one is that it gives us a good …
By Alex Southgate Rating: A I’ve always been a huge fan of Irish Whiskeys. I’m painting with a very broad brush here, but I tend to find them smoother than many Scotch expressions. That may be because I am not a fan of overtly peaty flavors, so I find that a lot of Irish Whiskeys …
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ The latest limited edition to come out of the Redbreast line, the Irish Whiskey brand that helped revive single pot still whiskey, gives the whiskey a particularly regional spin on American oak. As a Redbreast, it’s a pot still whiskey, which means it is made from a mix of malted …
The seminal Irish single pot still whiskey, Redbreast, has announced the latest addition to its U.S.-exclusive collection – Redbreast Missouri Oak Edition. Currently rolling out nationwide, this extraordinary expression, finished in virgin Missouri oak barrels, brings a captivating twist to the renowned Redbreast liquid. To celebrate the new launch, Redbreast, known as a champion for bird preservation, has sponsored a …
Today, Ireland’s Boann Distillery unveiled its first Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey release for the worldwide market, with a trio of new whiskeys. The Boann Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey range will launch at the distillery, outside Drogheda, to coincide with the Summer Solstice. Almost five years in the making, the three expressions – Marsala, …
This whiskey is the latest new addition to the permanent core range of the Northern Irish distillery of Bushmills. The initial 14-year maturation of their signature triple distilled single malt has taken place in first fill and re-fill ex-bourbon…
By Richard Thomas Rating: B Waterford Distillery’s Singe Farm Origin series of single malt whiskeys solves a particular problem facing any new whiskey distillery, but especially one in Ireland and Scotland: how to get spirits on the market without waiting several years or even more than a decade. The distillery began when Mark Reynier, the …
Bushmills Irish Whiskey has released the latest and last installment in the distilleries series of limited high-age-statement Irish single malts, The Rare Casks. The oldest yet as well, Rare Cask 04 is a 31 Year Old Single Malt, expertly aged in bourbon, sherry and virgin American oak casks. Prior to this launch, The Rare Cask …
