Irish Whiskey

Fighting 69th Single Malt Irish Whiskey Review

Fighting 69th Single Malt Irish Whiskey is the brand’s second release. It is matured in used bourbon barrels, then finished in sherry, port and rum casks. So what’s it like? Learn all about it in our review!
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In Time For Halloween, Dingle Turns To Samhain

Ireland’s Dingle Distillery has announced the U.S. launch of Samhain Single Malt Whiskey, the first expression to come from the brand’s new Wheel of the Year Series. With 10,000 bottles of Dingle Samhain Single Malt Whiskey set to be released worldwide, only 1,500 of those bottles are allocated to the U.S., making for a very …

Midleton Very Rare Line Embraces French Oak In New Annual Expression

Irish Distillers, maker of some of the world’s most loved whiskeys, is delighted to introduce Midleton Very Rare Forêt de Tronçais. This first-of-its-kind whiskey represents the pinnacle of excellence and rarity in the world of Irish whiskey as it showcases the harmonious fusion of Irish and French luxury and craftsmanship. Midleton Very Rare Forêt de …

Redbreast Does A Younger, 10 Year Old As Distillery-Only

Redbreast Irish Whiskey has introduced Redbreast 10-Year-Old Distillery Edition. The new Redbreast expression will be exclusively available Irish Distillers’ brand homes; the newly reopened Midleton Distillery Experience in Cork and Jameson Distillery Bow Street in Dublin. Designed and crafted by Master Blender Billy Leighton with his deputy, Blender Dave McCabe, Redbreast 10 is a reimagining …

Waterford Rathclogh 1.1 Irish Single Malt Whiskey Review

By Richard Thomas Rating: B I remember thinking in 2014 that Mark Reynier scored a helluva deal. That was when Diageo, in one of the moves rendered utterly inexplicable by their byzantine corporate veil, sold the Guinness brewery they had spent €40 million upgrading over the course of a decade to him for just a …

Redbreast Turns To Port Casks For New Whiskey

Irish Distillers has introduced Redbreast Tawny Port Cask Edition, a limited-edition single pot still Irish whiskey finished in tawny port casks from Portugal’s breath-taking Douro Valley. Redbreast Tawny Port Cask Edition marks the third release of the brand’s acclaimed Iberian Series. The series is inspired by Redbreast’s long standing connection to some of the Iberian …

Ireland’s Boann Distillery Marks Summer Solstice With Whiskey

Boann Distillery celebrated the summer solstice last night (June 21) by launching its newest creation, the ‘Summer Solstice’ release, marking the second single cask bottling from Boann in just six months. The Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey was unveiled to a select group of whiskey enthusiasts at a Summer Solstice Tasting event in the distillery …

Teeling Launches Second Wonders Of Wood

Teeling Whiskey, Ireland’s leading progressive whiskey, is proud to announce the release of a new expression of Teeling Whiskey and their second release in the Wonders of Wood (WOW) series of Single Pot Still, limited edition bottlings. This continues its journey and builds on its reputation in crafting unique and interesting expressions of Irish whiskey, …

Q&A With Lora Hemy, Roe & Co.’s Master Distiller

By Richard Thomas When I broke into whiskey journalism, Irish Whiskey was on the cusp of its renaissance. The number of distilleries in Ireland had increased just a few years before from three distilleries to four. Since then, the count has increased ten fold. Nowhere has that distillery building boom been more in evidence than …

Review / Bushmills 25 years old & 30 years old

These two premium whiskeys will permanently sit at the top of the core range of Bushmills. The Bushmills 25 years old and 30 years old are both triple distilled single malts. The 25 years old (pictured, above left) has experienced a four year initial …

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