Ireland
Ireland, Irish Whiskey Reviews, Pot Still, Single Malt, Blended
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Walsh Whiskey New Make Pot Still Spirit
Walsh Whiskey New Make Pot Still Spirit (75.5%, OB, 2016) Category: Irish New Make Pot Still Spirit Origin: Royal Oak Distillery Bottling: Walsh Whiskey for #WalshWhiskey tweet tasting ABV: 75.5% Cost: £n/a What they say: Our family is dedicated to… Continue reading
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Cooley 13 Years Old Peated Single Malt
Cooley 13 Years Old Peated Cadenheads (56.7%, WM Cadenhead, Bourbon Barrel, 198 Bottles, 2011) Category: Irish peated single malt whiskey Origin: Cooley Distillery Bottling: Cadenhead’s ABV: 56.7% Cost: £? What they say: Aged 13 Years Distilled at Cooley Distillery Bottled: June 2011… Continue reading
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Irish Single Malt Whisky 14 Year Old 2000
Irish Single Malt Whisky 14 Year Old 2000 (51.5%, The Nectar of The Daily Drams, 2015) Category: Irish Single Malt Whisky Origin: ? Bottling: The Nectar of The Daily Drams ABV: 51.5% Cost: ~ €65 from The Bonding Dram What… Continue reading
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The Quiet Man 8 Year Old
The Quiet Man 8 Year Old (40%, OB, 2016) Category: Irish single malt pot still whiskey Origin: ? Bottling: Niche Drinks ABV: 40% Cost: £32.95 from The Lighthouse Wine Store / €44.99 from Celtic Whisky Shop What they say: The Quiet… Continue reading
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Redbreast 1999 TWE Exclusive
Rich and robust, spiced Oloroso sherry fruits plenty of raisins served in a metallic copper bowl indicating both heavy sherry influence but good retention of pot still whisky character. 86/100 Continue reading
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Tullamore D.E.W. 14 Years Old Single Malt
Really quite special and an education to my Irish whiskey palate. This has all the subtleties of scotch single malt and has been married masterfully using the best qualities of each of the cask maturations involved. 86/100. Continue reading
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Tullamore D.E.W. 12 Years Old Special Reserve
A nice integration of the sherry cask finish, well balanced but still quite light-bodied this has a gentle diversity and is incredibly smooth – a great sipping whisky! 84/100. Continue reading
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Tullamore D.E.W. Cider Cask
An unusual mixture of whisky and cider flavours that I quite enjoyed, reminiscent of Calvados in some ways and some of the more rustic Normandy ciders we have sampled. 85/100. Continue reading
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Jack Ryan Beggars Bush 12 Years Old
Jack Ryan Beggars Bush 12 Years Old (46%, OB, 2015) Category: Irish single malt whiskey Origin: Cooley Distillery Bottling: Jack Ryan ABV: 46% Cost: £51.83 What they say: Our very own Limited Release Irish Whiskey, Celebrating 100 Years of the… Continue reading
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Writers Tears
Writers Tears (40%, OB, 2015) Category: Irish Pot Still Blended Whisky Origin: Ireland Bottling: Walsh Whiskey Distillery Co. ABV: 40% Cost: £32.95 What they say: Writers Tears is a light, sweet Irish whiskey made using a mix of single pot… Continue reading
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