Tag Archives: Ireland
Jameson 18, Bottled in 2018, Bow Street Cask Strength, 55.3%
With this being a slightly more rare Irish whisky, it would make sense that MvZ supplied me with the sample I tried. However, I don’t see his rating on Whiskybase, so I’m second guessing myself. While it’s far from the … Continue reading
Waterford The Cuvée 1.1, 4 years old, 50%
With Waterford being all over the place a few years ago, it seems like things have quieted down a little bit. Initially, I was really thrilled by the concept of the single estate whiskies. I still am, but when batch … Continue reading
Bushmills 10, 40% – Imported by F.lli Ramazzotti
A curveball. This bottling of Bushmills 10 is one from the 1990s, if my information is correct. That also means that the distillate is from the 1980s at the latest. Therefore it should be quite a ways different than current … Continue reading
Teeling 23, 1998-2022, Rum Cask 100040, 49.3% – Hand-Filled at the Distillery
Hot on the heels of Michiel Wigman’s Teeling single cask there is another one. My friend Tom van Engelen visited Dublin recently, and brought back this single cask from the distillery. A rum cask, of no less than 23 years … Continue reading
Teeling 19, White Wine Finish, 56% – OB for Michiel Wigman
Contrary to almost all bottlings by Michiel Wigman, this is an official bottling done for him, instead of an indie bottling done by the man himself. To stay in line with the whisky icons of the ‘They Inspired III’ series, … Continue reading
Cooley 20, 2002-2022, Barrel 2215, 57.1% – Whiskybase
For every 10,000 bottles added to Whiskybase, they try to release a single cask whisky. Most of them are very interesting and rather decently priced. This one, bottled for the 200,000th addition, was a bit on the expensive side of … Continue reading
Dingle, PX & Bourbon casks, 60.6% – OB for Whisky & Rum aan Zee 2021
Next weekend the 15th Whisky & Rum aan Zee (..by the sea) is held in the port town of IJmuiden. For that festival this Dingle PX cask was bottled. Slijterij Zeewijck in the same town started the festival over 15 … Continue reading
Redbreast 12, 40% – OB from Bow Street Distillery
In 1971 Bow Street distillery stopped producing. Redbreast didn’t disappear forever, of course. It just stopped being produces for a while. In the mid-90s the brand was relaunched with production of the whiskey happening at Midleton Distillery in County Cork. … Continue reading
Waterford Hook Head 1.1, 3yo, 50%
I’ve not done the tally, but it feels like Waterford has released whisky from about 300 different farms in Ireland in the last year or so. I understand they’re going for terroir, and you need to be able to compare … Continue reading