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Tag Archives: Ireland
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
Posted in Dingle
Tagged 2012, Bourbon Cask, Dingle, Free Sample, Ireland, Sherry Cask, Whisky & Rum aan Zee, WhiskyCenter, Zeewijck
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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
Posted in - Irish Whiskey, Redbreast
Tagged Bow Street Distillery, Dublin, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Jameson, Redbreast
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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
Posted in - Irish Whiskey, Waterford
Tagged 2017, Bourbon Cask, Hook Head, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Mark Reynier, Virgin oak cask, Waterford, Wine cask
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Dingle Single Malt, 46.3%
Yesterday a new Irish Single Malt whiskey was released by Dingle. It’s their first core whiskey, and therefore they released it with the hashtag #heretostay. There have been Dingle Single Malts before (Dingle Malt?) but those were batched released instead … Continue reading
Posted in - Irish Whiskey, Dingle
Tagged Dingle, Free Sample, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Whisky Center
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Writer’s Tears, Mizunara Cask Finish, 55%
To continue with the Saint Patrick’s Day celebration I decided to try my part of the bottle-share of this Writer’s Tears release. I don’t have too much experience with the brand, but I do remember having a previous cask strength … Continue reading
Posted in - Irish Whiskey, Walsh Whiskey, Writer's Tears
Tagged Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Mizunara cask, Walsh Whiskey, Writer's Tears
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Redbreast 21 (2019 release), 46%
As far as excuses to have a drink go, it being Saint Patrick’s Day is a very good one. Of course, that meant I had to have some Irish whiskey. Luckily, I have some lying around. Interestingly, I remembered the … Continue reading
Posted in - Irish Whiskey, Midleton, Redbreast
Tagged Ireland, Irish Distillers, Irish Whiskey, Midleton, Redbreast, Single Pot Still
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Waterford Bannow Island and Ballykilcavan
Waterford has been sometime coming. The entire production of the distillery, and the three years wait until the whisky was released was broadcasted through various social media channels, magazines and other media on a level that is unheard of. Normally … Continue reading
Posted in - Irish Whiskey, Waterford
Tagged 2016, Ballykilcavan, Bannow Island, Ireland, Irish Single Malt Whiskey, Irish Whiskey, Mark Reynier, Single Farm, Waterford
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Green Spot, Château Léoville Barton, 46%
I just had this sample last week and I think I’ve been sitting on it for little over two years when I got it from MvtZ at 2017’s Whiskybase Gathering. When I had it, I didn’t bother to look it … Continue reading
Posted in - Irish Whiskey, Green Spot, Midleton
Tagged Bordeaux cask, Green Spot, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Midleton, Single Pot Still, Wine cask
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Irish Single Malt Whiskey, 1991-2016, 49.5% – The Perfect Dram (TWA)
Let’s try again. Normally, as ‘loyal readers’ might know, I find Irish single malt with an age like this hit-and-miss at best. Generally they’ve got a massive dollop of chemical sweetness not unlike the plastic bag supermarket wine gums come … Continue reading
Posted in - Irish Whiskey, Undisclosed
Tagged 1991, Bourbon Cask, Ireland, Irish Whiskey, The Perfect Dram, The Whisky Agency
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Knappogue Castle NAS, Early fifties, 92 proof
This is a bit of a weird one, and it was a rather expensive one. A few years ago Stefan van der Boog, known from Passie voor Whisky bought a bottle of very old Knappogue Castle from a collection. Based on … Continue reading
Posted in - Irish Whiskey, Knappogue Castle
Tagged Ireland, Irish Whiskey, Knappogue Castle, NAS, Passie voor Whisky
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