Connemara reviews

I’ve not long emptied a bottle of this whiskey, so I thought it would be best to put up a review to finally put it to rest!Connemara is Ireland’s only peated single malt, and this is generally seen as…

Connemara is Cooley's special whisky as this one is double distilled (while most Irish whiskies are triple distilled). Moreover, it's peated. Connemara doesn't use chill filtration or coloring. I've…

This is the Cask Strength Version of the Cooley distillery's Connemara peated malt, the only Irish peated single malt whiskey. There is no age statement on the bottle.Nose: robust peat, gentle malt, a…

Connemara is the Cooley brand for the only irish peated whisky. Normally Connemara is available in a lighter peated expression, a cask strength , and a Sherry finished version. While the Connemara is…

Connemara Sherry finish (40%, OB 2009, 10.000 btl.)Nose: smokey but not (heavily) peated. Hints of red candy, berries and raisins. Something that reminds me of freshly cured leather. Rubber boots as well…

Nose, Taste, Finish and Balance are graded out of 2.5 each:Nose: Well, it's Connemara alright, (and at the risk of bludgeoning this review to death with a bad pun before it's even started), just with a…

Nose, Taste, Finish and Balance are graded out of 2.5 each:Nose: A huge explosion of fruit, with raspberry, pineapple and banana flying out in all directions from the wet lawn and soil below, before…

Cooley has set its bar high in the past. Watch out, it’s just raised the bar again. The company is rapidly turning in to the Irish version of Compass Box – and praise doesn’t come any higher than that…

Turf Mor means ‘big peat’ and that is to be taken literally. The malt is peated up to 58 ppm (as opposed to their regular peat-level of about 20 ppm). Actually, this Turf Mor was something of an exper…

This lightly peated Connemara (only 15ppm) was released in a limited edition of 7000 bottles. It wond a gold medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Fair.Nose: lemongrass, dried apple, touch of peat …