Irish Whiskey reviews

I remember that the first release of the Brabazon – named after the 17th Century politician Chambré Brabazon who ruled the Liberties, the area where the Teeling distillery can be found – was rather…

I'm not the biggest fan of Irish whiskey. I often find them a little too austere, bordering on tasteless. Picked this Jameson up on clearance.On the nose it is mellow, balanced, and inviting. Sweet and…

I had this one at Domo Bar (Madrid) back in Dec 2015; that bar is usually a knowledgeable spot (whisky-wise) but that day they served it on a highball glass full of ice cubes to the brim (check the…

On ice at Intercontinental Hotel, Madrid, May 7 2019.A wheat-colored pour with golden highlights. Very intense nose, completely biased by the barrel: vanilla, clove, tobacco, caramel.In the mouth it…

A very popular one this, so it would seem, and I had waited a good while after my pleasing experiences with the regular 12 to grab one of these and, yes, I'm glad I did!Bottle's been open a couple of…

Our 7th and last Irish, timed perfectly with March 17! This is the new expression of Writers' Tears, courtesy of Walsh Whiskey (whose The Irishman Founders Reserve I wrote about a few days ago). This one…

A golden oldie, so to speak. This Bushmills was distilled in 1975 and after a quarter century of maturation bottled in the so-called Millennium Malt series. Quite a few casks were bottled at that tiem…

The Dutch importer Bresser & Timmer selected a single cask from Teeling in September 2019. Calvados! That’s something you don’t see every day. I remember a Bruichladdich from a few years ago and more…

This new Teeling is the first in the so-called Renaissance Series and matured for no less than 18 years, mostly on bourbon casks, before it got a finish for 18 months on Madeira casks. No less that 9.000…

Some three years ago I tried my first Connemara Distillers Edition. Contrary to most releases of this peaty Irish, this one is bottle not at 40% but at 43%. That gives it just a tad more body in my…