Irish Whiskey reviews

Even the most mundane whisky can have a story.This one begins in January 2010. My father had been diagnosed with cancer the year before, and he developed a complication from the treatment. He went to…

I have limited experience with Irish whiskey. It’s probably because many commonly available expressions are bottled at 40% and I tend to reach for something with a higher ABV. Lately I’ve started to…

I've come to enjoy the taste of pot still Irish quite a lot but it's not something I often turn to. I really should rectify that as, whilst I don't always find them to be completely absorbing, they are…

My experience with Irish Single Pot Still has been limited to various Redbreast expressions. Let’s see how this one stacks up.**Tasting Notes*** Nose (undiluted): almost subdued at first. With time,…

This 24 years old Teeling is part of the oldest stocks that the Teeling brothers were able to ‘liberate’ from the old Cooley stocks. The whisky first matured in former bourbon casks and then got a finish…

I confess, I tried this one before, a little over two years ago. At a Teeling tasting in my neck of the woods. I remember it vividly as I posted a photos of this bottle on social media, while it was some…

Knowing that Teeling only came on steam in 2015, this Revival must be from older Cooley stocks. A 12 years old Irish whiskey that matured on former cognac and brandy casks? Sound promising.Well, now,…

Teeling is slowly but surely building an ironclad reputation. A lot of credit goes to the so-called ‘family stocks’ from Cooley that remained behind when Beam-Suntory took over the distillery in 2011.…

Writers’ Tears is, as it clearly says on the label, ‘distilled, matured and bottled in bond for Walsh Whiskey Distillery Ltd’. That means this is sourced whiskey (produced near Cork, that’s all I’m…

The Belgian bottler Brachadair, run by the soft-spoken Patrick Vanderlinden, has two new bottlings out. A Caol Ila and an Irish. The last one drew my attention with its lovely name ‘Éirinn go Brách’,…