Irish Whiskey reviews

Surprisingly, I've never reviewed this well-known Irish peated malt, though I've always liked it. I did bad review of their now-defunct NAS Turf Mor expression many years ago, but never the standard…

At the very end of this ‘weird year’ Jürgen Vromans launches a final bottling, again with a great label. The noble man – Jürgen at a later age? – holds a potato with a 1st place medal on it in his hand…

From what I can find online, Connemara is owned by Beam Suntory and is part of the Kilbeggan brand portfolio, er, I mean the Kilbeggan Family. I believe this sample was distilled at the Cooley distillery…

Entry-level Jameson, no age statement, triple-distilled, aged in sherry and bourbon casks.A pale golden pour that yields sweet and mellow aromas (no noticeable peat here) like vanilla, crème brûlée,…

After Bruichladdich was sold Mark Reynier moved to Ireland and founded the new Waterford Distillery there. His search for terroir goes one. The first releases sold out immediately, but new bottlings are…

Waterford is the new Irish distillery from Mark Reynier, which we all remember from his years at Bruichladdich. His search for terroir – or Tèireoir as he very cleverly put on the label – continues…

As far as I know this is the first time that Teeling finished its whiskey in an Abafado cask. Abafado is a fortified wine from Portugal, best compared to Pineau De Charentes. Hence, I’m expecting a very…

Teeling recently launched a new NAS-whiskey in their so-called Sommerlier Selection. It matured on bourbon casks before getting another 18 months in Margaux wine casks. This is a wine that can be found…

The guests of the German hotel Essener Hof are presented with an Irish whiskey from time to time thanks to the close collaboration with bottler Rolf Kaspar. This is a 13 years old from 2006, bottled at…

The German bottler Rolf Kaspar often works together with the Hotel Essener Hof, resulting in many a release exclusively for the hotel. A few months ago I was lucky enough to try a 17 years old whiskey…