Irish Whiskey reviews

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’,…

Rich thick sweet mouth coating arrival, developing an apple / pear fruit loaded middle flowing into a slow silty mouth coating finish.

Light Hopi beer loaded arrival warm herbal and whit fruit mouth coating middle developing a sweet sharp fast finish.

I figured I would get back to some basics after having sampled some excellent whiskies recently to kind of “reset.” Whenever I think of Irish whiskey, Jameson immediately comes to mind. Sample is from…

After having seen a big variance and a few rather positive reviews of this one, I decided to pick one up on a whim as I spotted it on special offer as I was walking through Heathrow airport. Colour:…

My friend Anthony – lover of Arran and Glen Moray – surprised me at my birthday tasting with a box of sample of which I will try one today. After all, it’s St Patrick’s Day. This is the whiskey Drop of…

Eighteen years ago my buddy Benny visited the Midleton Distillery in Ireland and he brought back this 12 years old Distillery Reserve – with personalized label, obviously. Now that his bottle is almost…