Irish Whiskey reviews

I recently attended a Bushmills tasting provided by The Birmingham Whisky Club. We tried the Original, Black Bush, Red Bush, 10yr and 21yr.Of all of them, the black bush was my favourite when you factor…

Redbreast is one of my favourite whiskies, so I'm excited about this new edition. While technically NAS, it is matured for 9-12 years in American and European oak, then finished for up to a year in…

So yesterday we looked at three Irish single malts - two were 10 years old, two (and maybe all three) were from Cooley. Today we'll look at two new bottlings from Midleton.Well, this one isn't really new…

Colour:Bright gold.Nose:Vanilla, oak, butterscotch, slightly floral and slightly fruity.Palate:Smooth, butterscotch, slightly spicy, fruity. It does have a bitter edge which builds over time though…

In 2016 the Connemara Distillers Edition was first released, at a drinking strength of 43% (as opposed to 40% for the standard versions). It is surprisingly dark, so I guess more than just a few sherry…

The people of The Nectar have bottled quite a few Irish already, most of them veritable gems. This one was bottled as Anniversary Edition.Lovely exoctic nose on banana, mango, mandarin, bergamot, lime…

Since Beam took over Cooley several years ago, Connemara was put in new livery, but the typical shape of the bottle was kept (contrary to, for example, Kilbeggan). The Peated Single Malt, sometimes…

The people at Cooley boast the fact that they uphold the tradition of the Irish whisky industry and this Kilbeggan Traditional is the result. This blend is named after the distillery that was founded in…

Erik Molenaar, the man behind Kintra, is spending most of his time getting his own distillery Wagging Finger off the ground. His gin is a hit, but in the short term he also wants to distill his very own…

ALS is the abbreviation of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, a disease for which there is currently no cure. To sponsor research, some friends bottle a single cask of whisky of which part of the proceeds…