Irish Whiskey reviews

As usual, I'm going to do a run of Irish whiskey reviews over the next couple of days, to celebrate St. Patrick's Day! Let's start with a distillery that opened on March 17 2015 - Teeling.Teeling Single…

Colour:Light gold.Nose:Fruity and sweet to start, just like sloe gin. Icing sugar and a touch of vanilla with a touch of fresh pine needles.Palate:Sweet, vanilla and fruit but quickly being overtaken by…

Colour:Burnished gold.Nose:Herbal, slight note wine, orange peel, sweet - toffee, vanilla and brown sugar.Palate:Sweet fruity notes - red grapes, toffee, leading to slight spice, nutmeg and butterscotch…

The third volume of Teeling Revival consists of a 14-Year-Old Single Malt Irish whiskey distilled in 2002, initially matured in ex-Bourbon casks before being given further maturation in 350 litre ex…

Colour:White wine.Nose:Chocolate, vanilla, dusty oak, fruity – grapes and a touch of citrus.Palate:Sweet, vanilla oak, spice. Once the spice subsides you get sweet and fruity notes with red grapes and…

Being too old is the risk you should take if you don’t want to die young. Sipped twice – before and after a funeral. No water added.Color – Gold. honey. Earth.Nose – Fruits cake, still hot from the oven…

John Lawrence Sullivan was an Irish-American pugilist who was a champion of bare-knuckled boxing and of the newer gloved boxing, in the years from 1879 to 1892. His boxing match record was 40 wins, 1…

I've had the Tyrconnell 10 Port finish in the cabinet for about a year and what better way to warm up this January then by popping open this mystery dram!Nose: Pears, peaches, a hint of sweet lime and…

Third and final part of my trinity pack of 5cl Teeling bottles. Rumoured to be aged for 5 years with a mash bill said to be 95% corn, 5% barley. Colour is clear golden, oily in the glass.Nose is a sur…

From a 5cl bottle from the Trinity pack, bought in 2016. This is still from stock bought from Beam when they bought the Cooley distillery and still as advertised from stock aged up to 23 years.Colour is…