Irish Whiskey reviews

The whiskies of Clonakilty, founded in 2016, are still quietly maturing. But in order to be able to pay the bills in the meantime, they also bought some whiskey that they finish and market themselves.…

Meringue & MarshmallowDunville's is a whiskey brand that already saw the light of day in 1808. It was originally distilled by Royal Irish Distillers in Belfast, but they stopped in 1936. Founded in 2013…

The Echlinville Distillery is located in Northern Ireland about three quarters of an hour's drive from Belfast. They call themselves 'Ireland's first farm distillery' and make poitin, gin and whiskey…

A year after the release of the Crested Black Ball, Jameson ordered barrels again from the craft brewery Eight Degrees and then launched this Devil's Ladder, their blend finished in barrels of a typical…

Jameson is still Ireland's best-selling whiskey. In 2020, they joined forces with the Eight Degrees Brewing Company that provided them with some stout barrels, on which this whiskey got a finish. No less…

I'm going to just say it up front: I like Waterford, but I'm not a devotee. What I tasted so far was interesting, fun, but not really earth-shattering. Experienced not a single OMG moment with these blue…

Last time I tried a Hyde whiskey was way back in 2016. That was 10-year-old President's Cask No 1. Now the president's second cask is in my glass, finished on rum barrels. It is still not clear to me…

The Busker is the range of the Royal Oak Distillery, in which you can find a single grain, single malt, single pot still and a blend. Today we taste the single malt, which was bottled at a relatively…

The Royal Oak Distillery was formerly known as Walsh Whiskey Distillery, named after the owner of, among other things, the popular The Irishman. After moving to Royal Oak, the distillery was renamed to…

Micil (pronounced 'mikhil') Distillery in Galway, Ireland, is named after Micil Mac Chearra who already distilled poitin in Connemara in 1848. Poitin is a form of Irish new make. His great-great-great…