Slainte Irish Whiskey is a blend of Irish Single Grain Whiskey aged in ex-bourbon barrels and Irish Single Malt Whiskey aged in ex-sherry casks. The blend is married in ex-bourbon casks for some amount of time before it's dumped, cut to 40% and chill-filtered. Yup, it's another … [Read more...] about Slainte Irish Whiskey Review
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Teeling 32 Years Purple Muscat Single Malt Review
Teeling 32 Years Purple Muscat Single Malt is classic Teeling Single Malt (i.e. the old distillery) aged for 28-years in ex-Bourbon casks and finished for 4-years in ex-Portuguese Purple Muscat barrels. Non-chill-filtered and bottled at full cask strength. As it should … [Read more...] about Teeling 32 Years Purple Muscat Single Malt Review
Teeling Virgin Chinkapin Oak Single Pot Still Whiskey Review
Part of Teeling's Wonders of Wood series, the Teeling Virgin Chinkapin Oak Single Pot Still Whiskey is a bolder approach to their traditional Teeling Single Pot Still Whiskey. The mash is the same (50% malted/50% unmalted), but in this case, it's been fully matured in Virgin … [Read more...] about Teeling Virgin Chinkapin Oak Single Pot Still Whiskey Review
Teeling Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey Review
Teeling Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey is Teeling's take on THE signature style of Irish whiskey. Using malted and unmalted barley, Single Pot Still is a style only found in Ireland and has been kept alive by a singular brand for a long time (Redbreast), but like peated Irish, … [Read more...] about Teeling Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey Review
Teeling Blackpitts Review
Made from peated barley, the Teeling Blackpitts is a return to the whiskey of yore. Back before HVAC systems, peated whiskey was far more the norm as the warm smoke from peat was used to dry the barley and halt the malting process. Now, peated whiskey is the minority (by volume) … [Read more...] about Teeling Blackpitts Review
Silkie The Midnight Irish Whiskey Review
Starting with a core of 35% heavily peated Irish Single Malt, Silkie The Midnight Irish Whiskey is the smokiest offering in their lineup. The other 65% of the whiskey is a blend of unpeated malts from various casks. Five different cask types in all get used in crafting this … [Read more...] about Silkie The Midnight Irish Whiskey Review
Silkie The Legendary Dark Irish Whiskey Review
Silkie The Legendary Dark Irish Whiskey is a blend of double-distilled and triple-distilled, peated, single malts and grain whiskey. It's named after the legendary Silkie, a creature from Irish folklore who was able to transform from a seal into a beautiful … [Read more...] about Silkie The Legendary Dark Irish Whiskey Review
Two Stacks Irish Whiskey Review
This little whiskey in a can has been showing up in shops and IG rather regularly so I decided to snag a couple cans and give the Two Stacks Irish Whiskey a shot. Made from 40% "Dark Grain" (New Charred Oak), 40% "Light grain" (ex-Bourbon), 8% Pot Still (ex-Oloroso), 10% Double … [Read more...] about Two Stacks Irish Whiskey Review
Bushmills Rare Casks 29 Years PX Finish Review
I am so, so, happy that Bushmills is putting out things like this Bushmills Rare Casks 29 Years PX Finish. I'm even happier that they aren't neutering them with low proof and chill-filtering. They're letting the whiskey come out of the cask and speak for itself in its most … [Read more...] about Bushmills Rare Casks 29 Years PX Finish Review
Bushmills Prohibition Recipe Irish Whiskey Review
Bushmills Prohibition Recipe Irish Whiskey, aka the Peaky Blinders Bushmill, was released specifically for the last season of the show. The bottle is a blue-tinted throw back, the label has a vintage design, but the whiskey... the whiskey is something kind of new. The … [Read more...] about Bushmills Prohibition Recipe Irish Whiskey Review