Irish single pot nonetheless whiskey has garnered nice consideration within the Irish whiskey renaissance of current years, as a signature type of the nation’s distilling custom and a key factor within the Irish revival. A few of Eire’s newer distillers have been seeing their single pot nonetheless inventory attain maturity and hit the market.
Clonakilty Distillery, based in 2016, launched its first Irish single pot nonetheless expression within the U.S. late final yr, whereas fellow Irish whiskey maker Boann Distillery, based in 2019, provided its first single pot nonetheless expression in early 2023 and returned late final yr with two wine cask completed single pot nonetheless whiskeys, reviewed right here. The Busker, whose whiskeys first got here to market in 2020, is from Royal Oak Distillery, which was based as Walsh Whiskey Distillery in 2016 earlier than being acquired and renamed by Italy’s Illva Saronno in 2019.
Veteran single pot nonetheless label Redbreast provided its Missouri Oak and its extremely touted 18 yr outdated, whereas sister labels Technique and Insanity and Gold Spot additionally added to their single pot nonetheless repertoire with new wine cask-finished expressions.
10 Excessive-Scoring Irish Single Pot Nonetheless Whiskeys To Strive
94 factors – Redbreast 18 yr outdated, 46%, $250
The nostril is luxuriously interesting, with milk chocolate, maraschino cherry, bramble, black currant, Nutella, baked citrus, apricot, mango, oak spices, toasted nuts, and cinnamon bark. Clean and polished on the palate, the complicated cask regime serves up flavors of milk chocolate, licorice, black grape, sultana, date, ginger root, currants, and clove. The end serves up dried fruit and licorice, with hints of leather-based and low bean.
93 factors – Boann P.X. Cask, 47%, $60
On the nostril, raspberry, pink apple, plum jam, currants, and Seville orange marmalade sit on a base of caramel and mild spice. Heat and fruity on the palate, harking back to apples baked in brown sugar and golden syrup, then a darker section of chocolate praline, clove, licorice, plum, and prune, the place it resides in its splendidly darkish, plummy depths at some point of the end, remaining actively spicy for fairly a while.
93 factors – Redbreast Missouri Oak, 50.5%, $200
Purple apple, honey, virtually caramel-like on the nostril, with oak and pot nonetheless spices, candy cinnamon, cocoa powder, and maraschino cherry. It’s curiously oaky at first, then opens up with pink apple, chocolate, baking spices, black tea, and cinnamon bark, with a mouth-coating texture on the end that revels in wooden spices. It is a strong pot nonetheless whiskey, and one which’s bursting with taste.
93 factors – Teeling Wonders of Wooden Virgin Swedish Oak, 50%, $100
The third version within the sequence opens with an interesting mixture of aromas: caramel, ginger root, toasted almonds, Stroopwafel, orange taffy, mandarin zest, and summer season flowers. That is probably the most engaging of the sequence so far, with the brand new oak profile complementing its single pot nonetheless character. Flavors of caramel chocolate bars, gingersnap, vanilla, ice cream wafer, floor almond, and nutmeg. That is greatest sipped with out water added.
92 factors – Boann Marsala Cask, 47%, $60
Aromas of white grape, pear, apple juice, ripe melon, lime mousse, dewy lawns, and floral bouquets, with a delightful underlying creaminess and a touch of 5 spice. The Sicilian marsala cask-finish has produced an enormous, brooding whiskey with flavors of orange marmalade, cinnamon stick, gingersnap, oak spices, clove, stewed fruits, and darkish chocolate. The end has burnt caramel, cinnamon, clove, and floor ginger.
92 factors – Clonakilty, 46%, $50
Vanilla, gentle fruit, honey, and a definite coastal freshness, with toasted oak, lime zest, and inexperienced melon, verging on kiwi aromas. It’s well-structured, with a superb stream of flavors from coconut macaroon, orchard fruit, milk chocolate, and pot nonetheless spices to darkish toffee and caramel. The end gives Ferrero Rocher with a touch of maritime saltiness. A superb debut pot nonetheless whiskey produced from 100% Irish barley.
92 factors – Gold Spot 13 yr outdated Generations Version, 46%, $165
The second launch within the sequence, matured in sherry casks and completed 16 months in Recioto della Valpolicella casks. That is deliciously oily on the nostril with cooked darkish fruit, pink grape, apple, peppercorn, cinnamon bark, and dusty oak. Thick and full-bodied with pink apple, citrus peel, and pot nonetheless spices, supported by toasted oak resulting in brown sugar, roasted nuts, and an excellent pot nonetheless oiliness on the palate. The end has candy dried apple, oak, and lingering spices.
91 factors – Boann Madeira Cask, 47%, $60
Spice-forward on a nostril of finely floor fragrant spices, jasmine, zested lemon on vanilla cheesecake, blossom honey, ripe stone fruits, and creamy panna cotta. Flavors of vanilla, peach, and apricot are backed by peppery spices, then walnut, chocolate orange, Oreo cookies, wooden spices, and cacao notes. The end is drying, with spiced nuts.
89 factors – The Busker Small Batch, 46.3%, $50
Very fruity and alluring on the nostril, exhibiting stewed apple, blackberry, blueberry pancakes, plum, marzipan, allspice, and way more pot nonetheless character than the usual Busker pot nonetheless expression. Stewed fruits, apple, and pot nonetheless spices on the palate, with black cherry, darkish chocolate muffins, bramble, ginger, and cinnamon. Younger and spirited, however a very good step ahead in taste and high quality.
89 factors – Technique and Insanity Completed in Virgin Garryana Oak Barrels, 46%, $80
Honey, vanilla, golden sultana, baked pastries, shortbread, frivolously toasted oak, and lemon frosting on the nostril. It’s very candy on the palate, with golden syrup on porridge, citrus peel, clove, and oak. It’s mouth drawing and feels a lot increased energy than 46%, then finishes with honeycomb and toffee apple notes.
