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Knappogue Castle 12 Year Old Bordeaux Cask Whiskey Review

Knappogue Castle 12 Year Old Bordeaux Cask Whiskey Review

Knappogue Castle Cask Finish Series Aged in French Oak Casks from The Chateau Pichon Baron Winery

I’m a big fan of wine cask finishes and anytime I get to try something different I jump at the chance. Irish Whiskey brands have deep roots and connections with the French wine industry. But when I heard that Knappogue had plans to collaborate with Chateau Pichon I knew someting special was about to hit the shelves. This is a very limited edition and only 1100 bottles were released. The casks used here are the best of the best, offering flavours of red grapes with a medium body, sweet tannin’s, good acidity and balanced. Nice black cherry fruits, cassis, cedar wood and leathery spices are to be discovered. These strong flavors are complemented to perfection by this premium Single Malt.

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Camus Caribbean Expedition Cognac Review

Camus Caribbean Expedition Cognac Review

The unique maturation of CAMUS Caribbean Expedition Cognac is the result of a very unique collaboration

The choice of transporting the casks on a tall ship sailing on the transatlantic route which leads to Barbados finds its reasons in the study of historical documents. During the whole of the 18th and a good part of the 19th century, the Cognac trade around the world was made by ship, with oak barrels leaving their cellars in France and reaching their final destinations after months of sailing. By the end of the century, the introduction of glass bottles and specific AOC rules led to a completely new commerce for the Cognac Houses. This change effectively cut out the period of “sea maturation” to which every Cognac was exposed before and which would undeniably influence the evolution of the liquid after the journey.

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Knappogue Castle 12 Year Old Marsala Cask Whiskey Review

Knappogue Castle 12 Year Old Marsala Cask Whiskey Review

This Knappogue Castle Cask Finish Series is a 12 Year Old Irish Whiskey Aged in Marsala Casks from The Marco De Bartoli Winery

The Knappogue Castle Cask Finish Series is a range of single malts finished in the finest wine casks. The Marco De Bartoli limited release is matured in bourbon barrels for a minimum of 12 years, then further aged in casks from the renowned Marsala Winery. Made exclusively from malted barley, distilled in copper pot stills, this expression is non-chill filtered and bottled at 92 proof.

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Teeling Stiggins Fancy Pineapple Rum Cask Whiskey Review

Another Teeling collaboration, this time featuring a collab between Teeling and Plantation Rum.

Teeling were honoured to be the first distillery to receive a selection of the award-winning, unique, Plantation Rum Stiggins’ Fancy Pineapple Rum Casks and use them to marry our own Small Batch Whiskey. This limited edition whiskey brings the two worlds of Irish whiskey and Caribbean rum together and reaffirms our dedication to crafting the most unique expressions of Irish whiskey. Bottled at 49.2% ABV.

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Fercullen 18 Year Old Single Malt Five Elements Irish Whiskey Review

Fercullen 18 Year Old Single Malt Five Elements Irish Whiskey Review

Powerscourt Distillery Limited Edition, The Fercullen 18-Year-Old Single Malt “Five Elements”

A complex compilation of different styles and finishes, rare stocks of 16 year old Single Malt matured in American white oak, ex Bourbon barrels, have been decanted and filled into carefully selected casks of red wine, ruby port and rum. After years of finishing our Master Distiller chose each cask for this compliation. This is an 18 year old Malt exclusively matured in ex Bourbon was also used to bind and balance the delicate flavours with those from the finishes in this rare composite expression.

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Roe & Co 13 Year Old Port Cask Single Malt at Cask Strength Whiskey Review

Roe & Co 13 Year Old Port Cask Single Malt at Cask Strength Whiskey Review

Roe & Co Irish Whiskey Aged Exclusively in Port Casks

Roe & Co are delighted to release their latest offering, a premium Single Malt Irish Whiskey. Roe & Co Cask Strength 2020 Edition, a thirteen-year-old Single Malt, has spent the entirety of its life in Port Casks (yes, you heard that right!). Port Casks have long been known for the intense flavour it can impress upon spirit and this release is no exception, with an intricate array of dark berry, chocolate and spice notes it is a whiskey of supreme quality.

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Irish Distillers And Mitchell & Son Launch Blue Spot Cask Strength Irish Whiskey

Blue Spot Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey

Irish Distillers, maker of some of the world’s most enjoyed whiskeys, has once again joined forces with the Mitchell family to unveil its re-imagined Blue Spot Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey. 

With the most recent existing record of Blue Spot dating back to 1964, the launch will signal the end of a 56-year wait among the global whiskey community for the re-introduction of Blue Spot, reuniting the historic Spot Family for the first time in over half a century.

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