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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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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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Blue Spot Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey Review

Blue Spot Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey Review

Mitchell & Son’s Highly anticipated Blue Spot Irish Whiskey has been reimagined at cask strength

The story of the legendary Spot Irish whiskey range began in the early 1900s when celebrated wine and spirits merchants, Mitchell & Son, began maturing whiskey from the local Jameson Distillery in Bow Street in their underground cellars in Dublin City Centre. Blue Spot takes its name from the blue daubs or ‘spots’ of paint that the Mitchells used to mark the barrels to signify that the whiskey in those casks were to be matured for a minimum of seven years.

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Midleton Very Rare 1998 Single Cask Pot Still James J. Fox Whiskey Review

Midleton Very Rare 1998 Single Cask Pot Still James J. Fox Whiskey Review

James J. Fox Launch Midleton Very Rare 1998 Single Cask Pot Still Irish Whiskey

James J. Fox, who have traded at the iconic 119 Grafton Street location since 1881, spanning five generations of family ownership, have launched an exclusive single cask Midleton Very Rare Pot Still Irish Whiskey, available at their store and through their site.

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Dingle Single Malt Batch No. 1 Irish Whiskey Review

In Memory of Oliver Hughes & Good Times in The Dingle Whiskey Bar

This whiskey is the dream of Oliver Hughes; Liam LaHart and Peter Mosley, sadly Oliver died two months before it legally became whiskey. The Dingle distillery is the first distillery of the twenty-first century and the first boutique distillery of this century. The true passion for this project can be seen in their distillery, whiskey bar (which is in Dublin) but most importantly it can be seen in the sunshine elixir.

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The Legendary Dark Silkie Blended Irish Whiskey Review

The Legendary Dark Silkie Blended Irish Whiskey Review

A Donegal Whiskey That Uniquely Captures the Drama, Flavour and Magic of the Sea

Following in the footsteps of the multi-award-winning Silkie Irish Whiskey, The Dark Silkie is the latest addition to the Sliabh Liag Distillers list of locally produced spirits. Dark Silkie contains a core of triple distilled peated single malt whiskey which has been matured in ex-sherry casks. It has been expertly blended with a double distilled single malt which was matured in bourbon barrels. Then balanced with soft grain whiskey which was finished in virgin oak casks.

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